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Training & Development A G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc. Publication - July 2019
W hat ’ s W ithin Message from the President
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Did You Know About?
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G4S All Stars
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G4S Benefits: Fin Fit
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Safety Moments: Safe + Sound Week
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Training and Development:
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Employee Discounts: Vacation Packages and Tickets Celebrating Service: July Anniversaries
Publishers Drew Levine President, G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Sarah Booth Sr. VP of Marketing & Communications
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G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc. 1395 University Boulevard Jupiter, FL 33458 Phone: 1.800.275.8305 E-mail: editorial@usa.g4s.com Managing Editor Marshall Hastings Communications and Marketing Analyst
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A Message from the President Team, I hope that everyone was able to enjoy the July Fourth holiday with friends and family. With summer in full swing, I want to take a moment to express the importance of time with loved ones. While we value your hard work and dedication to the company and our customers, we also value your physical and mental well-being. Whether it is exercising, healthy living, maintaining positive mental health or striking a positive work-life balance, there are numerous resources through G4S that can help you obtain them all. Through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), there is material to help you maintain positive health, with nutrition and exercising, mental health and addiction resources, among others. Each topic has additional materials to help you get started and support lines should you need any additional help. Maintaining your health is extremely important, but so too is striking a positive work-life balance. Whether it be taking a vacation or getting away with friends and family for a day, it’s vital that you enjoy life outside of work. We are proud to offer our employees discounts through Perks at Work, which are highlighted on page 8, that can help make vacations or day-long activities possible for you and your family. As summer reaches its apex, I hope that you continue to strive to provide exceptional security for our customers, while working safely for you, your family and your co-workers. Beyond that, I encourage you to strive to live a positive and healthy life while enjoying time with those close to you. Sincerely,
Drew Levine President, G4S Secure Solutions (USA)
Meet Your G4S Leader Andy Bedlack Andy Bedlack Executive Vice President G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Background: Andy joined G4S in 1997 as the Operations Manager in the Mid-Atlantic Region.After two years in the role, he was promoted to General Manager of the Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga locations, a position he held for close to 10 years. In 2009,Andy was again promoted, this time to the District Manager position for the Southeast Region. In 2011,Andy became the Vice President for the Southeast Region, driving growth, development and profitability for the region. In 2015,Andy was named the Executive Vice President of Business Development for G4S Secure Solutions (USA) leading strategic direction and implementation of sales development. In 2018, G4S created G4S Healthcare, a new division for the healthcare market, and named Andy the Executive Vice President. Andy holds a degree in Criminal Justice from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Did You Know About? Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
G4S provides all employees and members of their household access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at no cost. Behavioral health and emotional services are available 24/7. If you or someone you know is suicidal, please contact the EAP or call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Understanding the issues, knowing the warning signs and making the phone call are important in suicide prevention and helping those in need. EAP Phone Number: 866.486.4334 Online: www.resourcesforliving.com Username: G4S | Password: eap4u National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800.273.8255 En EspaĂąol: 888.628.9454 Veteran Crisis Line: 800.273.8255 Online: www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
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G4S All Stars Tomika Shelton Displays Professionalism Every Day TEXAS — The key to a successful security program is the personnel that are on-duty every day.Whether it is through life-saving actions or everyday effort, highly trained and capable personnel drive the success of the program as a whole. For a G4S client in Texas,Tomika Shelton does just that. She has routinely received positive remarks from the client for her work and goes above and beyond to provide our client with exceptional customer service and professionalism.After transitioning to G4S in 2018 from the previous security provider, she has been instrumental in training other officers to understand and learn the culture. She happily greets everyone who enters with a warm smile and a friendly good morning and her professionalism is one of a kind. Tomika Shelton (center)
Thank you for your continued hard work,Tomika!
G4S RSS Quartet Raise Funds for the United Way NEW YORK — While it is important to provide upscale security for our clients across the region, our local teams take pride in supporting various causes within their communities. The G4S Regulated Security Services (RSS) team competed in an annual golf tournament hosted by a local client to raise money for the United Way. The team, including Ryan Durham, Kyle Ramage, Michael Burt and Michael Nicosia, finished six under par, finishing first among 18 teams competing. In total, G4S has invested more than $11,000 to the local United Way. L to R: Michael Nicosia, Mike Burt, Ryan Durham, Kyle Ramage
Congratulations to the entire team for supporting and raising funds for a great cause!
