Work Environment

Employees at Altarum Institute bring unique and valuable experiences and skills, and it is these qualities that have helped us achieve success and continued growth. In return, Altarum offers individual growth in a comfortable and balanced work environment that includes:

• Sponsor programs for new employees
• Flextime
• Business casual dress and Friday blue jeans day
• Fitness activities
• Social events
• Time for community service

Diversity
 
Diversity in our workforce gives us strength, so we do all that we can to promote and sustain such diversity. We look to each employee to bring a unique set of skills and experiences to help distinguish us as an organization.

We celebrate the diversity of our workforce through our recruiting resources that provide exceptional talent, our culture that encourages all employees to make their best individual and unique contributions, and our commitment to the communities in which we operate.

It is the policy of Altarum Institute to:

1.  Recruit, hire, train, and promote, into all job classifications, the most qualified persons without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status

2.  Make employment and promotional decisions by using reasonable standards based on the individual’s qualifications as they relate to a particular job vacancy and to the furtherance of equal employment opportunity

3.  Ensure that all other personnel actions, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, reductions in force, company-sponsored training, education, tuition assistance, and social and recreation programs will be administered without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status

Patty Ferguson, Chief Human Resources Officer, is the designated EEO Coordinator at the company. The EEO Coordinator’s responsibility is to implement and to monitor adherence to this policy. Employees should feel free to contact the EEO Coordinator if they experience any problems.

Any employees or applicants with questions or concerns about any type of discrimination in the workplace are encouraged to bring these issues to the attention of their immediate supervisor or the EEO Coordinator.

Employees and applicants can raise concerns and make reports without fear of reprisal, harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination because they (1) file a complaint with Altarum or with federal, state, or local agencies; (2) assist or participate in any investigation, compliance review, hearing, or any other activity related to the administration of any federal, state, or local equal employment opportunity or affirmative action statute; (3) oppose any act or practice made unlawful by federal, state, or local law requiring equal employment opportunity or affirmative action; or (4) exercise any other employment right protected by federal, state, or local law or its implementing regulations.