Our Response to COVID-19

Supporting our People

In March of 2020, Leidos was opening a state-of-the-art global headquarters in Reston, Virginia. Shortly after, we adapted to an evolving crisis with agility – quickly shifting to remote work for many employees and prioritizing health and safety above all. Our committed employees’ resolve during this challenging time is a source of pride and inspiration for us.

Long before the World Health Organization's Director-General declared COVID-19 a global pandemic during the March 11 press briefing, Leidos was engaged in working the problem. Company leadership established a coronavirus working group (CVWG), which has grown into a cross-company effort to act aggressively, yet thoughtfully based on real-time assessments of the challenges the pandemic presents for people and the Company.  This group of individuals from various functions came together in the spirit of collaboration to help navigate the enterprise through the myriad of challenges the company has faced. Their diligent efforts set the company on a path to safeguard the health and safety of Leidos employees and the company’s facilities.  Some of the immediate actions Leidos took included:

• Establishing a regular cadence of COVID-related communications to employees through direct messages from leaders. CEO Roger Krone began a weekly video series to inform and engage employees. This series has now evolved to a biweekly video that provides updates on COVID-19, as well as other pertinent company information.
• Significantly increased teleworking, flexible work and remote work for thousands of employees normally at Leidos or customer facilities. We also  implemented the use of virtual technology for hosting the Leidos New Employee Orientation (NEO), as well as for conducting job interviews.
• Established multiple benefits including Pandemic Paid Sick Leave to help with the burden of having to quarantine due to COVID-19 infection or providing support and care to a family member.
• Provided monetary support through the Leidos Relief Foundation and the Keith W. Redding Memorial Fund, set up to honor the memory of the first Leidos employee to succumb to COVID-19.
• Stood-up a dedicated Pandemic/Disease page, available to all employees, on the Company’s intranet, Prism. The CVWG continuously updates this page with new frequently asked questions on travel guidance, facilities closure and subsequent reopening, teleworking guidance, benefits, and other Company resources. 

As the international impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, Leidos is actively monitoring its impacts to the corporation

as well as our suppliers and sub-contractors. Leidos has a robust management system, including a COVID-19 EH&S Policy addendum that identifies requirements for Leidos employees and visitors who enter Leidos locations during the declared COVID-19 pandemic, as well as certain requirements for reporting confirmed and presumed positive cases of COVID-19, to help maintain the health and safety of all people at a Leidos facility and meet State and local reporting requirements. The Leidos COVID-19 playbook and Return to Leidos Facilities Guide covers risk assessment, workplace health and safety measures that allows our facilities to adjust access, operational requirement, and exposure controls based on current conditions and science. 

Finally, to help create the safest and healthiest workplace and community possible, we sponsored the Million Dollar Move the Needle Sweepstakes and gave away 1 million dollars to encourage our employees to get vaccinated.  Our CEO, Roger Krone, earned the Covid-19 Response Leader Award from Washington Business Journal for this effort.

Supporting our Customers

As a company, Leidos is a trusted provider of information technology science, and engineering solutions for the government and highly-regulated commercial customers. During the global pandemic, we migrated customers to work remotely, keeping their workforce safe and secure and operations running smoothly. At the onset of the crisis, our employees deployed to the "front lines" to help address evolving customer needs. They provided laptops and technical assistance to entire government agencies, ensured customers could function in remote-work environments, and enabled seamless transitions to new ways of working without disruption. From providing IT support to emergency field hospitals in New York City’s Central Park to helping the Navy track COVID-19 supply chain risks in real-time, we provided proven solutions to our customer's most challenging needs. Finally, our work at Frederick National Labs, developing therapies and assisting with trials directly related to COVID-19 gives even more meaning to our mission to make the world safer, healthier and more efficient. 

Supporting our Community

Recognizing that COVID-19 impacts extend far beyond Leidos, we partnered with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Foundation to donate to its Emergency Response Fund, “All of Us Crush COVID” campaign. Between company and employee donations (including matching gifts), Leidos raised over $300,000 to help support vulnerable communities, increase laboratory capacity, boost clinical research and to strengthen local response efforts, among other CDC programs launched to combat the pandemic.

When the outlook at Leidos and across the U.S. started to improve in 2021, circumstances became increasingly challenging in other countries. With many friends and family in India, Leidos donated $40,000 to United Way Mumbai, an organization providing healthcare workers in India with critical medical equipment (including oxygen), personal protective equipment and other much needed supplies.

Leidos employees went above and beyond to help their neighbors, health care workers and charities all over the world. Highlighted in the insights below are a few examples of the amazing efforts they made from printing 3D masks, to giving blood, hosting food drives, delivering meals, donating laptops and much more.  Also highlighted below are some of the partnerships and initiatives we have made to make a lasting impact, both at work and in the communities where we operate.