Dylan Rish Stops Fraudulent Check Transaction KANSAS — For a G4S Security Officer, it’s important to be prepared for anything, whether you are standing post at your normally assigned location, or filling in elsewhere. G4S CPO Dylan Rish was filling in at a bank in Kansas when a customer attempted to cash a fraudulent check. Dylan responded quickly, locking down the bank and notifying authorities while keeping those inside safe despite the customer becoming irate. When the police arrived, the customer fled the scene but was later apprehended by the police. CPO Dylan Rish
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Great work by Dylan in securing the facility and keeping everyone safe!
G4S Employee Benefits
G4S Employee Benefits FinFit
Now available to G4S employees is FinFit, a one-stop shop for all of your financial needs, and it’s free to become a member. FinFit offers a variety of educational tools and resources to assist you with things like budget calculations, a personalized assessment, student loan debt consolidation and a short-term loan solutions as well as access to your ADP paystub, W2 , 401(k) information and DailyPay. FinFit also offers payroll deductible short-term loans to help with unforeseen expenses.You can take advantage of a FinFit loan for things like: • Car repairs • Home improvements • Out-of-pocket medical expenses • Appliance replacement & maintenance • Paying down other debt • Monthly bills FinFit also offers a number of financial assistant tools, like Ready University, MoneyView, Budget Calculators and StuLo: Ready University – helping you achieve your goals in the nearterm and plan for the future. MoneyView – a financial dashboard that helps you keep track of your bills, credit cards and bank accounts. Personal Assessment – tailored solutions and recommendations to fit your needs. How to register: • Go to www.MyFinFit.com • Click Get Started Here • Enter your Contact Info and Company
Budget Calculators – calculators to help you make informed financial decisions. StuLo – a student debt concierge service that can help you reduce your student loan payments.
How to log in: Log in to your FinFit account at www.MyFinFit.com Enter your username and password
If you have any additional questions, visit the G4S Benefits Service Center 24/7 at www.G4S.BenefitsNow.com, or contact your local G4S area office.
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G4S Safety Moments
July Safety Moments OSHA Safe + Sound Week
G4S would like to invite its employees to join in OSHA’s Safe + Sound Week, August 12-18, 2019. The purpose of Safe + Sound week is to celebrate companies and organizations that have successfully implemented safety and health programs in the workplace. At G4S, safety is more than just a priority— it is a value. Our leaders and employees have shown tremendous effort throughout the year to maintain safety standards, and now it is time to celebrate that effort. Why Celebrate? The greatest benefit of participating in Safe + Sound Week is that it can energize current safety programs. Campaigns such as Safety Starts With Me at Home/Work/Play and publications like Safety Matters and Safety Moments serve to spread an important message. Management Leadership Safe + Sound Week offers leaders within the company an opportunity to think about how they might strengthen their safety program. Top management can hold its work environment to a zero-injury standard by taking safety programs seriously and doing the following: • Provide the resources needed to successfully operate the program • Consider safety and health when making operational decisions and in business planning • Recognize and reward employees who uphold safety standards • Lead by example: practice safe behaviors and engage in safety conversations What can you do? Celebrating Safe + Sound Week is about more than making a statement. It is about promoting safety programs and supporting workers. G4S makes it a priority to include its employees in every safety program, and you are encouraged to do the following: • Report incidents (including near misses) so they can be investigated • Help train current coworkers as well as new hires • Speak out about ways to improve the safety of your work environment To get additional safety information, contact your local office or send an email to safety@usa.g4s.com.
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G4S Training and Development
Training and Development OSHA Safe + Sound Week
In partnership with the G4S Safety Team, the G4S North America Training Institute put together training collateral to help you work safely. Whether it be wearing the appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), avoiding slips, trips and falls or proper lifting form, there are resources available to help ensure that you work safely and are a key part of a safe work environment. There are also materials that provide additional information on OSHA and Safe + Sound Week, as well as safety and health programs and ways that you can be involved in safety. You can start the OSHA Safe + Sound Week training path here: https://g4s.exceedlms.com/student/enrollments/create_ enrollment_from_token/YY2wEbSxiGaJHJSt6SZzPodo If you have additional questions about the North America Training Institute, including how you can obtain certifications, course completion cards, please contact your local G4S office or the G4S North America Training Institute via email at nati@usa.g4s.com.
