Dear All,
I had gone through the report on the "Best Employers in India" and culled some of the following best practices followed by the Top 25 Best Employers:
I am sharing this list, and I hope you would add on to the same, or give some new ideas to carry these through.
In case anybody has the policy details on these activities from the companies mentioned alongside each practice, please do share.
1. Leadership Development Centre (senior most leaders conduct workshops – Infosys)
2. Employee taskforces with HR as just a facilitator (They have both the budget and the empowerment to take decisions which ensures successful completion of the project. – P&G)
3. Flexible working arrangements (HP)
4. Additional leave of 10 days for employee marriage (HP)
5. 10 days if employee is preparing for higher education (HP)
6. 8 weeks for legally adopting a child (HP)
7. 5 days for bereavement in the family (HP)
8. 5 days paternity leave (HP)
9. Compressed work week and flextime (Smithkline Beecham)
10. Area Sales Managers are provided with laptops to work from home (Smithkline Beecham)
11. TGIF is celebrated once every quarter (where employees are allowed to leave 1.5 hours early - Smithkline Beecham)
12. Mileage cards (for Suggestions, attractive rewards can be redeemed based on points – Satyam)
13. Weekly on-line survey (“Pulse” to ensure that areas of employee concern are addressed – Agilent)
14. Management by walking Around (MBWA) – American Express
15. Sitting late in office and working on weekends is strictly discouraged (American Express)
16. Managers have to ensure that employees complete their leave entitlement for the year (American Express)
17. Flexibility of choosing 12 optional holidays in the year from a basket of 26 days - (American Express)
18. Family parties every quarter - (Hughes)
19. Painting competition for children (used in New Year cards) - (Hughes)
20. Series of Libraries – (Tata Steel)
21. Holiday homes, which span across the country, allow employees and the families’ perfect spots for rest and recuperation – (Tata Steel)
22. Interest clubs such as music forum, performing arts club etc. which encourage and exhibit talents of its employees in different areas. (Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories)
23. Regular outward-bound training programs for employees such as mountain climbing, river rafting offer adventure and fun. (Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories)
24. Hibernation leave where on completing four years and employee is eligible for six weeks of paid leave (Sasken)
25. Every years managers along with their team make performance commitments to the Chairman. This presentation along with a photograph is laminated and kept on each manager’s table. On achieving their target, the Chairman sends a letter complimenting the team. (Reliance)
26. HR Portal facilitates multi-source feedback, self-paced learning, self-nominations to development programs and concierge services. (Compaq)
27. Online resources also include access to the HBR learning center, training on sales management and interpersonal skills. (Compaq)
With warm regards,
Swapna Nair[/b]
From India, New Delhi
8I had gone through the report on the "Best Employers in India" and culled some of the following best practices followed by the Top 25 Best Employers:
I am sharing this list, and I hope you would add on to the same, or give some new ideas to carry these through.
In case anybody has the policy details on these activities from the companies mentioned alongside each practice, please do share.
1. Leadership Development Centre (senior most leaders conduct workshops – Infosys)
2. Employee taskforces with HR as just a facilitator (They have both the budget and the empowerment to take decisions which ensures successful completion of the project. – P&G)
3. Flexible working arrangements (HP)
4. Additional leave of 10 days for employee marriage (HP)
5. 10 days if employee is preparing for higher education (HP)
6. 8 weeks for legally adopting a child (HP)
7. 5 days for bereavement in the family (HP)
8. 5 days paternity leave (HP)
9. Compressed work week and flextime (Smithkline Beecham)
10. Area Sales Managers are provided with laptops to work from home (Smithkline Beecham)
11. TGIF is celebrated once every quarter (where employees are allowed to leave 1.5 hours early - Smithkline Beecham)
12. Mileage cards (for Suggestions, attractive rewards can be redeemed based on points – Satyam)
13. Weekly on-line survey (“Pulse” to ensure that areas of employee concern are addressed – Agilent)
14. Management by walking Around (MBWA) – American Express
15. Sitting late in office and working on weekends is strictly discouraged (American Express)
16. Managers have to ensure that employees complete their leave entitlement for the year (American Express)
17. Flexibility of choosing 12 optional holidays in the year from a basket of 26 days - (American Express)
18. Family parties every quarter - (Hughes)
19. Painting competition for children (used in New Year cards) - (Hughes)
20. Series of Libraries – (Tata Steel)
21. Holiday homes, which span across the country, allow employees and the families’ perfect spots for rest and recuperation – (Tata Steel)
22. Interest clubs such as music forum, performing arts club etc. which encourage and exhibit talents of its employees in different areas. (Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories)
23. Regular outward-bound training programs for employees such as mountain climbing, river rafting offer adventure and fun. (Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories)
24. Hibernation leave where on completing four years and employee is eligible for six weeks of paid leave (Sasken)
25. Every years managers along with their team make performance commitments to the Chairman. This presentation along with a photograph is laminated and kept on each manager’s table. On achieving their target, the Chairman sends a letter complimenting the team. (Reliance)
26. HR Portal facilitates multi-source feedback, self-paced learning, self-nominations to development programs and concierge services. (Compaq)
27. Online resources also include access to the HBR learning center, training on sales management and interpersonal skills. (Compaq)
With warm regards,
Swapna Nair[/b]
From India, New Delhi
swapna,
you have missed out "Classic stripes". The company makes lables for major cos, started in 1947 approx
It is voted as the second best place to work.. has beaten Infosys, etc
some salient points are:
average salary of a worker is 20000/- pm
lowest bonus is 14 % pa
last year every woker was given a motorcycle and females given automatic scooters
The company didnt have a HR manager all these years.
