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This development ensures associates at every level continue to evolve their skills to meet the demands of a rapidly changing and increasingly complex environment.
Programs that prepare select associates to lead effectively at the next level.
These programs prepare experienced leaders for the challenges they’ll face as they move to higher-level roles.
• Customer Training: Homeowner workshops that meet customers’ evolving home maintenance and improvement needs.
• Trades Training: To help solve the skilled labor shortage and support our Pro customers, over completed the Path to Pro training program.
This program is designed to provide knowledgeable and qualified candidates to our loyal Pro customers in need of skilled labor.
Our learning and development programs expand skills and capabilities so associates can master their current roles and prepare for future ones.
We provided more mobile learning opportunities for associates adapting to evolving procedures, protocols and customer needs.
• We embedded how-to training inside operational systems for easily accessible, needs-based performance support.
CHECK IT OUT discusses how Home Depot’s focus on teaching and development helped her go from part-time cashier to department supervisor.
Sustainably BENEFITS Associates are at different life stages, and our livetheorangelife.com benefits hub guides them to the right resources.
With one click, associates can find support for wherever they are on life’s journey.
For example, the money module is the place to go for help with personal finance education or retirement planning.
The elders module provides guidance on everything from finding caregivers for aging parents to negotiating the complexities of Medicare.
In team continued to support associates as they faced challenges created by the pandemic, as detailed on livetheorangelife.com/covid19.
FutureBuilder save for the future while taking advantage of tax savings.
Eligible associates who contribute to the plan get up to of eligible compensation in matching contributions from the company.
Associates who enroll may set aside up to annually) to purchase stock.
Personal finance education: All associates have access to a suite of online webinars, activities, tools and resources designed to help them increase financial knowledge and build the confidence that can help relieve moneyrelated stress.
Alight Financial Advisors®: Associates have access to independent advisory services to help them gauge whether they’re on track for retirement.
Insurance: To prepare for the unexpected, associates have access to policies for medical care, disability, life, home, auto and pet health insurance.
Identity theft protection: Associates are automatically enrolled in free AllClear ID® identity repair services, and they can sign up for additional proactive identity monitoring at a reduced rate.
Perks at Work: Associates have access to special discounts on a wide variety of everyday goods and services — from nursery items to mobile phone service, gym memberships, computers, vacations and more.
Our people make The Home Depot successful, and it’s our responsibility and privilege to take care of them.
CARE/Solutions for Life: Our free and confidential assistance program helps associates manage personal and work-life challenges.
Licensed counselors and medical professionals are available by phone people and their household members, including spouses, domestic partners, other relatives and roommates.
Program team members assist with specific interventions that meet the everyday needs of our workforce — from childcare to eldercare, marital concerns, bereavement, emotional stress, legal or financial concerns and more.
In addition, CARE/Solutions for Life is available to assist our management teams dealing with disaster relief and responding to traumatic events in the workplace or community.
Paid parental leave: Associates with at least one year of service who are having a baby, adopting or fostering a child can take six weeks of paid parental leave.
This benefit is available to both mothers and fathers.
Birth mothers are eligible for an additional six-week paid maternity benefit.
Ahead™: Associates have access to resources to plan care for their elders, including referrals to memory and hospice care facilities and independent and assisted-living communities.
Adoption assistance: The Home Depot reimburses certain adoption-related expenses to assist eligible associates.
Rethink: Best-practice resources and training help associates support their children with developmental disabilities or challenges with learning and behavior.
The comprehensive program provides access to easy-to-follow videos, custom learning plans, a training center and oneon-one sessions with licensed experts.
Milk Stork®: Associates who are breastfeeding and must travel for work can use this specialized delivery service to send breast milk home to their babies.
Associate or spouse is recovering from surgery Sittercity®: An extensive database of background-checked babysitters, nannies, elder companions, pet sitters and housekeepers is available to associates.
This legalassistance voluntary benefit provides consultation and document review for issues from adoption to wills, powers of attorney, divorce, nursing home agreements and more.
EdAssist®: Associates have access to academic and college financial advisers to assist them in reducing the time, cost and stress of pursuing their educational goals.
This program also includes access to tuition discounts at more than educational institutions nationwide.
Orange Scholars: The Homer Fund offers scholarships to qualified dependents of hourly associates based on financial need, academic performance, community involvement and leadership.
Counselors and online resources guide associates and their families through the college-admissions process and help them create financial strategies for educational costs.
Offering thousands of workouts, this trainer-led fitness app works for all fitness levels.
Ondemand virtual classes offered at no cost to associates help boost mental and physical health through yoga, meditation, sleep support, running, strength training and more.
Take Care Of You: To assist with the unique challenges brought on by COVID-wellness hub provides resources to help associates keep it all in balance and focus on their mental and physical health and well-being.
Flu prevention: Free flu shots are available for associates to protect them and our customers during cold and flu season.
Health screening: Associates have access to biometric screenings with their personal physicians or at a Quest Diagnostic Patient Service Center.
Tobacco cessation: Personalized, one-on-one strategies and support are available at no cost to associates to help them mentally and physically prepare to quit.
Paid sick leave: Salaried, salaried nonexempt, full-time hourly and part-time hourly associates are all eligible for paid time off for health or personal situations that require time off from work.
