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3.15.1 Employment Rights
All your employment rights are protected while on this leave with the exception of pay and benefits.
You are entitled to return to the same work or alternative work where conditions are not less
favourable than that of previous employment.

3.15.2 Refusals & Postponements
The Leave can be refused if its duration is less than 13 weeks, if the Company has reasonable grounds
for the refusal and specifies the reasons for refusal to you in writing. Leave can be postponed, curtailed
or varied pending agreement between you and your employer.

3.15.3 Social Welfare Benefits
You are not entitled to pay from the Company for carer's leave, but you may be entitled to carer's
Benefit from social welfare. The benefit is subject to certain conditions

3.16 COMPANY SECURITY POLICY

3.16.1 Introduction to Security Policy

It is the policy of Bretland to secure and protect all our employees, business, information systems,
data and property.

3.16.2 Personal Property
Employees should ensure that their personal belongings are kept secure. The Company cannot be held
liable for any loss or damage to personal property because of theft or accident.

3.16.3 Company Property
Company property is not to be removed from the premises without the prior permission of a member
of the management team. Unauthorised removal and/or theft of Company property will be
investigated and may result in disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal.

Employees seeking to borrow company equipment must do so only with the expressed permission of
a Senior Manager, confirmed in writing stating the item(s) borrowed and time limit on same.

Access to Company Sites
Access to a company site for personal use is strictly forbidden, particularly outside of normal working
hours. Employees seeking to access a company site must do so only with the expressed permission of
a Senior Manager. The Company reserve the right to refuse entry to a site outside of normal working
hours.

Lone-working must be authorised on-site outside of normal working hours.

Employees who are issued with Company property such as work tools, samples, finished product or
other articles, laptop computers and mobile telephones are required to look after their safety when
taken off Company premises. Such items should not be left in an unattended area or in an unoccupied
vehicle at any time.

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