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Kimball International adds steps to protect employees

ByFree Press Staff Reading Time: 1 minute

Kimball International announced additional steps it was taking to help employees during the coronavirus pandemic.

The company released the following statement today:

At Kimball International, the health and safety of all of our employees continues to be our top priority.

Today we announced that all active, full-time U.S. manufacturing employees will receive 10 additional days of paid time off for use during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

“We want to give our hourly manufacturing employees the opportunity to be at home if they feel it is best for them during these unprecedented times,” said Kristie Juster, CEO of Kimball International. “These 10 additional days will allow our U.S. manufacturing employees to continue to receive 100% pay and benefits if they need to take time away from work.”

For manufacturing employees who elect to continue working, we will move quickly to prioritize the needs of our healthcare customers.

All of our U.S. manufacturing locations will temporarily close on Monday, March 30 and Tuesday, March 31 to give our employees some time with their families, and to allow us to assess how we will make the best use of our manufacturing workforce who elect to work.

We recognize these are unique circumstances, but what hasn’t changed is our commitment to supporting our employees, and we will continue to do so in this dynamic environment,

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3 Comments

  1. Kristie Juster,
    Kimball is still not closing factories despite the Governor’s order to close by March 25th? Kimball here is what “essential” businesses are according to the state of Indiana:

    Grocery Stores
    Pharmacies
    Gas Stations
    Police Stations
    Fire Stations
    Hospitals
    Doctor’s offices
    health care facilities
    garbage pick up
    public transit
    Public service hotlines such as snap and hip.

    How’s that balance sheet looking? The gamble being made my Kimball is that covid won’t hit southern Indiana that hard. Then again, maybe it will. I don’t think Kimball is showing “commitment to supporting their employees” much at all really. But anything to keep that 100 million in cash huh?

  2. If you look at EO 20-08 under 14 (a The CISA memorandum expands the list greatly. Right ,wrong or indifferent , it is up to the state.

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