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Featured Employee Discounts
July Employee Discount Vacation Packages and Ticket Discounts
Independence Day marks the heart of the summer and with it a great time to consider family vacations. Perks at Work has discounts on vacations, flights, hotels and events that can help you make those vacations or day trips possible. Through Perks at Work, you can receive up to 50% off hotels in places like New York City, Florida, California and other popular vacation destinations.You can also receive 2x WOW Points, Perks at Works’ virtual currency on flights and WOWPoints on cruises. If a destination vacation isn’t in your plans, there are also discounts on local activities.You can receive up to 30 percent off all movie tickets and up to 50 percent off discounts on theme parks nationwide. Additionally, there are discounts available to sporting events, shows and other fun activities for the family. Here’s how to take advantage of these discounts: • Login to Perks at Work at perksatwork.com • Click Vacation or Tickets • Select from flights, hotels, vacation packages or any other number of activities If you haven’t already registered on Perks at Work, getting access is fast and easy, simply follow these steps: • Go online to www.perksatwork.com • Click on the Register for Free button • Enter your email address in the Work Email field • Select G4S US as the company • Verify your Employee ID. It will be the first initial of your first name, your entire last name and the last four digits of your Social Security number, e.g. jsmith1234 Sign up for weekly or monthly notifications (www.perksatwork.com/myaccount/emailsetting) from Perks at Work to stay up-to-date on exclusive offers not available to the public and limited time offers available to you and your family. If you have any questions about employee discounts, contact Shantrese Scott in the Employee Benefits department at (561) 691-6588 or by email at shantrese.scott@usa.g4s.com.
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Celebrating Service
Employees Celebrating Anniversaries July 2019 35 Years
Hawaii Terry Sandobal
Colorado Filbert Lujan
30 Years
Indiana Stanley Marsalis Charles Moreland
Delaware Francis Mensah
Wisconsin Wayne Anderson North Carolina Malcolm Burchett
25 Years
Florida Melinda Cross John Gorey Hawaii Marcelo Pero New Hampshire Michael Lord Virginia Diana Henry
20 Years
Florida Michelle Calchi James Richardson
Kansas Brian Talarico Massachusetts Fritzberg Calas Warren Grant Maria Irizarry Wantergus Jean Adilson Veiga Michigan Michael Swinson Nevada Larry Sneed New Hampshire Nathaniel Richardson
Indiana
Rosemarie Berry
New Jersey Marie Carrasquillo Frantz Joseph
Michigan Christopher Anderson
New York Joseph Demartino
Minnesota Rachael Terry
Ohio Johnny Dean Sidney Farley
New York Michael Mastronardi Tennessee Charles Ivy
Pennsylvania Joseph Calogero Madeline Kline Tara Miller
15 Years California David Tangcay
Texas Baskarakumar Gnanarajah Keith Medlin
Florida Wanda Brown Robert Brown Dennis Bruce Gregory Carvagno Donnel Cummings Samuel Deckert Lee Evans Owen Harris David Malaney Joseph McGovern Charlie Miley Alberto Perez Timmy Sanders Steve Shieder Sandra Stubbs
10 Years
Georgia Lisa Spikes
Alabama Willie Dees John Martin Gary Oglesbee Arizona Marian Frye Gordon Samp Arkansas Stephen Smith California Gregory Banish Kris Limlamai Steven Norwood Chris Sanford
