Employee Center Policy Order of Precedence Policy

No Raw Database Data Claim

For clarity, this document does not claim that Quintin N. Mahan owns raw facts, raw database rows, independent outside source records, CRS-owned operational records, customer-owned records, third-party-owned records, or customer relationships merely because such information is entered into, stored in, processed by, displayed through, backed up with, or exported from EC.

This document protects EC Protected Materials: the application, software, source code, schemas, database design, data model, relationships, indexes, workflows, dashboards, reports, queries, automations, integrations, APIs, access controls, credentials, hardware, infrastructure, legal records, certificate records, hashes, metadata systems, audit systems, methods, processes, techniques, trade secrets, documentation, and EC-created structural organization.

Version: 1.0
Effective Date: June 1, 2026
Platform: Employee Center / EC
Owner: Quintin N. Mahan
Legal Hub: /legal
Policies Hub: /legal/policies

Policy URL: /legal/policies/policy-order-of-precedence-policy

1. Purpose

This policy explains how EC legal documents should be interpreted if provisions overlap or conflict.

2. Order of Precedence

Unless Quintin N. Mahan signs a separate written agreement stating otherwise, the order of precedence is:

1. signed written agreement expressly modifying EC rights;
2. Employee Center Terms and Conditions;
3. company-level acceptance certificate / Exhibit A;
4. EC ownership and protected materials policies;
5. EC security, retention, and legal preservation policies;
6. other EC policies and notices;
7. EC screens, help text, emails, instructions, or operational notes.

3. Terms Control

If any EC policy conflicts with the Employee Center Terms and Conditions, the Terms and Conditions control unless a separate signed written agreement states otherwise.

4. No Waiver by Inconsistency

A typo, display issue, outdated page, missing link, help-text inconsistency, or policy overlap does not waive EC ownership, EC Protected Materials rights, owner/admin rights, Terms rights, or legal preservation rights.

5. Historical Versions

Older versions may remain stored for audit and evidence. The active version governs current access unless a record refers to an older accepted version.

Changes to This Policy

Quintin N. Mahan may update this policy by publishing a new active version in EC.

The current active version will be displayed through the Legal hub.

Older versions may remain stored in Postgres for audit, evidence, and historical review.

Contact / Owner

Employee Center is owned by Quintin N. Mahan.

Legal and policy documents are available from:

/legal

The current Terms and Conditions are available from:

/legal/terms-and-conditions

End of Employee Center Policy Order of Precedence Policy.