Tata Teleservices to offer six-month maternity leave to attract more women to its workforce
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To attract more women to its workforce, Tata Teleservices has increased its
maternity leave policy to six months of paid leave along with an additional six months of “half day half pay” option, said its Chief HRO Richa Tripathi.
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"We are committed to promoting gender diversity and increasing the number of women employees," said Tripathi. However, as of now, women make up only 9.5% of the telecom company's staff, out of which about 4-5% take maternity leave annually.
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The new policy also aims to increase the medical cover for women so that they can opt for IVF procedures to start a family, and as per Tripathi, they are also working on formulating a paternity leave policy.
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