Telephone / Email / Internet Usage Policy

General Statement Regarding Your Privacy Expectations While at Work

The Company may record any phone calls made by you to the business office including those made on your personal devices. In the event you are issued company-owned telephones or electronic devices, you should expect those devices to record your actions and conversations, if applicable. In addition, the Company or client may elect to install surveillance cameras or other devices in public and common areas of the office or client homes (excluding bathrooms).  Entry onto Company property or other workplace settings, including without limitation a client’s home, is deemed consent to recordings and any surveillance devices.

It is the intent of the Company to respect the privacy of all individuals.  However, please keep the following guidelines in mind:  All telephones, computers personal devices, computer programs, applications, systems, intranet and internet access and other equipment that you use to perform your work are all subject to Company monitoring and inspection for business reasons, with or without notice or employee consent.  Messages transmitted through email, texting or any other platform, as well as system history and logins, can be viewed and inspected by Company management in the event monitoring or a work investigation is warranted. Therefore, employees should not expect a right of privacy when the Company implements its monitoring or inspection activities for business reasons.  Employees must cooperate when monitoring or inspections are implemented; failing to do so may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment. Use of anything that the Company provides employees for work purposes in a manner which violates Company policies is strictly prohibited. For example, employees are not to sexually harass others.

Company management can, at any time, with or without notice or employee consent, access, monitor and/or review the email and other messaging systems and copy, delete, review or disclose any message. Deleting a message does not protect that message from Company access and review.

To protect the Company’s and client’s confidential information, all electronic information and messages must be cleared from your screen before you leave your workstation or device. Any copyrighted information, including software, is protected by law and must not be copied for your own or someone else's use.

Any violation of this policy may result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination.

Employee Internet Statements

Employee Internet postings may appear to constitute public endorsements or testimonials in advertising. Therefore, any comment made by any employee on any Internet site, blog or social networking site that references the Company in a way that seeks to advertise the Company must clearly disclose the following:

● That the employee is employed by or affiliated with the Company; and

● That notwithstanding the employee’s status as an employee, contractor or other affiliate of the Company, the employee is only expressing his or her own personal opinion, and is not speaking as a Company representative, on the Company’s behalf or otherwise with the Company’s knowledge or authorization.

The Company will not request any employee to divulge his or her password to personal social media accounts, except in the case of a workplace investigation, if applicable. The purpose of this policy is to avoid potential conflict of interest; nothing in these email and internet policies is designed to interfere with, restrain or prevent employee communications regarding wages, hours or other terms and conditions of employment or other conduct protected under the National Labor Relations Act.

Additional Social Media Guidelines

We understand that social media can be a fun and rewarding way to share your life and opinion with your family, friends and co-workers around the world. However, use of social media also represents certain risks and carries with it certain responsibilities. To assist you in making responsible decisions about your use of social media, we have established these guidelines for appropriate use of social media.

In the rapidly expanding world of electronic communication, social media can mean many things. Social media includes all means of communicating or posting information or content of any sort on the Internet, including to your own or someone else’s web log or blog, journal or diary, personal website, social networking or affinity website, web bulletin board or a chat room, whether or not associated or affiliated with Company, as well as

any other form of electronic communication.

The same principles and guidelines found in Company policies apply to your activities online. Ultimately, you are solely responsible for what you post online. Before creating online content, consider some of the risks and rewards that are involved. Keep in mind that any of your conduct that adversely interferes with your job performance, the performance of fellow co-workers or otherwise adversely interferes with clients, suppliers, people who work on behalf of Company or Company’s legitimate business interests may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.

Again, nothing in these email and Internet policies is designed to interfere with, restrain or prevent employee communications regarding wages, hours or other terms and conditions of employment or other conduct protected under the National Labor Relations Act.

Refrain From Using Social Media When Working

Refrain from using social media while with clients or at a client’s residence, unless it is work-related as authorized by your Supervisor or Manager.

Know and Follow the Rules