Florida Debraann Drabeck Nadine Gayle Tanya Goodwiler Leodis Henderson Luis Nunez Daniel Pineda Angel Zavaleta Georgia Kennedy Easterling Hawaii Terry Akana Larry Bergh Illinois Tim Bickes Barbara Duke Peggy Sims James Yutzy Iowa John Lahvic Kentucky Lesley Huff Maryland Tyese Woodson Minnesota Leslie Alto Agnes Randt Nevada Curt Peterson Joyce Sirianni New York William Burton Erica Stoll Donald Ward North Carolina Marquis Gasper Ohio Lee Fitch William Gilletly Mark Hershberger Joshua Morris Oklahoma Kenneth Leshurd Charles Million Pennsylvania Raun Bowers
Tennessee Cassandra Green Rex Harris Joyce Swearengin Texas Patsy Giddens Elzie Johnson Cassandra Long Kathryn McKinley Maria Odom West Virginia Daniel Johnson Edward Watts
5 Years
Alabama Jacob Pugh Arizona Harvey De Los Reyes Melissa Petrush Mark Scott California Ernest Bruce Shawn Clements Scott Duggan Valentin Garcia Johnny Garcia Joseph Hash Daniel Lavender Shafeeq Mahar Alicia Morris Christopher Nichols Quias Noorzad Juan Paderes Kory Puga Rudy Reynon Alex Rios Peteru Sepetaio Jennifer Solis Colorado Calvin Kidd Terry Wood Connecticut Danielle Barbuto Stephen Deal Thomas Falana Mark LePage Kevin Milligan Timothy Potter John Saucier Joseph Schwarz Abel White Delaware Camille Hamilton Eric Kwene Nadine Riley
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Celebrating Service
Employees Celebrating Anniversaries July 2019 5 Years Continued Florida Victor Bermeo Emma Bruny Mark Cooper Eric DaCosta Gary Graves Majed Halawa Renee James Victoria Mallery Dennis Martin Ezell McLilly Jermaine Mickens Timothy Moore Suannie Murillo Gerard Nelson David O’Malley Samuel Oteng Donald Powell Shawn Ramey Larry Roy Petru Sekesan Debra Throgmorton Robert Tripp Georgia Larinda Brown Kathryn Colson Daryl Flood Jonathan Kelly Alan Remsing India Terrell Corey Walker Hawaii Paris Neal Illinois
Kentucky Lisha Talley Louisiana Larone Adams Sharon Aro Reginald Bailey Esrom Demeke Monica Douglas Ernest Emerson Harold Judice Simpson Scott Terrell Void Kenn Yoruw
Massachusetts Angel Echegaray Preston Keller Timothy Thompson
North Carolina Gwendolyn Campbell Anthony Canery Rodney Cloer Taimoor Khan Dennis Layman David McCoy Tyrel Patton William Sims Tyrone Smith Jr
Michigan Dallas Ivey
Ohio Greg Bunting
Minnesota Daniel Bredahl Mary Gallaher
Oklahoma Ali Al Aboosi Victor Armstead Jeremy Kelley Edward Lawson
Maryland Rosemary Gardner
Mississippi David Brown Matthew Lewis George Rasberry Missouri Michael Bankston
Ali Mohammed Charles Trout Lanie Viti Kenneth Williams
Nebraska Cynthia Chladek Jacqueline Kirksey Ken Mace Willis Sherman
Indiana Larry Smith
Nevada Robert Winston Jr.
Iowa Carrie Anderson Jordan Glasser Amanda Wilson
New Jersey Jonathan Arizaga Shawn Boatswain
Christopher Hill
Kansas Michael Burnett
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New York Jean Ahrendts John Battaglia Yaquelin Best Richard Grasso Furnell Mapp Corinne Motter Kevin O’Shaughnessy Gloria Rivera Robert Savitz Robert Tineo
New Mexico Xavier Bryant Arlis Rhodes
Oregon Weston Granberg Jonathan Louthan Bradley Melevin Daniel Spurr Danny Thomas Michael Weiss Pennsylvania George Brown Jr Antoinette DeLaCruz Michelle Smith Jeffrey Williams South Carollina Tonya Hart Austin Luz Kynoch Collins Tennessee Bobbie Brown Sean Brown Jamie Burden Benjamin Hatchett
Kevin Haugaard Newell Haven-Harrill Douglas Howard Amethyst Lewis Sean Morris George Slone Gary Wood Texas
Emmanuel Beale
Sha’Neda Bryant Davis Gomez Antoinette Green Dellamae Hartline Tyeisha James Latoya Johnson Kristen Moore Philip Moore Daniel Portales Sharon Roach Derrick Robinson Jordan Rojas Anita Sinegal Evonina Spears Norris Thompson Joe Villanueva Harold Wingfield Virginia Eric Anderson Colen Davis Jamison Jones Sheka Kamara Deborah Lupton Robert Steadman Kia Studivant Sabina Watson Washington Daniel Ellison Washington D.C. Crysal Worthen West Virginia Jason Brown Wyoming Casey Bartlett