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Health, Safety & Wellness

We provide private healthcare insurance for employees in more than 30 countries. We also have a U.S. high-deductible health plan with a health savings account, which offers low premiums and a tax-free way to build savings for future medical expenses.

Our incentive program in the U.S., the LIVESMART Challenge, allows employees to accumulate points when they use preventive healthcare services and participate in wellness programs such as weight loss and smoking cessation. Employees can earn up to $200 after completing certain requirements in the areas of self-care, nutrition/weight management, exercise/stress management or health conditions.

We encourage employees to keep fit and have onsite fitness centers in India and the U.S. Motorola provides reimbursements for fitness center memberships in the U.S. up to a value of $240.

We also encourage health and wellness through programs that vary by location, such as on-site medical clinics, free medical checkups, wellness seminars, health coaching and recreational sports leagues. We provide healthy food choices and display nutritional information in our cafeterias.

In the U.S., travel immunization is now available at many of our sites. Motorola Assist, a business-travel assistance program, offers resources to help protect the health and safety of the company's U.S. citizens traveling abroad.

Safety programs

We operate a rigorous management system to keep our employees safe and implement programs to help them stay fit and well. A healthy and safe workplace is a key part of maintaining employee satisfaction and productivity.

Our safety programs aim to eliminate potential safety hazards before injuries and illnesses can occur.

Risks to our employees are identified through our hazard identification and inspection program, and we systematically track non-conformances to ensure that corrective actions are taken and root causes eliminated.

We conduct awareness programs and training so that employees can effectively deal with safety risks they may encounter in their work. Communications channels include online electronic newsletters, our internal TV network and employee awareness events to promote safe and healthy working. All employees have the authority and obligation to stop work due to unsafe conditions or acts.

All of our manufacturing sites and larger facilities are certified to the international environmental management standard ISO 14001 and the international health and safety standard OHSAS 18001.

Raising safety awareness

Asia Pacific

Our sites in Asia Pacific are embedding Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) thinking using a variety of established and innovative techniques:

  • New hires are required to sign a safety behavior commitment
  • An EHS newsletter is sent to employees every two months
  • Computers have been installed at the end of every factory line in Tianjin to provide safety briefings and a toolbox of safety information
  • EHS goals are included in managers performance management targets

Middle East and North Africa

To raise employee awareness of EHS in the Middle East Region during 2010, we sent out a daily EHS Newsletter to employees covering issues such as earthquake safety, electrical safety and ergonomics. The letters were sent in English and Arabic and included photographs to help focus attention and increase understanding of the issues.

MOTOVIVA’s Wellness Program

Our MOTOVIVA wellness program in Brazil has won five Wellness Awards from the National Quality of Life Association over the last eight years.

Employees are encouraged to eat healthy food and learn about nutrition, attend wellness workshop, and participate in physical activities such as gymnastics at work and walking or running groups. Expectant mothers also receive pregnancy support.

The MOTOVIVA program helped Motorola Brazil achieve zero occupational illnesses in 2010.

Ergonomics

Motorola Mobility recognizes that ergonomic factors are one of the leading causes of workplace injuries and we are committed to eliminating associated risks. To help reduce ergonomic injuries, we:

  • Maintain an ergonomic website hosting a variety of self-help tools, training materials and other resources providing employees with answers to their questions about ergonomics
  • Utilize an ergonomic tracking database documenting issues from initiation through resolution
  • Offer personal ergonomic assessments by health and safety professionals
  • Provide standardized state-of-the-art ergonomic furniture and accessories

Crisis preparedness

One of the main objectives of our crisis management program is to protect our people and the environment. Crisis plans ensure that we can respond quickly and effectively to emergencies such as a terrorist attack, disease outbreak or natural disaster. Our crisis teams test these plans each year to improve coordination, make sure employees are prepared and to discover potential trouble spots before an emergency happens.

We reduced our global recordable injury and illness case rate from 0.39 in 2005 to 0.15 in 2010, a 62 percent reduction.

This reflects the success of proactive programs including employee involvement, training, awareness and management commitment.

These actions have also contributed to the reduction of ergonomic injuries and have sped up the ergonomics assessment process. In 2010, we reduced ergonomic injuries by 32 percent compared to 2009.