Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Pure created Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic heightened focus on ensuring employees felt physically, mentally, and physiologically safe and In January 2020, Pure brought together leaders from across the business supported. Prior to the pandemic, we partnered to form a cross-functional rapid response team to address COVID-19. with Lyra—an innovative mental health benefits Work-from-home: To support the transition to working from home, Pure provided stipends to build provider—to offer comprehensive mental health care out home offices with ergonomic equipment. In recognition of the change in work dynamics and for our employees. In response to the pandemic, preferences of our employees, we anticipate a hybrid working environment moving forward. we promoted the availability of Lyra and Konterra Benefits: We customized our benefit offerings with programs focused on managing stress and mental resources to our employees more widely. Through health. Pure ensures access to virtual mental health and coaching sessions to all employees. U.S. these services, Pure offers employees a suite of mental employees also have 24/7 access to a virtual care team through a vendor which focuses on delivering healthcare, including career coaching and cognitive COVID-19 testing, counseling, and family support. We also refreshed our death and permanent behavioral therapy. Pure also extended access to Lyra disability insurance to provide world-class coverage during the pandemic. to employees’ families, broadening the reach of these Parents: Throughout the pandemic, we held parent panels across our global regions designed to offer critical mental health care services and demonstrating support and best practices to our community of parents. Our panels were richly diverse, featuring our belief that wellness for all is worth the investment. single parent families, dual-income working parents, and parents with children of all ages. We also offered free resources, giving parents with children of any age, access to webinars, one-on-one coaching sessions and more. Essential working safety: We launched the Return to Office Playbook that outlined new safety and health protocols to keep our essential workers safe in our offices. The playbook also outlined various protocols in the event of a COVID-19 exposure to ensure an accurate chain of communications and next steps are taken in that specific office/region, as well as compliance with any local reporting regulations. Future of work: As we move forward in a post-COVID world, we will shift appropriate positions to a hybrid model where offices will offer more collaborative spaces. Working from home on some days each week will become part of the regular work environment.
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