BL Companies | Employee Handbook | 2024

some roles that require an employee to be in the office full time. If an employee is hired for one of those roles, he/she will be fully in office. Hybrid – This environment will be a certain number of days in the office and a certain number of days at home. Upon approval of this arrangement by the employee’s supervisor and Executive Director, the employee will be expected to designate the days that he/she will be in the office and to generally stick to that schedule. Working Hours and Attendance Regardless of which arrangement an employee is working under, regular office hours for the Company are Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Employees are entitled to one 1-hour unpaid lunch break, making the workday eight (8) hours and the workweek forty (40) hours. Employees may be required to work more than forty (40) hours in order to meet client and Company needs. Any variation of this schedule must be approved by the employee’s supervisor and Director. The nature of our business requires teamwork. When an employee is absent from work, everyone else must make adjustments to cover the workload. BL Companies expects employees to be reliable and punctual in reporting for work. This includes if an employee is working from home. As the workday begins at 8:30, employees working from home are expected to be logged in and ready to work by 8:30 a.m. In the rare instances when employees cannot avoid being late to work or are unable to work as scheduled, they should notify their supervisor as soon as possible in advance of the anticipated absence. Employees are also required to phone each day of their absence. If it is necessary to schedule appointments during the workday, employees are encouraged to make them early in the morning or late in the day so as to cause as little disruption of the workday as possible.

Employees who do not report for work – whether in the office or at home – and fail to notify their supervisor of the reason for their absence for a period of three (3) or more consecutive days will be considered to have voluntarily abandoned their job. Desk Space Each of BL’s offices is unique. Currently, some offices are able to accommodate all employees who want to work in the office and others cannot. Therefore, each office will be treated differently. If the office can accommodate all employees, all employees, whether fully in office or hybrid will have a seat. For offices where there is not enough space for all, those who are fully in the office will have a seat. The spaces will then be allocated based on days in the office and availability. Those employees who are only in the office 1-2 days a week or are fully remote, may not have a dedicated desk space. However, there will be areas in the office available for such employees when they need to come into the office where they can connect their laptop and work productively. circumstances may change as leases are renewed or not renewed. Employees are not guaranteed a dedicated spot in any office as BL’s infrastructure needs will change over time. Requesting the Type of Work Environment Each employee may request which type of work environment he or she would prefer. That request should be communicated to the employee’s supervisor. Upon approval from both the supervisor and the Executive Director, the employee’s request will be granted. No employee request will be unreasonably withheld. If circumstances change in an employee’s performance, the team’s performance, For those offices that can currently accommodate every employee,

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