Celebrating...Supporting

Celebrating in Good Times, Supporting in Challenging Times

Honoring the AsiaBest Workplaces™ in The COVID-19 pandemic is a challenge facing organizations across the globe and it puts a premium on being a people-first, inclusive culture. We honor the companies that earned places on our ranking of Asia’s Best Workplaces™. When the pandemic started to spread and impact our lives and businesses globally, we reached out to our Best Workplaces and asked them in real-time, how have they reached out to support their people and their customers. Reading these accounts, we know our Best Workplaces are not only leaders in their respective industries, but they demonstrate heart and practical care in all they do.

The safety of our employees is paramount and we are introducing several measures at a local level to safeguard their health and well-being during these challenging times. To protect and motivate our workforce, we have distributed care packages and also organized virtual employee engagement initiatives to keep spirits up. Hands, vehicles keys, locks and controls, and scanners are being sanitized frequently, frontline staff are to wear masks and/ or gloves as instructed by local health authorities, and customers can choose contactless delivery due to social distancing measures.

At SAP, the well-being & safety of our colleagues, their families and the larger community are our priority. We took proactive measures early on to safeguard the health and safety of our people - that included having employees work from home, and moving in-person events to virtual platforms. To provide support on continuous learning, we expanded learning opportunities through innovative & interactive educational content for students and professionals. SAP has also extended support by offering infrastructure, virtual volunteering and pro-bono consulting to our communities and governments. We recognize that this time is especially difficult for the vulnerable population in our societies, we are working with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and government bodies to address pressing issues such as food scarcity. Our communities need our support now more than ever and we remain committed to propelling economic development of women and youth especially in rural areas, and continue to explore new possibilities every day to help contribute to building a better world.

At Hays, we believe that at the heart of the organization is its people; and never has this been more important than at times like these, where businesses are facing unprecedented disruptions and challenges. Our commitment to take all necessary measures to protect the health and safety of our colleagues is our number one priority, alongside delivering our services to the high standards our customers expect of us. To do this, we have taken several localized measures to support our employees in different regions; including immediately enabling remote working measures and rapidly ramping up our IT capabilities to enact our business continuity plans. We have also adapted our ways of working in accordance to the robust and flexible plans we have in place to support our colleagues and customers during uncertainty. It is efforts like these that truly make Hays stand out as a great place to work.

The health and well-being of our employees and families remain a top priority and we have a live webinar series that broadcasts twice a day, called B-Well Together, where we invite industry luminaries to speak with our employees about well-being. Our CEO has committed to our employees that we will not conduct any significant layoffs over the next 90 days. To aid and support our community, we developed the Salesforce Care COVID-19 response package where small businesses can get free access to our technology for 90 days. Health systems are also included in the response package where they are able to leverage technology and data for free for 6 months.

Agilent is committed to providing a safe environment for our employees, their families and the communities in which we operate. We have asked our 16,000 employees to work at home where possible to reduce transmission risks and to keep them safe. And they are authorized to purchase additional equipment if needed. Our Human Resources and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) teams have detailed processes in place to support our employees, including loosening of sickness and time off policies for those who need to self-isolate, fall ill, or needs to make other work-life adjustments for child-care and elderly-care. Some Agilent employees might be unable to perform work from their homes. All our sites remain open, and we have taken additional precautions to protect our workforce. At our manufacturing sites, we have introduced split shifts where possible to minimize transmission risks.

At PayPal India and Greater China, we continue to pay employees who can’t work because they are sick or need to take care of someone who is sick. We’re also asking managers to accommodate those with childcare or family care challenges by developing flexible working arrangements to prioritize work-life balance. We have sent out surveys for employees to share feedback regularly, so we can determine what additional measures may be needed during this time. Our senior leadership team meets daily to discuss those results and other top of mind issues to make sure our employees get what they need. At the end of the day, policy changes and employee outreach can help ease burdens, but they don’t erase the anxiety many of us are feeling. Sometimes that requires a more personal touch.

Amid the COVID-19 crisis, teams across NVIDIA are contributing to the relief efforts and sharing tools, expertise, and technology with gaming partners, medical researchers, and scientists to accelerate their understanding of the coronavirus and help inform a response. NVIDIA’s genomics team is offering free access to our Parabricks genome analysis toolkit so researchers can sequence and analyze genomes 50X faster. Our healthcare team is collaborating with leading medical institutes to develop AI models to detect and highlight infections. And we’ve inspired gamers to share the GPUs in their gaming rigs to help configure the largest distributed supercomputer in the world to run Folding@Home.

In light of the rapidly evolving coronavirus situation, we assure all Adecco Group network, employees and the community that their health and wellbeing is our first priority. At Adecco Singapore and FESCO Adecco in China, precautionary measures and regular updates have been put into place for our network, employees and the community. Measures include and are not limited to the following: • Strict adherence to local authorities and guidelines • Regular and transparent communication. • Ensure a safe work environment, if telecommuting is not possible. • Implement flexible work modes, in accordance with legal guidelines to ensure business continuity whilst maintaining the highest quality of service. • Establish a committee of Adecco Group leaders who are responsible for following developments and prepare for next steps.

The Employee Assistance Program (EAP): When life management issues arise, you don't have to go it alone. Adobe offers the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at no cost to you and available 24/7, 365 days a year. It provides you and your dependents access to confidential, short-term professional counseling services. We also have access to a full range of tools and resources on a variety of topics to assist our employees in balancing work and personal needs.

Our employees are our No.1 priority. Our specially curated Frequently Asked Questions section for leaders to support them 24X7 in dealing with sensitive situations such as employees with medical history, maternity situations or even those who returned from travel from international/domestic locations. Many support and special programs have been created for our employees, one of the programs called Crucial Skills During COVID-19. Under this program a session called ‘Energy Management while working remotely’ was conducted by our own L&D experts keeping our energies high during these difficult times. Human Resources guided a special discussion with ‘Buddies’ who were buddying new employees who onboarded virtually for the first time. Live Health Sessions like ‘Power Mornings’ with international health and fitness Coach, ‘Well-being Hacks’ and ‘Managing Family Dynamics while WFH’ by parenting experts are scheduled to support our diverse workforce throughout this crisis.

“Every single day, especially during times of uncertainty, our family-first culture- not only for our employees but for our customers and communities – will always remain our top priority. In the spirit of transparency, communication, and caring, our leadership team is connecting with employees on a daily basis to ensure everyone feels safe, supported, and informed. We are introducing programs to help support our families too, as our work from home approach may have companionship like children on our laps or pets hanging around. The good news is that many of our teams, including our operations, services, and support teams have long been adept at working virtually, and I am so proud of how the rest of our teams across the globe have learned from each other and embraced this new normal of work.” - Aron Ain CEO of Kronos

Employees’ safety is our priority. We offer work from home arrangement, and allowing our employees to work flexibly, as we understand it is not easy during this time to look after their kids and families. Also, we really appreciate our frontline staff fulfilling their jobs, we offer sanitizers and masks for their protection. The company has also launched an internal group, “We’re In This Together” as a space to support and serve one another while adhering to social distancing and stay-at-home guidelines.

The well-being of our employees, customers, partners, and the community is our topmost priority. HP is committed to doing everything we can as a company to respond to the challenges of this situation. Our 3D Printing team has been supporting hospitals by providing hands-free door openers and face mask adjusters for medical professionals. We have also launched a program which allows staff to donate to a local charity of their choice with the HP Foundation matching their contribution. For business partners, we have provided a relief package that includes financial support, skills training and free cybersecurity tools. For parents schooling their children at home, we’ve launched a website full of printable activities to help young children express their creativity. We have implemented work-from-home arrangements for employees that empower our teams with the tools and the flexibility they need to execute and stay connected. Meanwhile, enhanced safety protocols, rigorous cleaning and stricter access procedures are in place for offices, labs and manufacturing facilities that remain open to provide essential services.

On the eve of the Chinese New Year, in order to help fight against the new coronavirus epidemic in Wuhan, SC Johnson Corporation (China) donated 1 million RMB to Wuhan through the Red Cross Foundation of China, of which 500,000 RMB Cash will go through the Red Cross Society of Hubei Province. According to the needs of front-line medical staff in Wuhan hospital, it will be used to purchase protective clothing, masks, goggles and other medical prevention nursing supplies, will help medical staff and critically ill patients. The rest of S.C. Johnson Mr. Muscle cleaning products series and Baby-ganics disinfection products worth RMB 500,000 will be distributed as a whole in accordance to the local actual needs.

A big thank you to all the organizations helping to create this e-book. We hope to share and inspire other organizations via your practices. Treat every interaction as an opportunity to build trust, whether in good times or times like this. Celebrating in Good Times, Supporting in Challenging Times