employment policies and practices

ExxonMobil actively fosters a productive work environment that allows each of our 81,000 employees throughout our global operations to contribute fully to the achievement of superior business results. Open-door communication promotes fairness, respect, and effective engagement between management and the workforce. We provide numerous opportunities for interaction, including regular employee forums with senior management on a variety of business issues and other topics of employee interest and concern.

Our employment practices are governed by our Standards of Business Conduct, which support our commitment to equal employment opportunity and prohibition of harassment in the workplace.

We support elimination of coerced or compulsory labor, abolition of child labor, and freedom of association. We recruit our employees and provide working conditions — including payment of wages and benefits — in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. ExxonMobil employees are at, or above, the legal employment age in the country of their employment. Employees have the right to join associations and choose representative organizations for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining in a manner consistent with applicable laws, rules, and regulations as well as local customs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
Qualified individuals are provided with equal employment opportunities in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Additionally, it is the Corporation’s policy to make special efforts to:

• Support diversity in the workforce and enhance the representation of women and minorities through training and development programs;
• Provide flexible work arrangements that help meet employee needs for balancing work and family obligations. Our Workplace Flexibility Programs include flexible work arrangements and focused assistance programs;
• Reasonably accommodate qualified disabled individuals to perform the essential functions of their jobs; and,
• Emphasize management responsibility in these matters at every level of the organization.
  

Harassment in the Workplace Policy
Harassment in any form — sexual, racial, religious, or other — is prohibited at ExxonMobil. Our policy also prohibits certain behaviors that are considered inappropriate in a business setting and incompatible with mutual employee respect. We thoroughly investigate any harassment claims, and evaluate compliance with our harassment policy through an annual stewardship process.

Nondiscrimination Policy
Any form of discrimination by or toward employees, contractors, suppliers, and customers in any ExxonMobil workplace is strictly prohibited. Our global, zero-tolerance policy applies to all forms of discrimination, including discrimination based on sexual orientation. We have deployed a comprehensive education, training, and stewardship program to ensure this policy is implemented and followed by our employees throughout our worldwide operations.

ExxonMobil provides benefit coverage to spouses — whether heterosexual or homosexual — based on legally recognized spousal relationships. We determine eligibility according to laws with respect to legally recognized spousal relationships in the individual countries where we operate. In the United States, we have adopted the definition of spouse used in federal law, which has the effect of limiting coverage to heterosexual couples only. However, ExxonMobil employees in the Netherlands, Canada, and other international locations — where national law recognizes same-sex relationships — are provided spousal benefits under the ExxonMobil program. 

Diversity
Our Global Diversity Framework helps us build a talented and diverse workforce, which is critical to maintaining our position as the world’s leading energy and petrochemical company. ExxonMobil is committed to promoting leadership opportunities for women globally and improving the gender balance in our company. Currently, women comprise about 25 percent of our worldwide workforce, excluding company-operated retail stores. Approximately 12 percent of executive employees are women, compared to 9 percent in 2000.

We are also working to increase the representation of minorities, including African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians, and Native Americans in our U.S. operations. Based on U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reporting, minorities made up approximately one-third of our U.S. workforce and about 20 percent of officials and managers in 2007. ExxonMobil has long supported networks that provide professional development, mentoring, and coaching for women, African-American, and Hispanic employees. In 2007, the Asian Connection for Excellence (ACE) was formed for Asian employees to facilitate sharing of Asian cultures and enhance our effectiveness in working with business partners in Asia.