Bajaj revises HR policy to help kin of victims
Bajaj Auto has introduced a new HR policy aimed at offering additional support to pandemic-ravaged families of its employees. In the event of an employee’s death due to Covid, the company will offer monetary support to the family up to two years after death.
It will also assist in dependent children’s education up to graduation in any field of choice. In addition to this, the company will also offer fiveyear hospitalisation insurance to all family members of deceased employees.
The latest announcement is in addition to several initiatives already undertaken by the company over the past one year. “Covid has shown that mental well-being of employees is as important as physical, and they need to be cared for in a wholesome manner,” the company said in a statement.
“When asked how we should treat others, Ramana Maharshi replied, 'There are no others'. It is with this sense of oneness that we shall do our utmost for any extended families of Bajaj Auto who might be devastated by the loss of their loved ones who went beyond the call of duty in the face of this pandemic,” Rajiv Bajaj, MD of Bajaj Auto, said.
Besides financial contributions, Bajaj Auto has been offering treatment and testing facilities at its multiple Covid care centres it set up after the outbreak last year.
It has extended the support of its engineers, who have worked closely with government authorities to audit the oxygen systems at more than 70 hospitals in Maharashtra to prevent wastage.
It has set up Covid facilities at its plants in Akurdi, Waluj, Chakan and Pantnagar. While a certain proportion of beds are reserved for the company’s employees, the remaining serves the requirements of the respective communities.
The Waluj centre has been set up under the aegis of Kamalnayan Bajaj Hospital. This Covid care centre began as a 36-bed unit in June 2020 and has since been expanded to a 200-bed facility.
It was started for workers and their families, but now serves the community around the plant. As part of the initiatives in Waluj, the oxygen production project at the Primary Health Centre – set up on behalf of the Jankidevi Bajaj Foundation – was also inaugurated recently.