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PURPOSE

To provide a work environment in which all HUGO BOSS employees are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits unlawful discriminatory practices, including harassment. As always, employees are expected to adhere to accepted standards of business conduct.

EFFECTIVE DATE

This policy was revised on April 2021.

SCOPE & APPLICABILITY

This policy applies to all HUGO BOSS USA applicants and employees, whether related to conduct engaged in by fellow employees or by someone not directly connected to HUGO BOSS (e.g., an outside vendor, consultant, applicant, customer). Conduct prohibited by this policy is unacceptable in the workplace and in any work-related setting outside the workplace, such as business trips, business meetings, and business-related social events. In addition, actions will be taken against any employee who knowingly allows any conduct prohibited in this policy to occur.

Any retaliation against individuals who report, testify or assist in an investigation involving an act of misconduct is unlawful.

DEFINITIONS

 Sexual Harassment: Sexual harassment constitutes discrimination and is illegal under federal, state and local laws. For the purposes of this policy, sexual harassment is defined, as in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Guidelines, as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when, for example: (i) submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual’s employment; (ii) submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individual; or (iii) such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. The following is a non-exhaustive list of the types of conduct prohibited by this policy:

· Unwanted sexual advances or propositions (including repeated and unwelcome requests for dates);

· Offers of employment benefits in exchange for sexual favors;

· Making or threatening reprisals after a negative response to sexual advances;

· Visual conduct: leering, making sexual gestures, displaying of pornographic or sexually suggestive images, objects, pictures, cartoons, graffiti, posters or websites on computers, emails, cell phones, bulletin boards, etc.;

· Verbal conduct: making or using sexist remarks or derogatory comments based on gender, innuendos, epithets, slurs, sexually explicit jokes, or lewd or sexual comments about an individual’s appearance, body or dress, whistling or making suggestive or insulting sounds;

· Verbal and/or written abuse of a sexual nature, graphic verbal and/or written sexually degrading commentary about an individual's body or dress, sexually suggestive or obscene letters, notes, invitations, emails, text messages, or social media postings;

· Physical conduct: unwelcome or inappropriate touching of employees or customers, physical violence, intimidation, assault or impeding or blocking normal movements;

· Hostile actions taken against an individual because of that individual’s sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, such as: o Interfering with, destroying or damaging a person’s workstation, tools or equipment, or otherwise interfering with the individual’s ability to perform the job; o Sabotaging an individual’s work; and o Bullying, yelling, name-calling HUGOBOSSFashions, Inc., 55WaterStreet, 48thFloor,NewYork,NY10041, USA Behavior may constitute sexual harassment regardless of the sex or gender of the person committing it or the person who is exposed to it.

Sexual harassment can include harassment on the basis of an individual’s actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Individuals who observe conduct that may violate this policy are encouraged, but not required, to communicate to the offending person that the conduct is offensive and unwelcome. Individuals who observe any behavior directed at others that may violate this policy are encouraged to take reasonable action to defuse such behavior if possible, such as intervening directly, alerting a supervisor or Human Resources to assist, or making a report under this policy.

Harassment: Harassment on the basis of any other protected characteristic is also strictly prohibited. Under this policy, harassment is verbal or physical conduct that denigrates or shows hostility or aversion toward an individual because of his/her race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or that of his/her relatives, friends or associates, and that: (i) has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment; (ii) has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work performance; or (iii) otherwise adversely affects an individual’s employment opportunities. 4.3. Employee: Any person directly employed by HUGO BOSS or any of its subsidiaries. Under no circumstances are independent contractors, contracted/temporary works or interns considered employees, however, they are expected to comply with the guidelines set forth within this policy.

You can read the complete policy here.