Employee Handbook 2024

reasonable accommodation unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on Merritt. In compliance with applicable law, employees may use time at work to express breast milk. For non-exempt employees, this time will run concurrently with any unpaid break time already provided by Merritt. The Company will make reasonable efforts to provide employees who wish to express milk with the use of a private, secure, and sanitary room other than a restroom, that is in close proximity to the employee’s work area. If an employee has a private office, it may be used for this purpose. • Religious Accommodations: Upon request and consistent with its obligations under applicable law, Merritt will also provide reasonable accommodation for an employee’s sincerely-held religious belief that conflicts with a work requirement, unless the accommodation would cause an undue hardship on Merritt’s business. Any employee seeking an accommodation under this policy should contact Human Resources, which will seek additional appropriate information in accordance with applicable law. An accommodation ultimately granted, if any, may not be the same as the one requested. 4. POLICY AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT Consistent with Merritt’s equal employment policy, unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of any of the Protected Categories will not be tolerated. All employees should be aware that Merritt’s philosophy is to prevent such discrimination and harassment from occurring. Accordingly, Merritt may take disciplinary action based upon conduct that does not meet the legal definition of discrimination or harassment but is offensive to fellow employees. Application of Policy: This policy applies to Merritt employees at all levels, management or not, and governs conduct in the workplace and at all other work-related events such as business trips and Merritt-related functions. Merritt will not allow, tolerate, or condone any form of harassment based on Protected Category directed towards a Merritt employee by co workers, managers, clients, contractors, visitors, or any other non-employee who conducts business with Merritt. Conduct Covered by this Policy: This policy applies to and prohibits all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Accordingly, Merritt prohibits discrimination or harassment based on any Protected Category. Because confusion often arises concerning the meaning of sexual harassment in particular, it deserves special mention. Sexual harassment may take many forms, including the following:

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