The programme recognises the relevance of social innovation and offers a wide range of employee benefits around four main pillars: 

• Protection: insurance, social benefits, or financial support. Some examples of these measures, already implemented, are 24 monthly payments in the event of disability, natural or accidental death, at least 14 weeks of fully paid maternity or first-parent leave, at least six weeks of fully paid paternity or second-parent leave;
• Health, which includes physical and mental health, to optimize employees' wellbeing.
• Balance guarantees flexibility in the work organization and considers new ways of working (e.g., teleworking) to respond to the collective need to work in a different and more agile way, reconciling life and work.
• Workplace, considering the importance of work environments in line with new and inclusive working methods.

Jean-Claude Le Grand, Chief Human Relations Officer of L'Oréal Groupe, said: "We conceived Share & Care as a long-term commitment to our employees so that every L'Oréalian employee feels supported and cared for, wherever they are and whatever is happening in their lives. Social innovation has always been part of L'Oréal's mindset and current times require us, more than ever, to help and support our employees to help them cope with ongoing global uncertainties."

The innovative programme was the subject of an ILO study in 2019 to examine social protection provided by private companies, which, unlike the public sector, is relatively unexplored territory. 

The ILO final paper, which analyses whether programme implementation has led to changes in the performance provided by L'Oréal companies in different countries, stresses that companies can play a role in extending social protection by providing benefits through voluntary social initiatives or corporate social responsibility (CSR).