A Brief History of Our Company:

We are glad that you decided to join our Company, and want to tell you a bit more about who we are, what we do, and how we do our work here.

Our Company was founded in 1982 as Patricia H. Kaufman, PA, by Patricia H. Kaufman and it was run from the basement of the owner’s home. Patricia H. Kaufman purchased an accounting practice from Ralph Crandall in 1986. In 1992, the business was moved to a new office space renovated from the one car garage of the owner. In 1993, Patricia H. Kaufman was awarded her CPA designation and the company became Patricia H. Kaufman, CPA.  The staff and office space was expanded in 1996 in order to accommodate the purchase of another CPA firm.  In 1998, the company was incorporated to it’s present status as PHK CPA, Inc. and the company moved to its present location on Park Avenue West in Seville, Ohio where it continues to grow and expand.

Company Goals:

PHK CPA’s goal is to develop a team of happy, loyal and productive workers who are eager to help PHK CPA provide quality services for its clients at a reasonable cost, so that PHK CPA will generate sufficient profits to permit continued growth for PHK CPA and create continued opportunities for employment and advancement for all employees. Our employees are a part of our Team.

The key to the success of any Team is mutual support, respect and tolerance of any differences. To build an environment of trust, it is essential that all of us openly communicate our desires and expectations, and try to work together in a courteous manner to resolve our differences.

Purpose of this Handbook:

This handbook was developed to communicate the employee benefits available to eligible employees, and to provide some general guidance about Company rules and operating procedures that PHK CPA believes will be useful to all employees. This handbook sets out general policies that PHK CPA uses in hiring, management, compensation, vacations, discharge and other aspects of the employer/employee relationship. We also will try to keep the lines of communication open through periodic notices to employees, as well as periodic employee meetings.

Open Communication Is Encouraged:

Communication is a two-way street.  As a result, employees are encouraged to openly talk with their managers about ideas which they may have to improve Company operations, and to discuss any problems which may prevent the operations from running in an efficient professional manner. Employees also are encouraged to talk openly with management about any concerns that they may have with respect to their particular working conditions. It is a goal of managment  to help the employee get answers to questions or concerns. So, don’t be afraid to talk with managment and ask for assistance in getting answers to your questions.

Changes/Revisions/Interpretations of Guidelines:

Obviously, no employee handbook can anticipate every circumstance or question that may arise in the workplace. Furthermore, it is virtually impossible to write any guideline that can be fairly applied to all situations at all times. Common sense or good judgment may dictate that exceptions should be approved in certain circumstances, or that certain policies should be abandoned as unworkable based upon past experience. Therefore, PHK CPA reserves the right to interpret, modify, revise, supplement, or rescind any policies or portion of the handbook from time to time as it deems appropriate. Such revisions may be made in PHK CPA’s sole discretion and may be made with or without prior notice. To the extent that policies in this Handbook vary from prior policy or practice, the provisions of this Handbook will govern.  In compliance with federal benefits law (ERISA), changes in policies pertaining to benefits normally will be made prospectively if the change appears to adversely affect benefit rights which have accrued and vested.

We are firm believers in the Free Enterprise system:

PHK CPA is a firm believer in the free enterprise system, and in the importance of flexibility and independence for both employers and employees. In keeping with this philosophy, PHK CPA believes that employees should have the unfettered right to quit a job if they don’t like it, or if they want to move somewhere else, or if they want to further their education, or maybe just stay home to take care of children or aging parents.  Just as PHK CPA believes that employees need this flexibility to run their own lives effectively, PHK CPA wants the same flexibility to run its business.

As a result, employees should be aware that this Handbook is not intended to create any employment contract with them which promises that they will be employed for any set period of time. In particular, the provisions in this handbook are not intended to create any promise for lifetime employment or any guarantee that employees will be discharged only for "cause."

Unless you have negotiated a current written employment contract, signed by the President and approved by the Board, your employment is considered to be "at will". This means that either you or PHK CPA can end the employment relationship at any time for any reason.  All prior contracts shall be considered to be null and void and all present employees will be considered to be employees “at will”.

Of course, we hope that you will like it here - and that you will be such a terrific asset to our Company that we would hate to lose you. And, we hope that we can make this such a terrific place to work that you would hate to leave. But, we realize that some employees will leave for all sorts of reasons (transfer of a spouse, college graduation, starting a family, etc.), and that we may have to ask others to leave for all sorts of reasons (including inability to do the job, or inability to get to work on time or at all, or inability to get along with management or co-workers).

So, our relationship may be for a short time or for many years. Regardless of how long we will work together, we do know this. If we treat one another courteously and with genuine good will, try to walk a mile in each other’s shoes and see both sides, listen to one another, and try to deal with each other in an honest and fair fashion, we believe that everyone will benefit from our relationship and be glad for the time which we spend together.

Welcome to our Team!