Citizens Financial Group, Inc. was awarded the 2005 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award Thursday.
Citizens won the designation for the company’s support of colleagues serving in the National Guard and Reserve and their families. Citizens is one of 15 employers in the U.S. to win the awards from 1,492 applicants. The Freedom Award was established in 1996 and is the highest award a company can receive for its support of the National Guard and Reserve.
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The award publicly recognizes employers – who were nominated by employees who voluntarily serve in the National Guard and Reserve – for exceptional support above the requirements of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994.
Citizens’ policy on military leave offers additional support and benefits to those called to active duty and their family. They include:
•For any colleagues for military service, Citizens pays the difference between their Citizens pay and military pay for the duration of active duty
•Citizens offers the continuation of medical, dental, vision and life insurance coverage.
•In addition, if a colleague’s spouse, domestic partner or child(ren) are activated for military service, Citizens grants up to five consecutive days of paid leave to spend time with that serviceperson during their in-service leave. If travel is necessary, Citizens pays a portion of their travel expenses up to $500.
•Citizens also is committed to providing those returning from active duty with their own or a comparable job.
Citizens Chairman, President & CEO Lawrence K. Fish joined Brig. Gen. John Enright, Assistant Adjutant General Army, and Gov. Donald L. Carcieri at a ceremony announcing the award at the guard’s headquarters in Cranston, R.I.
“The Freedom Award is terrific recognition of the support – beyond what’s required by law – that we at Citizens and other employers across the United States provide to our colleagues who are activated to service in the National Guard and Reserves and their families,” Fish said. “It is our colleagues and their families who are sacrificing for our country, and we are pleased to be honored for a military leave policy that supports them while they or their loved ones are serving.”
