- as part of the WorkingWithCancer plan, in order to prioritize care and health, the employee's salary is guaranteed for at least one year for employees affected by a serious or chronic disabling illness. Flexibility schemes have been improved for caregiver employees;
- a doctor’s office is accessible on weekdays on the Publicis Sapient India campuses in order to deal with urgent requests for care. Health prevention workshops in the form of webinars are regularly organized on smoking cessation, diabetes and the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Mental health issues, in all forms, are also addressed. Due to the sedentary nature of the business, nutrition workshops are organized with professionals to answer any questions, including questions related to future maternity;
- an internal network of 27 trained Mental Wellbeing Ambassadors has been created to provide essential help as helpers in the company. Employees can thus find attentive listeners and an initial level of help, particularly on issues of emotional management;
- a new “Medi Buddy Gold” application was made available to employees, allowing immediate and strictly confidential access to healthcare professionals;
- access to daycare has been further facilitated for employees, whether located near the workplace or in living quarters, in order to relieve parents' work‑life balance;
- Publicis Sapient India has focused on holistic well‑being with a dedicated space, the Body, Mind and Soul Café. The program addresses all dimensions: body, mind and soul (essential in Indian culture), offering initiatives such as the 21 days of challenges as well as the reduction of mobile screen time. This café also offers sessions on mood management and micro‑workshops on well‑being, introduction guided breathing work and decoding and managing excessive thoughts. The month of October is the time when the agency focuses on well‑being, with sessions on meditation, breathing, stress and anxiety management, depression and resilience;
- yoga and Zumba workshops are always successful, including virtual ones. Again, in yet another unusual year, with a large amount of people working from home, the management of the entities demonstrated their support by leading and/or participating in various workshops organized during Global Wellness Week, showing that the subject of well‑being at work is serious and important;
- all of these activities have a significant impact on all employees’ use by of the various resources. This encourages employees to take time for themselves and better manage periods of intense work. By leading by example, managers help to build an internal culture where mental health and well‑being are recognized as key topics.
3) In France, the HR & Talent teams organized their priority action plans around needs clearly expressed by employees, including:
- continuation of the Back to Basics campaign in place since 2019 relating to codes of good conduct at work, the areas of which are shared and displayed within the Groupe’s agencies;
- implementation of facilitated access to sports preferential rates, free admission, organization of team races in many agencies for activities such as running, yoga or boxing;
- organization of the “Quality of life at work” week focused on postures and nutritional balance; the theme for 2023 focused on the challenges of single‑parent families in companies;
- continuation of the "Les Bonnes Oreilles" internal service bringing together employees specifically trained to listen to employees wishing to discuss and confide;
- in many agencies, the regular distribution of seasonal fresh organic fruit and access to a vegetarian dish each day at the company canteen;
- continuation of training and awareness‑raising actions against all forms of harassment (moral or sexual) and sexist acts as part of the WeCare@Publicis program. Publicis Groupe in France has partnered with the consulting firm of Cancer@Work: it applied for the Cancer@Work label, for which it obtained 3 stars. By setting up WeCare@Work, the Company has rolled out a concrete action plan. Several measures were rolled out in 2023:
- the “Alex” web application, a completely confidential platform whose objective is to help employees better reconcile illness and disability at work, whether they are sick, caregivers, colleagues or managers,
- the “Allo Alex” hotline, which enables questions to be asked related to the use of the platform, as well as to request clarification on health topics or on the inclusion of illness and disability in the workplace,
- the coaching offer,
- dedicated health webinars,
- training and/or awareness sessions for disability & health officers, HR teams, managers and employees on the issues of illness and disability at work.
Measures to support employees in difficult life moments.
As care and attention are at the heart of the professional relationship, and as part of the WorkingWithCancer dynamic, Publicis France has set up care and protection systems in line with the support required by this advocacy. In 2023, a Groupe Caring@Work agreement was signed with the representative trade unions at Groupe level in order to meet this objective.
This agreement includes several protection components:
