FBC Newton Employee Handbook (2)

For employees that do not take ANY unscheduled PTO (FLEX-Days) in a 3-month period (1 st qtr. Jan 1 to March 31, 2 nd qtr. April 1 to June 30, 3 rd qtr. July 1 to Sept 30 and 4 th qtr. Oct 1 to Dec 31), the company will pay employees a $125

net check by the 3 rd pay period after the end of each 3-month period. That’s an additional $500 per year that you can earn just by coming to work. SCHEDULED PTO

For time away from work to be considered as “scheduled,” your request must be put in writing or requested in Workforce Software at least one week prior to the next weeks schedule being finalized and posted and approved by management. Once a schedule has been posted, or the allowed number of people per shift/line have been approved for PTO, no more scheduled absences will be approved and any missed time will be considered as “unscheduled” and will count against your FLEX-Days. TIP: Communication is key to this policy. You should let your supervisor know your request AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Again, existing rules about the number of people per shift or line that can be absent do apply. Example 1: Your favorite sporting event is coming to town on a regularly scheduled work night for you. You put in your request for PTO in as soon as you know about it and your request is approved. Enjoy your paid night out! Again, if you receive permission to trade shifts and are successful in doing so, no PTO use will be required. STD WAITING PERIOD There is an 8-day waiting period before disability benefits are paid. Employees that are on approved medical leave will be required to use PTO for the 8- day disability benefits waiting period. This waiting period will NOT count toward FLEX-Days, even if your absence was unexpected. Best practice is to be aware of your PTO availability and budget your accrual (save some) in case you get sick. If you are a newer employee, you could also save your personal holidays until later in the year to assist you financially if you become unexpectedly ill. If you are sick and your absence is not FMLA qualifying (for example a stomach bug, dental issues, or the flu in most cases), you will accrue points if you have no PTO available. Absences are NOT excused/unexcused; however, if you have no PTO available, we will require a doctor’s excuse stating that you were restricted from working for the entire period of your absence. Only then, will we count the entire period as 1 absence and assign you 2 points. If you are out longer than 8 days, you will need to contact The Hartford to establish a short- term disability claim. FMLA may apply – please see your Site Manager for information. A WORD OF CAUTION You are accruing a bank of paid time away from work to manage as you see fit, within certain guidelines. We have increased everyone’s accrual so that you accrue more PTO and so that you accrue it faster. But you still need to be aware of your PTO accrual. Under our Attendance Policy you will be assigned points if you exceed your PTO accrual or exceed your allotment of unscheduled PTO. The Company is allowing you to use 4 days of your total PTO accrual as unscheduled FLEX-Days BUT FLEX-Days are not automatically set aside for your use. FLEX-Days are carved out of your total PTO accrual and must either

2024 Employee Handbook – B. Turner