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8.
What percentage of your under mentioned employees were given safety and skill up-gradation training in the last year?
a.
Permanent Employees – 100%
b.
Permanent Women Employees – 100%
c.
Casual / Temporary / Contractual Employees – 100%
d.
Employees with Disabilities – 100%
The Company’s approach for managing its core asset i.e. its people is founded on the following beliefs:
a.
People’s safety is our first priority
b.
Company grows best by growing its own people
c.
Our people have potential, we need to develop it
d.
Diversity matters, so does inclusion
e.
We need the best talent, and need to meet the expectations of the best talent.
In our endeavor to be a contemporary organisation, we constantly review our policies and benchmark them against the best in
class to ensure that the Company’s agenda on employee well-being and engagement is serviced effectively.
There is a special focus to involve employees in the policy making process. A group called ‘Policy Council’ was constituted which
has been meeting regularly to examine the various policies and processes in the organisation, especially policies impacting
employees and their day-to-day functions. The council has proposed several simplification and modification to policies which
has also ensured improved engagement levels and ownership among employees.
The Company has been regularly providing annual preventive health checks for all employees at its own cost. Further, to enable
employees manage work-life balance and related stress, if any, the Company has taken several initiatives including:
• Agile Working:
A core component of the Company’s Diversity and Inclusion ambition, agile working encompasses a wide
range of working options that enables employees to work flexibly at full potential. Part time working, job-share, work from
home and flexible hours are some options granted under this initiative.
• Career Break and Maternity / Paternity Leave:
These benefits are available to employees of the Company irrespective
of the level that they operate at.
• Workplace facilities:
At all offices and facilities of the Company, attention is paid to ergonomics to ensure a comfortable
work environment.
• Leadership Development:
Building both, people and functional capability is one of the key elements of our investment in
people. Few employees were selected for year long ‘ChangeMakers’ program who were then given exposure to different
key activities across the organization. This group has also worked on various ideas and activities towards proposing
various improvements and changes to the operational issues in the organization.
• Diversity and Inclusion:
As a part of a large multinational group, the Company wants the workforce to represent the
societies in which it operates. The Company’s commitment to Diversity and Inclusion enables it to be creative, competitive
and thrive in the IT environment.
Prerana, the forum, for the women run by women in the Company, had special focus on women in leadership during this year.
A special mentoring program is launched for aspiring women to be nurtured as future leaders. Various lectures by women
leaders were also arranged from time to time for motivating women in the Company.
Principle 4
Businesses should respect the interests of, and be responsive towards all stakeholders, especially those who are disadvantaged,
vulnerable and marginalized
1.
Has the company mapped its internal and external stakeholders?
Yes
2.
Out of the above, has the company identified the disadvantaged, vulnerable & marginalized stakeholders
- Yes
3.
Are there any special initiatives taken by the company to engage with the disadvantaged, vulnerable and
marginalized stakeholders. If so, provide details thereof, in about 50 words or so –
The Company through Persistent Foundation (the ‘Foundation’), CSR wing of the Company has undertaken several
programs to indulge with the disadvantaged, vulnerable and marginalized stakeholders. During the financial year, the
following hallmark projects were implemented by the Foundation under 3 (three) focus areas: