- The Rainbow Internship was set up to address the challenges faced by trans people. The objective is to better support trans people in what can sometimes be a complicated journey and to provide them with support with the help of specialized organizations such as Perriferry or the TWEET Foundation.
- For people with disabilities, various actions have been implemented through the Disability Confidence program. First, a proactive recruitment policy for the various departments, by training recruiters and giving them the tools to support these employees, the teams around them and the managers. The enABLE affinity group organized internal conferences or round tables for discussions and experiments allowing non‑disabled people to better understand the situation experienced by people with disabilities. Each year, the Accessibility Hackathon, led by the Chair of Publicis Sapient, aims to find new innovations and technologies that can help people with disabilities. The teams in India actively participate in the work of the Center of Excellence on Accessibility, aiming to make digital content truly e‑accessible, and to ensure that this expertise is easily accessible in all countries.
- For caregiver employees, and in particular the generation that must deal with the care of elderly parents or family complications while pursuing their professional objectives, the program makes it possible to help the employees concerned and provide them with support during the difficult period. The attention of co‑workers is important for the Millennial and Z generations, who are particularly stressed and anxious about their future, and who express it easily.
- The “HOWathon,” created by the Technology teams, enables teams to work together every year to find new solutions. In 2022, the theme focused on diversity, accessibility and sustainability. The participating teams are coached by a woman, they are mentored by managers, and they present their innovations and creations to an internal jury bringing together Publicis Sapient executives.
- Finally, the Groupe has strengthened its approach to diversity with its local suppliers to support companies led by women, LGBTQI and people with disabilities, and those concerned with equality of treatment.
3) France
Publicis France continues to step up its actions within all entities to promote a truly inclusive collective, with the training of all recruiters, HR managers and talents as a prerequisite to diversify profiles and experiences, around four pillars:
- Social diversity and diversity of origins. With the Publicis Track program, a concrete initiative to promote equal opportunities, which enables young students from disadvantaged areas of the city who are in their first or second year of higher education to join our agencies for quality internships. Since the program was created in 2021, the 18 participating agencies have welcomed 200 interns and mobilized 200 internal tutors. This program is conducted with five partner public high schools, and it received three awards in 2023. The DEI team set up another project in 2023, Publicis Teens, in order to more closely manage third‑year students who come for a week to learn about the professions and discuss with creative professionals.
- At the same time, several mentoring initiatives for these young people have taken place with the Telemaque association (a three‑year commitment by 15 employees to support 15 schoolchildren); with the Skills association (with four other companies) on Tech/Data and digital professions. Publicis France continues to be a partner of Sciences Po as part of their Convention Education Prioritaire ("Priority Education Agreement") program. The Groupe continues to be active in the government’s PAQTE program to promote equal opportunities through actions to support young people, as well as the Les Entreprises s'Engagent system, also in the areas of education and inclusion.
- Gender equality: the collective agreement promoting gender equality continued to apply in 2023. It provides inter alia for the granting of financial assistance from the birth of a child until his or her third birthday, as well as the maintenance of full compensation during the entire maternity, adoption, paternity and childcare leave. This agreement also provides for the extension of the scope of this leave to spouses, civil union (PACS) partners or the biological father’s partner. In addition, since 2023, the Groupe has provided two days' paid leave for spontaneous termination of pregnancy (for employees and their partners) and three days a year for employees suffering from incapacitating painful menstruation or endometriosis. The Groupe also promotes access to training after long‑term family leave via three days of Marcel Classes training and the financing of up to euro 500 of training available on the CPF (personal training account). Publicis France is an active member of OneInThreeWomen, which brings together companies committed to the fight against violence to women/ domestic violence; it also renewed its membership of StOpE sexism. Training actions continued with WeCare in order to fight against discrimination and all forms of harassment, with 45 correspondent employees spread across the agencies, dedicated sessions for managers and an internal and external listening and reporting system.
