Universal Registration Document 2025

4.3.6.2 Healthcare coverage

100% of employees (full and part-time permanent and temporary contracts) are covered by medical coverage (social security or health insurance), irrespective of local social security provisions (government, government-company-employee or private company-employee contribution plans or self-funded). These programs cover serious or chronic illnesses to enable employees to be properly cared for and to receive appropriate follow-up. In several of the Groupe’s regional markets, including the United States, Europe and India, employees can benefit from health insurance programs for themselves and their families. They also contribute to the improvement of the proposed systems, either through internal surveys or very concrete suggestions.

Personnel not covered: freelancers are self-employed workers, with their own social protection scheme specific to each activity, in their country. If an occupational accident occurs on the premises, insurance protection systems are activated to provide immediate assistance in the form best suited to needs.

4.3.6.3 Preventing serious illnesses

#WorkingWithCancer

The Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Groupe, Mr. Arthur Sadoun, was personally affected by cancer in 2022, and aware of the difficulties that employees may face, he wanted to take action to eliminate the stigma of cancer in the workplace. This subject should no longer be taboo. Two figures underpin this project: 50% of the adult population will be affected by cancer during their lifetime, and 92% of sick employees stated that a work environment that was attentive to their particular situation had helped them. Considering the multiple difficulties that employees must face during their illness (medical care and follow-up, personal and family organization, professional development and responsibilities, material constraints) or when they have a role of direct caregiver, this program aims to encouraging companies to take better account of individual situations surrounding the disease. Since the official launch in January 2023 at Davos, 5,000 companies (representing nearly 40 million employees) have joined and signed the Working With Cancer Pledge as of the end of 2025. This simple commitment requires companies and their managers, on the one hand, to publicly show their support for the approach by pledging the name of the manager and the company in order to be clearly associated with the program; on the other hand, to take concrete personalized support measures for employees faced with the disease.

This #WorkingWithCancer charter covers employees affected by cancer or serious and/or chronic pathologies affecting personal and professional life, temporarily or permanently. Each company is free to choose its own way of working. SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) have also joined the initiative.

For its part, Publicis Groupe has made the following four commitments:

1. safeguarding the wage of employees affected by the illness for at least one year;
2. offering the employees concerned individualized support to help them manage professional and personal difficulties and facilitate their return;
3. creating an internal community of people directly or indirectly affected by the illness, trained to provide adequate support;
4. for caregiver employees, access to personalized support to help them through this difficult time.

In February 2025, a “Screening Time Off” campaign was launched to encourage employees to take the time to get tested and take their exams on time. Data from partner insurers and complementary health insurance companies showed a consecutive increase in examinations, and employee testimonials reported on the usefulness of early screenings. #WorkingWithCancer works in France with the Institut Gustave Roussy and the Cancer@Work association, as well as with the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States, and with MacMillan Cancer Support in the United Kingdom. [S1-4-40 (a)]