Managing Your Health
Sara Lee is committed to delivering the information and tools our employees need to stay healthy, manage illness, get better faster and deal more effectively with a healthcare system that can be complicated. The company takes an active role in these programs on behalf of our employees, working with the health plans and other companies that administer benefits and monitoring the performance of those plans.
Sara Lee Healthcare Options
The Sara Lee Consumer-Driven Healthcare Plan (CDHP), administered by Definity Health, an affiliate of United Healthcare, offers coverage for medical and prescription drugs and provides tools and information to help employees be informed healthcare consumers. Sara Lee also offers dental and vision insurance coverage.
Planning for the Future
Preparing for retirement and building a secure financial future is important to you and it is important to Sara Lee. The company offers an easy-to-use 401(k) savings plan through payroll deductions and will automatically enroll eligible new employees beginning 90 days from their date of hire unless they elect otherwise.
Rewards and Recognition
Sara Lee believes employees’ compensation should be commensurate with their performance. Each year performance is evaluated against the goals and objectives our employees establish with their supervisors through the performance management process. Sara Lee offers a variety of different incentives to reward and recognize outstanding work.
Providing Security for Families
Sara Lee’s life and accident insurance plans provide eligible employees and their families with financial protection. And, if they need more coverage than the company provides, they have the option to purchase additional coverage at excellent group rates. These benefits are immediately available to eligible employees when they join the company.
Achieving Work/Life Balance
It can be a challenge to juggle work and a personal life. We offer programs to help employees balance their professional and personal obligations with benefits like paid time off, family leave and care programs, education programs and adoption assistance. Eligible employees can receive paid time off for:
- Vacation
- Holidays
- Personal Business Days
Sara Lee and LifeWorks
Sara Lee promotes a healthy, supportive work environment for our employees. To help ensure their health and well-being,
Sara Lee offers an important program that can help them connect with experienced counselors who can assist them in sorting out complicated work/life matters with information, resources and advice. Employees can access LifeWorks independently, with complete confidentiality, at no cost. Services to help employees take charge of life’s challenges include:
- Adoption Assistance
- Parenting Assistance
- Child Care Assistance
- Counseling on Education and Careers
- Elder Care Assistance
- Legal and Financial Information Services
- Health and Wellness
- Emotional Well-Being
Other Benefits and Programs
Education Benefits
Sara Lee believes that continuous learning and individual development are keys to the success of our company and our employees. To demonstrate this commitment, employees can receive tuition reimbursement for job-related courses equal to 80% of tuition expenses, up to $10,000 per calendar year.
Health Club Subsidy
Employees can receive a 50% reimbursement of annual health club fees, up to a maximum $500 reimbursement.
Sara Lee Employee Discounts
Sara Lee employees have access to discounts on a variety of our products, as well as other products and services that are available through our intranet.
This document provides a summary of the benefits offered by Sara Lee Corporation. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this document. However, if there is any inconsistency between this document or any oral representation and the Plan documents, the Plan documents will control. Benefits will be paid only if provided for under the terms of the applicable Plan.
