FBC Knoxville Employee Handbook 2025

A. GENERAL CONDUCT RULES These are infractions of such a serious nature that they will normally result in immediate discharge without prior warning. 1. Knowingly falsifying or failing to disclose any employment-related information (oral or written) or any other type of dishonesty before or during employment with the Company. 2. Falsification of time keeping records. This includes improper recording of time on written time cards, clocking in or out for another employee, or asking another employee to clock in or out for you. If a mistake is made on the time card/ sheet, it must be corrected and initialed by both Company supervision and the employee involved. 3. Theft. This includes taking or misusing Company property or money without authorization and also includes, but is not limited to, taking another employee’s property or money (i.e., lunch, personal belongings, etc.) or using a company vehicle for personal reasons. 4. Using a company issued credit card or fuel charge card for personal use or in a dishonest manner. 5. Violating the Company's policy on drugs and alcohol, which includes possession of drugs or alcohol while on Company time, regardless of whether the employee is on Company premises, in a Company vehicle or at a customer location. The complete policy on drugs and alcohol is separately posted on Company bulletin boards . 6. Violating the Company’s Policy Against Harassment. This policy is separately posted on Company bulletin boards . 7. Violating the Company’s Policy on Social Media and Electronic Communications. . This policy is separately posted on Company bulletin boards . 8. Disclosing the company’s trade secrets, confidential, or propriety information, which is defined to include company information (whether obtained from hard copy, electronic, or other confidential company source) relating to sales figures, product pricing, production costs, product plans, lists of actual or potential customers, customer transaction information, list of actual or potential suppliers, supplier transaction information, technical and engineering details, manufacturing processes or techniques, financial performance data, financial plans, formulae, recipes, invention information, marketing and business strategies, and similar company business information not generally known to the public. As noted in the introduction to these rules, this rule, as well as all others, do not prohibit employees from discussing wages, hours, or other terms and conditions of employment or any other matters the discussion of which is protected by law. 9. Insubordination, which can include, but is not limited to, the following:

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