These Terms of Service (the "Terms") govern your use of the CHS Mobile App and the systems that support it (together, the "App"), which are provided by Chicago Heights Steel (CHS) together with its internal divisions Highway Steel, Inc. (HSI) and Raw Materials, Inc. (RMI) (together, the "Company," "we," "us," or "our"). Please read them carefully. You can learn more about the Company at chs.com.
1. Accepting these Terms
By accessing or using the app, you agree to these Terms and to the Privacy Policy, which is incorporated by reference. If you do not agree, please do not use the app. If you use the app in an administrative role, you also agree to do so in line with Company policy.
2. Who may use the app
The app is a private tool for current employees, supervisors, security officers, administrators, and authorized contractors of the Company who have been given an account. It is not available to the public. You may use it only for legitimate Company business and only within the role and permissions assigned to you. Your right to use the app lasts only while the Company authorizes it, and it ends when your employment or engagement ends or your access is withdrawn.
3. The app and your employment
The app is a workplace tool. These Terms cover your use of the software, and they do not create an employment contract, change the at-will nature of employment where it applies, or alter the terms and conditions of your employment, any collective bargaining agreement, or any Company policy. If these Terms conflict with a collective bargaining agreement, or with employment law on the terms and conditions of employment, that agreement or law controls.
4. Your account and security
You are responsible for keeping your credentials confidential and for the activity that happens under your account. Do not share your password, badge, PIN, or signed-in session, and do not use anyone else's account. Tell the Company right away, through your supervisor or IT, if you suspect unauthorized use or a security problem. The Company may suspend, reset, or withdraw access at any time to protect the app, its data, or its people.
5. Ownership and your license to use the app
The app, including its software, design, and content, and the records created through it (other than your own personal information), belong to the Company or its licensors and are protected by law. The Company grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license to use the app on authorized devices for authorized Company purposes. You may not copy, modify, reverse-engineer, distribute, or create derivative works from the app, except where the law allows it or the Company gives written permission.
6. Acceptable use
When you use the app, you agree to follow the law and Company policy, and you agree not to do any of the following: falsify or misrepresent any time, attendance, location, inspection, training, safety, or other record, including clocking in or out when you are not present, using location-spoofing tools, or clocking for someone else; submit information you know to be inaccurate or misleading; try to access data or features beyond your permissions; interfere with, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to, the app, its server, network, or hardware, including the access-control scanners; introduce malicious code; use the app to harass or harm others; or use the app for anything unrelated to your authorized Company role. Misuse may lead to loss of access and to discipline consistent with Company policy, any collective bargaining agreement, and the law.
7. Time records and pay
The app helps collect and review time and attendance information and then provides that information to authorized payroll staff for processing in the Company's payroll system (currently UKG). The app itself does not calculate net pay, set wage or overtime rates, withhold or file taxes, or pay you. You are responsible for reviewing your time entries and promptly reporting any error, missing punch, or discrepancy to your supervisor or HR. Any hours, totals, points, balances, or estimated-pay figures shown in the app are provided for convenience and are not a guarantee of payment. Your official pay, hours, overtime, deductions, and leave balances are determined by the Company's payroll records and by applicable law and any collective bargaining agreement, which control if there is any difference. Pay questions are handled through the Company's payroll and HR processes and, where it applies, the grievance procedure in the collective bargaining agreement, rather than through the app.
8. Electronic signatures and records
The app lets you sign, acknowledge, approve, and submit records electronically, including by drawing your signature on screen and by tapping to approve. You agree to do business electronically, and you agree that your electronic signatures and approvals are intended to be your legal signature and carry the same effect as a handwritten one, that records the app keeps electronically satisfy any requirement that they be in writing, and that you will not challenge a record's validity simply because it is electronic. This consent is given under the federal E-SIGN Act, the Illinois Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and similar laws. You may ask HR for a paper copy of a record, and you may withdraw your consent to do business electronically on a going-forward basis by contacting HR, though doing so may limit your use of some features.
9. Device permissions you may grant
Some features ask for your device's permission to work, and by turning them on you agree to the related handling described in the Privacy Policy. The app may use location at the time of a clock action to confirm you are within an authorized clockhouse area, and, during equipment inspections and guard rounds, to identify nearby equipment and confirm your presence at inspection points and checkpoints, which during an active round may involve checking your location more than once. It may use Bluetooth to confirm proximity to Company scanners, training beacons, or tagged equipment, the camera to scan badge and QR codes and to take inspection photos, and notifications or text messaging to send work-related alerts. If you turn on fingerprint or face unlock, that check is performed by your device, and the app never receives or stores your biometric data. You can grant or withdraw these permissions in your device settings, and some features will not work without them.
10. Monitoring
The app is a Company system. To the extent the law allows, the Company may monitor, record, and review activity in the app, including time, location at the moment of a clock action, access, and submissions, for security, integrity, compliance, safety, and operational reasons. You should not expect your use of the app to be private beyond what the Privacy Policy describes and what the law requires.
11. Third-party services
The app relies on third-party services such as sign-in providers, network delivery, push and text-message delivery, and the Company's payroll system, as described in the Privacy Policy. Your use of features that depend on one of these services may also be subject to that provider's terms. The Company is not responsible for third-party services it does not control.
12. Changes to the app
The Company may change, suspend, or discontinue the app or any feature at any time, with or without notice, and may set requirements for using it. Except as the law requires, the Company is not liable to you for any change, suspension, or discontinuation of the app.
13. Disclaimers
Except where the law requires otherwise, the app is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis, without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement. The Company does not warrant that the app will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure, or that the figures shown in the app are accurate or complete for pay or compliance purposes, as explained in Section 7.
14. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent the law allows, the Company and its affiliates, and their officers, employees, and agents, will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost data, arising out of or relating to your use of or inability to use the app. Nothing in these Terms limits or waives any right that cannot be limited or waived under the law, including your rights to earned wages, overtime, and other protections under wage-and-hour and other employment laws. Your pay and your statutory rights are set by law, by the Company's payroll records, and by any collective bargaining agreement, and this section does not affect them.
15. Suspension and termination
Your access to the app is tied to your authorization and to your employment or engagement with the Company, and it may be suspended or ended at any time, including automatically when you separate from the Company or if you violate these Terms or Company policy. When your access ends, the license in Section 5 ends and you must stop using the app. Sections that by their nature should continue, including Sections 5, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, and 16, will continue to apply.
16. Governing law and venue
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Subject to any grievance or arbitration procedure in an applicable collective bargaining agreement, and to any forum rights the law does not allow to be waived, you and the Company agree that the state and federal courts located in Cook County, Illinois have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of or relating to the app or these Terms.
17. General
These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and the Company about the app, and they replace earlier understandings about the app, though they do not replace the collective bargaining agreement or your employment agreements. If any provision is found unenforceable, the rest remain in effect. The Company's decision not to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. You may not assign these Terms, while the Company may assign them to an affiliate or a successor. The Company may update these Terms, and for significant changes it will provide notice through the app or another reasonable method, after which your continued use means you accept the updated Terms to the extent the law allows.
18. How to contact us
For questions about the CHS Mobile App itself, contact David Zapata at davez@chs.com. For other questions about these Terms, or matters that are not specific to the app, contact the Company through chs.com or your Human Resources representative.
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