WELLESLEY, Mass., Sept. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Forbes Media
released its second annual Best-In-State employers list, including
Sun Life on the Massachusetts
company list. The survey was conducted on a rolling basis from
October 2019 to May 2020, and covered 80,000 Americans from
companies with at least 500 employees.
"Sun Life is a place where everyone can come to work and be
their best, authentic selves, no matter their background,
profession, or location," said Tammi
Wortham, vice president of Human Resources for Sun Life U.S.
"We believe in supporting employees in multiple ways, at home and
on the job, and providing a healthy work/life balance that benefits
the employee, their family, and the company."
In 2019, Sun Life launched a new paid family and medical leave
program that offers fully paid leave for 16 weeks to bond with a
new child or care for a family member, 24 weeks for birth parents
(which includes 8 weeks medical leave), and 24+ weeks for medical
leave for an employee's own illness or injury. Even while working
from home employees who have qualifying events have been encouraged
to take leave to attend to themselves or be with their
families.
Early in the pandemic, Sun Life rallied quickly to support
employees while providing a seamless transition to working
virtually. Senior leadership announced a Flexibility Pledge, which
encourages employees to step away to be with children, bounce the
baby on their lap during a conference call, take a walk, or go get
groceries. Over the summer, Sun Life partnered with the Boston
Children's Museum to develop a virtual summer camp exclusively for
employees' children, offering modules and activities kids can do at
home. Most recently, Sun Life signed on to the Invest In Parents
pledge, strengthening the company's commitment to supporting,
protecting, and investing in working parents.
"Our employees have shown true resilience this year, and their
commitment to their work and our clients, who are employers
navigating unbelievable challenges right now, is truly amazing,"
said Dan Fishbein, M.D., president
of Sun Life U.S. "We are now looking at the future of how we work,
and although we know it may wind up looking quite different, we
will continue innovating and adapting to support our employees and
their families."
Other employee benefits at Sun Life include a sabbatical
program, where employees can take time away to focus on personal or
professional development, and access to several wellness programs,
such as smoking cessation and stress management. Many wellness
offerings are still available to employees virtually while the
offices are closed.
Sun Life's employee programs include several diversity and
inclusion networks to celebrate and support colleagues, promote
community volunteerism and foster professional development. Sun
Life consistently receives a 100% score on the Human Rights
Campaign's Corporate Equality Index, which measures workplace
inclusion and support for LGBTQ employees, and has joined many
Supreme Court amicus briefs in support of LGBTQ rights. Sun Life
also recently partnered with the NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund and the Smithsonian National Museum of
African-American History and Culture to provide ongoing support and
promotion of their initiatives on voting activism and discussions
on race and racism.
About Sun Life
Sun Life is a leading international
financial services organization providing insurance, wealth and
asset management solutions to individual and corporate Clients. Sun
Life has operations in a number of markets worldwide, including
Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong
Kong, the Philippines,
Japan, Indonesia, India, China,
Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Bermuda. As of June 30,
2020, Sun Life had total assets under management of
C$1,122 billion. For more
information, please visit www.sunlife.com.
Sun Life Financial Inc. trades on the Toronto (TSX), New
York (NYSE) and Philippine (PSE) stock exchanges under the
ticker symbol SLF.
In the United States, Sun Life
is one of the largest group benefits providers, serving more than
60,000 employers in small, medium and large workplaces across the
country. Sun Life's broad portfolio of insurance products and
services in the U.S. includes disability, absence management, life,
dental, vision, voluntary and medical stop-loss. Sun Life and its
affiliates in asset management businesses in the U.S. employ
approximately 5,500 people. Group insurance policies are issued by
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (Wellesley
Hills, Mass.), except in New
York, where policies are issued by Sun Life and Health
Insurance Company (U.S.) (Lansing,
Mich.). For more information, please visit
www.sunlife.com/us.
Media contact:
Devon
Fernald
Sun Life U.S.
781-800-3609
Devon.Portney.Fernald@sunlife.com
Connect with Sun Life
U.S.
https://www.facebook.com/SLFUnitedStates
https://www.linkedin.com/company/sun-life-financial
https://twitter.com/SunLifeUS
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