With the 2020 general election just around the corner, the Personal Care Products Council (PCPC), representing global cosmetics and personal care products companies, has pledged to provide employees meaningful time off to engage in civic activities around the November election. Member companies signing the pledge are coming together for the first time to encourage civic engagement and work to ensure a safe environment for employees to exercise their right to vote.
 
“Beauty and personal care businesses thrive when employees are engaged citizens and actively participate in their communities,” said PCPC president and CEO Lezlee Westine. “Our members are among the first to come together as an industry to support employees by providing flexibility and resources to help them be active citizens.”
 
“PCPC and the beauty industry have always been ahead of the curve not only creating innovative products but also looking at innovative ways to conduct our businesses. This pledge is just another example,” added PCPC board chair Keech Combe Shetty, executive chair of Combe Incorporated. “We don’t wait around to be told we should be good corporate citizens. We do it because it’s the right thing to do.”
 
Specifically, signing companies pledge to:
 

• Provide employees work flexibility or time off for the November 2020 general election, including civic engagement activities, such as voting, volunteering, working at the polls or any other appropriate activity; and 
• Encourage employees to exercise their civic responsibility, including registering to vote, strengthening a culture of civic participation.