The amount of paid sick leave varies based on the associate’s position (e.g., salaried vs. hourly) and geographic location.
Vacation: Salaried, salaried nonexempt, full-time hourly and part-time hourly associates are all eligible for paid vacation time off.
The amount of vacation time off is based on length of service with The Home Depot.
Health care support team: Included Health® helps associates navigate health care for themselves and their family members.
Associates have access to a Health Care Support Team, where they can find in-network doctors, get help tackling a complicated bill, or receive a medical second opinion.
AccessHope: The Cancer Support Program through AccessHope connects associates and their family members to leading experts from City of Hope, a renowned, comprehensive cancer center, to support them through their cancer journey.
Sustainably Military service members and military spouses are resilient, resourceful and team-minded.
Supporting them is the right thing to do for our communities and our company.
Honoring those who serve or who have served us is fundamental to our ESG pillar of Strengthening our Communities.
Our focus on the military community and their families includes the tens of thousands of veterans and military spouses in our workforce.
Through our recently expanded Military Relations department, we look for ways to make The Home Depot an employer of choice for military members, veterans and their families.
One of those veterans is Pete Capel, who has created a The Home Depot.
Like his father who served in the Navy during WWII, Pete joined the Marine Corps in 1983.
During his radar systems, he was promoted to the rank of sergeant and was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal twice, an award that recognizes outstanding achievement or meritorious service and is recognized across all military branches.
After Pete left the Marine Corps in he began to think about what was next in his life.
That’s when his story with The Home Depot started in the most unlikely of ways.
Pete was getting his hair cut when Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank, Home Depot co-founders, appeared on TV.
As they were talking about how the company got started, Pete looked up and saw that there was a Home Depot store across the street.
After his appointment ended, Pete walked over and immediately applied for a job.
Pete was originally employed as a store sales associate in the electrical department.
Since then, he’s held positions of increasing responsibility over his 30-year career.
Today, he’s the vice president of field merchandising for the northern, southern, and western divisions.
Just as Pete did more than ago, Richard Cranford and Aminah Meho recently left careers in the Army and Air Force, respectively, and found new opportunities with The Home Depot.
Through programs like Hiring our Heroes, The Home Depot partners with organizations that support military members who are transitioning into a second career and can help veterans find a role they enjoy.
Support resources, such as counselors, financial advisers and childcare assistance directories CHECK IT OUT The Home Depot supports associates who are spouses of military members with flexible hours to help address the unique challenges the military might bring.
Strom on how The Home Depot’s flexible hours helped her balance family responsibilities during the pandemic.
DID YOU KNOW The Home Depot recently enhanced its military discount benefit to include all U.S. veterans, active service members and military spouses every day, reaffirming the company’s commitment to serving the U.S. military community nationwide.
Sustainably The Homer Fund provides financial assistance to associates facing unexpected hardships, helps associates’ children pay for college and supports our people with financial information to help them prepare for emergencies.
• Matching Grants are a unique way The Homer Fund recognizes the generosity of associates toward one another.
When associates collect donations for a co-worker in need, their money is matched by The Homer Fund — $collect, up to $5,000 or the associate’s actual need.
Matching Grants may be used for qualifying expenses that are ineligible for Direct Grants.
They also may be used to complement Direct Grants, providing additional support to associates in need.
Scholarships for Associates’ Children The Homer Fund’s Orange Scholars program offers scholarships to qualified children or dependents of hourly associates based on financial need, academic performance, community involvement and leadership.
Since the Orange Scholars launch in program has awarded scholarships to more than 15,000 recipients, totaling $36 million.
In addition to our grant and scholarship programs, we provide associates with access to a range of Homer Fund-backed resources to support their financial wellbeing and decision making, including how to save for emergencies and protect themselves against fraud.
grants totaling approximately $have assisted approximately 164,000 associates facing unexpected hardships.
A majority of Homer Fund contributions come from associates.
Every dollar our people donate helps a co-worker in need.
touched lives through the generosity of fellow associates.
The Home Depot strives to provide the safest working and shopping environment for our associates and customers.
A major component in the strategy is raising awareness of risks among both frontline associates and leaders.
When our people are trained to recognize and correct hazards, our workplace is primed for continual improvement.
Safety Takes EveryONE In campaign called Safety Takes EveryONE.
This message exemplifies that everyone, at all levels of the organization, must contribute to the safety of our associates and customers.
At the individual level of the campaign, each associate is provided tools to avoid risk, with every decision made, resulting in everyday safety.
Safety Takes EveryONE is our rally cry to remind associates that safety is their most important responsibility and allows us to send everyone home safely.
The leader approach to Safety Takes EveryONE utilizes the acronym ONE.
This second arm of the campaign focuses of our leaders’ efforts to increase awareness of the higher-risk injury categories.
The O is for Overexertion Whether associates are handling product in a distribution center, receiving freight in a store, helping a customer load product into their vehicle or delivering bulky product to a jobsite, lifting too much or too frequently can result in injury.
To prevent these injuries, we ask our leaders to engage with associates to create sustainable habits centered on our Lift it Close to Home ergonomic program.
This program reminds individuals to minimize strain on their shoulders and back by anchoring the product lifted to their apron’s Home Depot logo, promoting safer lifting techniques.