Taking a step to further reinforce the culture of inclusion and to enable Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) community to have equal rights at the workplace, Tata Steel has rolled out a new Humen Resources (HR) policy that enables from the LGBTQ employees to declare their partners and avail all HR benefits permissible under the Law.
Partners would mean people of same-sex living like a married couple.
Tata Steel rolled out a new Humen Resources (HR) policy
“Providing equitable policies and benefits create a level-playing field for all employees and set common standards across locations. Research shows that people more engaged with and committed to an organization that has policies protecting LGBTQ employees. In fact, enacting LGBTQ inclusive policies shown to decrease the instances of LGBTQ discrimination at work,” said Suresh Dutt Tripathi, vice-president, human resource management, Tata Steel, while announcing the new HR policy.
Kulvin Suri, Tata Steel chief corporate communication, said this policy would effective immediately. Also, at all Tata Steel locations across the country. “Tata Steel and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) the first two companies to introduce this all-inclusive policy respecting every human being,” added Suri.
Tata Steel LGBTQ employees and their partners (same-sex couples) will entitle to benefits. Like health check-up, medical benefits, joint house points, adoption leave, newborn parent leave, childcare leave. Also, inclusion in the employee assistance program.
Employees get financial assistance for gender reassignment surgery
Employees will also get financial assistance for gender reassignment surgery and 30 days of special leave for the same. They will now eligible to take benefits. Also, available under the company’s Take-2 initiative (a diversity initiative for career comeback only for spouses). Now any partner on a career break will be eligible to apply.
They will also be eligible for Tata Executive Holiday Plan (TEHP) honeymoon package, domestic travel coverage for new employees, temporary transfer policy, transfer and relocation that allows a partner to travel and familiarise themselves to a new place. Besides, this policy entitles them to equally eligible to include in any event. However, big or small (may be an official gathering or an offshore corporate event) where earlier only spouses of the opposite gender were included.
“We took the first step of launching WINGS at all locations. Thereafter adding to our long list of innovative D&I practices we are extending the benefits/policy interventions to all the diverse groups,” said Atrayee S Sanyal, chief diversity officer, chief group HR, and chief HRM (steel), Tata Steel. In line with the company’s vision of enabling workplace for all diverse groups. Also, in May 2018 Tata Steel launched WINGS, an LGBTQ employee resource group.