"Quality at source" ie same philkosphy as Sony.. No quality control dept.
last year in mumbai floods, management offered help to employees to rebuild homes.. out of more thna 300 people only 9 applied- people are too honest n dignified not to apply unnecassarily for help
From India, Delhi
you have missed out "Classic stripes". The company makes lables for major cos, started in 1947 approx
It is voted as the second best place to work.. has beaten Infosys, etc
some salient points are:
average salary of a worker is 20000/- pm
lowest bonus is 14 % pa
last year every woker was given a motorcycle and females given automatic scooters
The company didnt have a HR manager all these years.
"Quality at source" ie same philkosphy as Sony.. No quality control dept.
last year in mumbai floods, management offered help to employees to rebuild homes.. out of more thna 300 people only 9 applied- people are too honest n dignified not to apply unnecassarily for help
From India, Delhi
Dear Rana ji,
Can you tell us something more about the company...
You have mentioned that there is no HR Manager, then how are the policies framed and controlled....
Please do share some more information on the company...
Thank you,
Dear Faiz, Glad that this note was of some help to you.
With warm regards,
Swapna Nair
From India, New Delhi
Can you tell us something more about the company...
You have mentioned that there is no HR Manager, then how are the policies framed and controlled....
Please do share some more information on the company...
Thank you,
Dear Faiz, Glad that this note was of some help to you.
With warm regards,
Swapna Nair
From India, New Delhi
Swapna,
I have taken a subscription of "Human capital", published by HR information services, M-64, Lado sarai, Meharuli badarpur road, tel: 29523466/3583
website: www.humancapitalonline.com
the article on classic stripes was in May'07 edition. one of my collegues has borrowed the magazine so am sorry cant give more info.
swapna, as far as your concern on Hr aspect of the company in absence of a Hr manager is simple..
approx 100 yrs back JRD Tata wrote a small booklet named HR, he was concerned about one simple thing-- in large concerns, an employee may be facing one of the toughest times of his life while on the other hand the CEO is saddled with problems of running the enterprise.. this is where HR comes into picture. HR is not person specific, it is more about a aspect of doing business in the right way.
you must have gone through the annals of six sigma enterpprise. In india, nutan mumbai tiffin box suppliers charitable trust has been effectively supplying tiffin boxes with 1 system failure in 137 year. poor unlettered folks with no access to resources, beating big corporations. two of their oldest members now teach at IIMs..
surya
From India, Delhi
I have taken a subscription of "Human capital", published by HR information services, M-64, Lado sarai, Meharuli badarpur road, tel: 29523466/3583
website: www.humancapitalonline.com
the article on classic stripes was in May'07 edition. one of my collegues has borrowed the magazine so am sorry cant give more info.
swapna, as far as your concern on Hr aspect of the company in absence of a Hr manager is simple..
approx 100 yrs back JRD Tata wrote a small booklet named HR, he was concerned about one simple thing-- in large concerns, an employee may be facing one of the toughest times of his life while on the other hand the CEO is saddled with problems of running the enterprise.. this is where HR comes into picture. HR is not person specific, it is more about a aspect of doing business in the right way.
you must have gone through the annals of six sigma enterpprise. In india, nutan mumbai tiffin box suppliers charitable trust has been effectively supplying tiffin boxes with 1 system failure in 137 year. poor unlettered folks with no access to resources, beating big corporations. two of their oldest members now teach at IIMs..
surya
From India, Delhi
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