Page 61 - Footprint Employee Handbook 2021

VIOLENCE PREVENTION POLICY
Footprint is committed to creating and maintaining a safe environment for our employees and visitors that is free
from violence and threats of violence. Footprint does not tolerate workplace violence or threats in any form. This
includes physical assaults and verbal or physical conduct that is intimidating, menacing, aggressive, threatening,
obscene or abusive or could reasonably be interpreted to potentially cause harm or endanger the safety of others or
property.

Weapons
No employee, visitor, vendor, or other person may bring, carry, or possess a firearm or other deadly weapon or
destructive device at the sites at which Footprint conducts business, including vehicles used for Company business.
Employees may not bring weapons onto parking lots except where it is allowed by state law and under the conditions
allowed by state law.
The Company reserves the right to prohibit any and all weapons from entering the facility regardless of cause.
Footprint reserves the right to conduct a search or inspection to the extent permissible under applicable law in order
to ensure compliance with this policy pursuant to the Inspections Policy described in this Handbook. Individuals who
violate this policy may be denied access to, or be removed from, Company Premises. Employees who violate this
policy may also be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

Reporting Requirement
Employees should report any workplace situation, incident or activity that appears threatening or violent or that
appears to be a violation of the Violence Prevention Policy to a member of management. Footprint will take
reasonable steps to ensure safety and security, including investigating all potential incidents, disciplining employees
responsible for misconduct, summoning law enforcement or assisting in the prosecution of criminal activity.

No Retaliation
No employee will be retaliated against for reporting a possible violation of the Violence Prevention Policy or for
assisting or participating in a complaint investigation.

COVID-19 EMPLOYEE TRAVEL PROTOCOLS

Footprint is an essential business that provides services to a number of “Critical Infrastructure Sectors,” primarily
within the food industries and related manufacturing, distribution, and supply chains, as set forth by the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security’s Critical Infrastructure Sectors guidance.
In supporting the Company’s critical work, employees have a special responsibility to maintain a normal work
schedule, which may require travel to a Footprint factory or office (“Footprint Facility”) that may be in another state
or country (“Business Travel”) to perform “Essential Business Duties.”

“Essential Business Duties” is defined as an activity and work required to keep Footprint’s production plant(s)
operational, including the installation of technology, equipment, and other activities such as quality assurance
inspections, safety audits.

Footprint employees are required to perform or assist with the Essential Business Duties must be receive advanced
approval and granted permission to enter the Footprint Facility.
For Footprint Employees: Submit your request Business Travel 14 days’ in advance to Todd Landis, Chief People
Officer. The advance notice is required to ensure the employee has no COVID-19-related symptoms or sickness 7
days’ in advance of travel.

Employees should review the domestic travel guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(“CDC Guidance”), and which may be amended from time to time as more information becomes available about
COVID-19 and in response to new and/or additional instructions from CDC Guidance and local public health officials.

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