Sodexo: launches a global employee support program with financing from senior group executives

In a press statement released on 02 April, French food services and facilities management company Sodexo announced, ‘Despite all our efforts, we know that this once-in-a-lifetime crisis currently confronting us will regrettably mean lay-offs for some of our on-site staff in some countries, while strictly adhering to local employment legislation. As a result, we have decided to establish a global Sodexo Employee Relief Program to help on-site staff, who face layoffs.’ The global program will be administered locally according to the specific needs of each country and support action provided will depend on various factors, including in particular the existence or not of government social protection programs. Financing  for the program of €30 million will primarily come from the group’s senior executives.a