FBC New Orleans Employee Handbook

16. Failure to properly and timely contact Reed Group to notify them of absences in violation of the Company’s Absence Reporting Policy (Flowers Employees ONLY). 17. Failure to observe Company grooming, dress code, personal hygiene rules, and GMPs. This list is not all inclusive. A more detailed list of GMPs is provided during training a. Contributing to unsanitary conditions or poor housekeeping or violation of any rules to this effect. b. Plant employees may have neatly trimmed beards, so long as the beard is covered by a net of fine mesh and does not prevent the proper use of safety equipment (such as respirators). Mustaches are acceptable only if they are neatly trimmed and do not extend below the upper lip. Sideburns must be neatly trimmed and may not extend more than one inch below the bottom of the ear.

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Hair and clothing must be kept neat and clean. All employees and visitors must wear hair nets while in plant production areas. Bump caps, paper caps, baseball style caps, etc. are not permissible substitute hair coverings. Anyone wearing this type cap or hat for safety or other reasons, must still use a hair net while in the plant area. Employees working in the plant area or on and around machinery/equipment must not wear earrings, necklaces, pins, bracelets, watches, rings, or any other ornament while in the area. The only exception to this is a Company approved Medical Alert badge. Hands must be washed before reporting to the work station. No fingernail polish may be worn if the employee works in production or near exposed food products. Any employee handling finished, unpackaged product will wear gloves that are intact, clean, and in sanitary condition. No person who has an infectious or communicable disease shall work in any capacity in which there is a direct threat that such infection or disease being transmitted to other individuals, unless that is a reasonable accommodation that will eliminate the risk of transmission. Employees must notify their supervisor or Human Resources when they have an infectious communicable disease that may have the potential to cause a direct threat of transmission or otherwise violate Food and Drug Administration guidelines or regulations. . Only approved uniforms, bump caps, and PPE will be allowed for work attire. “Approved” uniforms are those with shirts that snap rather than button. Shirts and blouses must be properly tucked into pants. Belts must be worn with pants that have belt loops. Belts must be completely within the belt loops.

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