RB Expands Parental Leave to Employees

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RB Announces Expanded Parental Leave Policy Industry-leading program reflects commitment to diverse workforce

PARSIPPANY, N.J., January 12, 2016 – RB, a leading consumer health and hygiene company and the maker of popular brands including Lysol, Mucinex, and Clearasil, announced today a significant expansion of its global parental leave policy.  Effective late 2015, all RB employees, including the more than 2,200 employees in the United States, will benefit from a new, fully paid 16-week, parental leave policy.

The expanded program was developed to better support RB’s global workforce and their families, and reflects the company’s culture which encourages a healthy work-life balance.  The policy also supports RB’s ongoing initiatives to ensure talent density at mid- and senior-level positions.

“At RB, we support a creative and entrepreneurial culture that helps our employees realize their professional goals quickly, while also balancing the demands of a happy and healthy home and family. The decision to expand our parental leave program was an important one, particularly for our employees residing in the U.S., to ensure we can continue to support our employees across all aspects of their lives,” said Alexander Lacik, president of RB North America.  “Our people are at the heart of what make RB and our culture so special. This new policy is simply one way we can remind them of that.”

This new parental leave policy places RB as a leader among CPG industry employers in the United States.  In addition to the expanded paid lead, RB announced that employees can take up to an additional 36 weeks unpaid parental leave, fathers who are not primary caregivers will receive one weeks’ paternity leave at full pay, and introduced a mentoring program for women returning from maternity leave.

“Celebrating and empowering employees in all aspects of their career at RB will allow us to continue attracting and retaining the top talent in our industry,” said Emanuele Celani, director of Human Resources for RB North America.  “This policy is an exciting expansion of the RB benefits package that reflects our innovative and supportive culture.”

For more information about a future career at RB, please visit http://www.rb.com/careers/why-join-rb

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About RB

RB* is the world's leading consumer health and hygiene company. The company has operations in over 60 countries, with headquarters in London, Dubai and Amsterdam, and sales in most countries across the globe. The company employs approximately 37,000 people worldwide.

Inspired by a purpose to deliver innovative solutions for healthier lives and happier homes, RB is in the top 20 of companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. We are the global No. 1 or No. 2 in the majority of our fast-growing categories, driven by an exceptional rate of innovation. Our health, hygiene and home portfolio is led by our global Powerbrands including: Nurofen, Strepsils, Gaviscon, Mucinex, Durex, Scholl, Clearasil, Lysol, Dettol, Veet, Harpic, Cillit Bang, Mortein, Finish, Vanish, Calgon, Air Wick, Woolite and French's. Our Powerbrands represent 80% of our net revenue.

RB is redefining the world of consumer health and hygiene. Our people and unique culture are at the heart of our success. We have a drive for achievement and a passion to outperform wherever we focus, including sustainability where we are targeting a 1/3 reduction in water impact, 1/3 reduction in carbon and 1/3 of net revenue from more sustainable products. We are proud to be Save the Children's largest global partner, with a new vision to radically reduce one of the world's largest killer of children under 5, diarrhea.

For more information visit www.rb.com.

*RB is the trading name of Reckitt Benckiser group of companies -- Love Rae

Mini Drug Tests? Elizabeth Holmes Is Saving Lives

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Elizabeth Holmes is the youngest self-made female billionaire of our time. With an aim to provide blood tests at drugstores around the world for an extremely reduced cost, she has successfully transformed the healthcare industry with her innovative ideas. She is compared to Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, she doesn't own a television and she dropped out of Stanford University at 19 years old. She is worth 4.6 billion.

Theranos is her unique biotech company that she began in 2003. Her strategy is to completely focus on her business by spending most of her time at her own company. She created Theranos for the people not to become wealthy however her idea was so advanced every health care official wanted to invest into her way of thinking. Every test that she created is a simple prick to the finger which can be used to check for issues such as cancer and cholesterol etc. Theranos is valued at 10 billion dollars and probably much more by 2016. 

She believes that " healthcare is the leading cause of bankruptcy" no one should have to ever have to suffer financially to better their health. Her idea is simple: Make healthcare affordable for everyone.

To learn more about Elizabeth please check out the video below:

In agreement with her ideas and her dynamic company lets support her mission. 

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Bridging the Gap -- Liz Griggs Conquers Being a Leader in Healthcare

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Meet Liz Griggs, CEO of WorkWell Prevention & Care (WWPC). WWPC is a leading provider of prevention and early intervention solutions that help companies to mitigate on-the-job injuries in the workplace. With tons of success in launching businesses, Liz wants to shed insights on how she raised capital for her corporation, and transitioned from Wall Street to being a female powerhouse entrepreneur. To learn how to run, manage and grow a business through effective capital raising as a woman – check out Liz's inspirational story below.

Liz Griggs:

Some years ago, I founded my first business called One Call Medical. In order to launch One Call Medical, I raised an initial round of $5 million.  After 6 years, I raised another $12 million from a New York City private equity firm. With this round of capital, I was able to take One Call Medical to over $100 million in revenue.  My clients at that time included most major Fortune 500 companies, state funds, large insurance carriers, and unions in every state in the U.S. At this time, One Call Medical was a pioneer in workers’ compensation as the company was one of the first ones to introduce managed care solutions into the industry. 

I then sold this company for $114 million in cash with $140 million in revenue.  One Call Medical is now generating $3.3 billion in revenue, and is now the largest workers’ compensation company in a $37 billion industry.

After a 5 year non-compete, I went on a roadshow to raise capital for my second company, called NextImage Medical, as the next generation for Diagnostic Imaging.  I was able to raise $8 million from private equity funding to start this company.  Now, as of this year, I was able to merge NextImage Medical with WorkWell to form WorkWell Prevention & Care – my current venture. Now WorkWell Prevention & Care is a leader in prevention and early intervention solutions for mitigating on-the-job injuries in the workplace.

To learn more about Liz's accomplishments and WWPC please check out their website by clicking here.

-- Love Rae