FBC Norfolk Employee Handbook

Social Media Policy

Introduction Social media is technology that enables online users to interact and share information including video, audio, photographs, and text publicly or privately with one another. Social media includes a variety of internet-based communication tools such as Facebook@, MySpace@, Twitter@, Linked in@, YouTube@, blogs, wikis, and similar tools. Personnel Outsource Solutions employees' use of social media can pose risks to Personnel Outsource Solutions' confidential and proprietary information, reputation and brands, and can jeopardize the company's compliance with business rules and laws. Prohibition of Social Media Usage on Company Computer Systems To minimize these business and legal risks, to avoid loss of productivity and distractions from employees' job performance, and to ensure that the company's property and communications systems are used only for appropriate business purposes, Personnel Outsource Solutions prohibits the use of social media using the company's computer systems for all departments except legal, marketing, communications, and certain subgroups of the IT department due to business necessity. Limitations on Personal Use of Social Media This Policy also applies to personal use of social media using computers owned by employees or accessed by employees outside of the workplace. Social media should never be used in a way that violates any Personnel Outsource Solutions policy or employee obligation. If your electronic communication would violate any of Personnel Outsource Solutions' policies when expressed in another setting or forum, it will also violate them in an online forum. For example, employees are prohibited from using social media to: Disclose Personnel Outsource Solutions' confidential or proprietary information. Circumvent Personnel Outsource Solutions' Code of Conduct or any other laws or ethical standards. Defame or disparage Personnel Outsource Solutions or its affiliates, customers, clients, business partners, suppliers, vendors, competitors, shareholders or other stakeholders. Harass Personnel Outsource Solutions employees on the basis of any protected characteristic such as race, gender, age, disability, religion, national origin, color, sexual orientation, or genetic information. Circumvent Personnel Outsource Solutions' policies prohibiting unlawful

discrimination against current employees or applicants. Violate Personnel Outsource Solutions' privacy policies.

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Guidelines The FTC has issued guidelines to regulate communications made through endorsements and testimonials via social media. Advertisers and endorsers are potentially liable for false or unsubstantiated statements and for failing to disclose material connections between

2024 Employee Handbook – B. Turner