ABC BANK

OVER/SHORT POLICY

GENERAL STATEMENT
This policy is intended to be a guideline to uniformly handle teller differences.

Levels of standards are herein established to measure accuracy and to help identify areas where assistance or training may be helpful.

It is acknowledged that special circumstances may occur which are not covered within this policy and may be handled differently than outlined in the sections to follow. Significant differences for example may result in accelerated action up to and including termination. In each of these special cases, at least two of the following three individuals; the Branch Coordinator, Security Officer and Vice President of Operations must jointly agree on the appropriate action.

During the first 90 days of employment, performance appraisals will be conducted at 30, 60 and 90 day intervals and will address the employee's balancing record.

DIFFERENCES
All differences regardless of the amount will be recorded on the teller's over/short record. Teller differences of $25.00 or more also require a "Teller Difference Report" to be completed. This report must be sent to the Branch Coordinator no longer than 4 business days after the occurrence.

Any differences of $100.00 or more must be reported the same day to the Branch Coordinator. Any differences of $500.00 or more must be reported the same day to the Branch Coordinator and Security Officer.

BALANCING STANDARDS
When a 90 day training period has been completed, a teller is presumed to be working below acceptable standards when:

A.) He/She has five or more outages in any 30-day period (regardless of the amount).
OR
B.) He/She has 3 or more outages of $5.00 or more in any 30-day period.
OR
C.) He/She has cumulative outages of $75.00 or more in any 30-day period.

OBSERVATION
In the period following a teller's balancing performance that is below the acceptable standard, a warning will be issued and there will be an Observation Period of 30 days. During this period, Branch Supervision will provide training and/or assistance that may be helpful in improving the teller's performance.

Throughout the Observation Period, Branch Supervision must document the teller's performance and make a recommendation to the Branch Coordinator regarding the teller's progress. A teller will be removed from the Observation Period if their balancing record has returned to an acceptable standard, no other policy violations have occurred and no other problems have surfaced.

If problems still exist, the Branch Coordinator can elect to extend the Observation period, place the teller on probation or, upon consulting with the Vice President of Operations, invoke other disciplinary action up to and including termination.

PROBATION
If a teller's performance is below the acceptable standard for two consecutive months or any three months in a six month period, or if additional violations occurred during an Observation period, he/she will be placed on probation for a minimum of two months.

During the probationary period, the Branch Coordinator shall assign specific retraining responsibilities for the teller on probation. The supervisor in charge of monitoring the teller's progress shall document this additional training. Immediately following the probation period, the responsible supervisor and Branch Coordinator must complete a probationary evaluation recording the teller's progress and submit a recommendation regarding:

A.) Return to normal status
B.) Continuance of Probation
C.) Dismissal

Throughout any probation period all annual evaluations, promotions, and/or salary reviews will be suspended until the teller is no longer on probation and returns to a normal status.

RETURNED ITEMS
All returned transit items or on-us items which were accepted by a teller in violation of the Bank's Check Cashing Policy, Procedures and Guidelines without management approval or Telecheck guarantee and are uncollectable or written off, will be charged to a teller's over/short record. If a supervisor has approved the item, and it is uncollectable or written off, the amount will be charged to the supervisor's over/short record if reasonable steps were not taken to make the exception.

When making exceptions, supervisors should take into consideration all of the customer's account relationships, opening dates, balances and histories. Proper, acceptable identification and payee endorsement is required. All on-us checks require verification of the maker signature. Fraud training materials and bulletins issued by the Security Officer and Branch Coordinator should be referenced when necessary.