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PEOPLE
Employee Safety and Wellness
Preparing for Tough Times
We have an enterprise-wide crisis management program that includes tools and communications supporting
welfare, emergency response, safety, disaster recovery and business continuity. The program includes workgroupbased
plans to guide in resuming disrupted operations, emergency response teams to directly address certain
emergencies, and a corporate emergency operations center to coordinate and allocate resources at time of crisis.
Benefits Support Balanced Lifestyle
Clorox offers a broad range of competitive benefits that are available to full-time employees and their dependents,
including children, spouses and same-sex partners. Our comprehensive health care coverage in the U.S. includes:
• Medical • Disability • Short- and long-term disability
• Prescription services • Vision • Life insurance
• Dental • Counseling • Accidental death and dismemberment
Preparing For and Preventing
the Spread of H1N1
In the spring of 2009, a substantial outbreak of the
H1N1 influenza virus hit Mexico, sounding alarm bells
around the world. With flu season approaching and
fears of a wide-spread pandemic growing, we quickly
formed a team to develop internal preparedness and
prevention plans.
We were focused on two key priorities: First, sustaining
the health and wellness of employees; second, developing
contingency plans to minimize impact to the business
in the event of widespread absenteeism.
Cleaning protocols detailing how to disinfect hard
surfaces, hand-washing guides and other wellness
tips and tools were quickly posted throughout our
facilities and office environments. We also developed
a website dedicated to providing educational materials,
prevention practices, H1N1 updates and public health
resources to Clorox employees.
We also created detailed contingency plans to prevent
major business impacts, including developing policies
that address time off and pay. However, these plans were
never needed, as the majority of employees remained
healthy and working throughout the duration of the
H1N1 pandemic.
Clorox’s wellness programs encourage our employees to
participate in preventative care, such as getting an annual
physical, taking health risk assessments or participating
in smoking cessation programs.
These programs benefit employees by promoting good
health and by driving down overall health care costs.
Clorox offers weight-management resources, a quarterly
health newsletter and several wellness incentive programs
to employees, including a $125 incentive program for
getting your annual physical.
In addition to physical health benefits, we offer a variety
of other benefit programs designed to assist employees and
their families through different needs in life. For example,
in the U.S., we offer employees and their immediate family
members confidential counseling services through our
Employee Assistance Program. We also offer adoption
assistance and retirement savings programs.
Clorox supports a balanced lifestyle by offering alternate
work schedules where possible, such as job sharing,
telecommuting and flexible hours, which allow workers
to have a say in their schedules. We offer summer hours
to office employees around the world, closing our offices
for business at 12:30 p.m. local time on Fridays to give
employees an early start to their weekends during the
summer season.
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