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Work Schedules
National EWP’s workweek begins at 12:01a.m. Sunday and ends at 11:59pm on Saturday. Field offices and the business
services office are normally open from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Administrative and Yard personnel
will be assigned unique work schedules and will be expected to begin and end work according to assigned schedule. To
accommodate the needs of our business, at some point National may need to change individual work schedules on either
a short term or long-term basis. Employees will be provided meal and rest periods as required by law. A Supervisor will
provide further scheduling details.
Field operations personnel work schedules will vary depending on jobsite location requirement. Operations Managers and
Supervisors, or designees will assign individual and rig crews work schedules.
All hourly employees are expected to be clocked in at their assigned location or workstations at the start of scheduled
shifts, ready, willing, and able to perform work.
All exempt-salaried employees are expected to perform work according to job responsibilities and deliver performance
output criteria as required by their supervisors.
Meals and Rest Periods
All rest breaks and meal periods must be taken outside the work area. Employees should not visit or socialize with
employees who are working while they are taking a rest break or meal period. Employees may leave the premises during
meal periods.
Employees are required to immediately notify their supervisor, manager, or Employee Services if they believe they are
being pressured or coerced by any manager, supervisor, or other employee to not take any portion of a provided rest
break or meal period.
Lactation Breaks (Female employees only)
The Company will provide a reasonable amount of break time to accommodate an employee desiring to express breast
milk for the employee's infant child, in accordance with and to the extent required by applicable law. The break time, if
possible, must run concurrently with rest and meal periods already provided to the employee. If the break time cannot
run concurrently with rest and meal periods already provided to the employee, the break time will be unpaid, subject to
applicable law.
The Company will make reasonable efforts to provide employees with the use of a room or location other than a toilet
stall for the employee to express milk in private. This location may be the employee's private office, if applicable. The
Company may not be able to provide additional break time if doing so would seriously disrupt the Company's operations,
subject to applicable law.
Please consult a member of Employee Services if you have questions regarding this policy. Employees should advise
management if they need break time and an area for this purpose. Employees will not be discriminated against or
retaliated against for exercising their rights under this policy.
Timekeeping Procedures
Employees must record their actual time worked for payroll and benefit purposes. Non-exempt employees may not start
work until their scheduled starting time.
All Administrative Field Office and Yard Support Personnel (drivers, mechanics, fabricators) as non-exempt employees
must record the time work begins and ends, as well as the beginning and ending time of any departure from work for any
nonwork- related reason, either through paper forms or electronic systems as prescribed by management.
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