CREA Employee Handbook - State and Local Policies (Updated …

Travel Away from Home Community

Travel that keeps you away from home overnight is travel away from home. Travel away from home is clearly work time when it cuts across your workday. The time is not only hours worked on regular working days during normal working hours but also during corresponding hours on nonworking days. The Company will not consider as work time that time spent in travel away from home outside of your regular working hours as a passenger on an airplane, train, boat, bus, or automobile.

Work Performed While Traveling

Any work you perform while traveling must be counted as hours worked.

Calculating and Reporting Travel Time

You are responsible for accurately tracking, calculating, and reporting your travel time. Travel time should be calculated by rounding up to the nearest quarter hour. General Policies Social Security Number Privacy All employees must provide CREA, LLC with their Social Security numbers (SSNs) for the Company to satisfy payroll, state, and federal tax and insurance coverage requirements. Consistent with Michigan law, the Company takes reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of SSNs. All documents and records containing SSNs and personal identification information are kept in a secure environment. Only authorized personnel with a legitimate business need may access records and documents (both internal and external) that contain employee SSNs and identification information. In addition to the Company's policy protecting against the disclosure of confidential information, employees are prohibited from accessing, viewing, or using other employees' Social Security information maintained by the Company unless authorized and for lawful purposes. When necessary, documents containing the SSNs of employees will be properly destroyed through shredding or other means before disposal. Any employees who unlawfully or without authorization access Social Security data will be disciplined up to and including termination of employment and may be referred to authorities for possible prosecution. Access to Personnel and Medical Records Files CREA, LLC maintains separate medical records files and personnel files for all employees. Files containing medical records are stored separate and apart from any business-related records in a safe, locked, inaccessible location. The medical file is the repository for sensitive and confidential information related to an individual's health, health benefits, health-related leave and/or accommodations, and benefits selections and coverage. Medical records are kept confidential in compliance with applicable laws and access is on a "need-to-know" basis only. Supervisors and others in management may have access to your personnel file for possible employment-related decisions. If you wish to review your personnel or medical records file, you must give the Company reasonable notice. Inspection must occur in the presence of a Company representative. All requests by an outside party for information contained in your personnel file will be directed to the Human Resources department, which is the only department authorized to give out such information.

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