2. Employee Misconduct. Include a description of how employee misconduct will be addressed, including issues such as tardiness, persistent lateness, or employee theft.

3. Sexual Misconduct. Even small and startup businesses are advised to include a policy item outlining behaviors that are not acceptable within workplace. Primarily designed to protect women in workplace, these policies also advance strong guidelines to mitigate occurrence of sexual misconduct in work environment.

4. Heath & Safety Guidelines. When employees share in responsibility for health and safety issues, entire business benefits. Guidelines must comply with applicable local, provincial and federal legislation.

5. Internet Policy. Include mention of appropriate Internet and email usage. Be sure to specify that employees may not use company email or other Internet components to conduct illegal activities, or to access or distribute pornography or copyrighted materials, such as popular MP3 music files. Should you ever find yourself in court defending your business because an employee has used your email system to send threatening or harassing emails, an Internet Policy will be to your benefit.

By having an Employee Policy Manual in place, employers are taking a proactive stand, rather than reacting to a negative situation when it occurs. The Employee Policy Manual should be required reading for all new employees, as well as for existing employees when any substantive change has been made.

3. You can Send Unaddressed Bulk Mail

Use economical, unaddressed bulk mail to deliver your advertising and marketing content directly to targeted neighborhoods. You can target according to geography, demographics or lifestyle clusters. When you combine this with a Business Reply service, you can build your own databases of customers who you can then target with personalized, addressed mail.

Prices for unaddressed mail will vary, according to quantity, size, weight, etc.

Ask your Postal Service consultant if they can help you establish best geographic territory for your mailing. For example, Canada Post's Householder Counts and Maps feature pinpoints counts of houses, apartments, farms and businesses throughout country, along with letter carrier routes.

4. Business Reply Services Help you Build your own Databases

The reply is prepaid. Business Reply Mail allows your customers or potential customers to communicate with you at no cost to themselves. Most postal services allow business reply for cards or envelopes. Use envelopes when confidentiality is a factor; cards work best as magazine inserts or similar.

Pricing will be based on specifications.

Ask your postal consultant if they have a template to assist you in designing your card or envelope, or check web site for this type of service.

4. Your Postal Service Offers Tools to Small Businesses

This will vary, depending on country you live in. However, look for databases, online ordering of shipping and other materials, courier services, help with ecommerce web sites, package tracking and more. Australia Post offers inventory management, telemarketing, warehousing and fulfillment services as well.

Spend some time on your Postal Service's web site. You might be pleasantly surprized at what you find.