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Management Discussion and Analysis

apart from classroom and digitised training programmes, development framework, launching a redesigned Management
employee capabilities were sharpened by on-the-job exposure development programme, reviewing people policies, relooking at
through a combination of stretch, challenging assignments and work processes are some of the other exciting projects that are
doing a variety of roles. towards this end, tCl provided a number underway at tCl and will be soon ready for rollout.
of opportunities in new businesses to its existing employees and
hired laterally only for new skill sets. this also provided career Employee Headcount as on March 31, 2020
growth paths for many employees. Entities No. of
Employees
Besides career growth, the Company worked on other drivers of tata Chemcials limited, India 1,820
employee engagement. one of the key initiatives was to deploy rallis India limited 1,610
a cross-functional team of employees under the ‘refresh 2020’ ncourage Social enterprise Foundation 19
programme to study each driver in detail and recommend action tata Chemicals europe 407
plans. this not only enhanced involvement and participation tata Chemicals north america Inc. 573
of employees but also incorporated their views and concerns. tata Chemicals Magadi limited 221
tCl helped line managers in interpreting their Xpress Score card tata Chemicals International pte. ltd. 4
(an employee engagement survey) with specific sessions. tata Chemicals South africa (pty.) limited 24
Total 4,678
the diverse workforce needs cohort-specific actions to address
their needs and tCl’s actions are designed for this. For instance, Safety and Health
after inducting the first set of female trainees at Cuddalore, the
Company organised a plant visit and interactive session with their driven by ‘target Zero Harm’ – Zero Harm to people, Zero Harm to
parents to reassure them about the safety of their wards and share asset and Zero Harm to environment – health and safety form one
the pride of association with tCl. of the core values at tCl. there is an unwavering commitment to the
continuous improvement of the organisation’s safety performance.
a special session on ‘Scripting Your Success’ by the Chief Human
resources officer with freshly hired gets was greatly appreciated. the Company is committed to continuously employing world-
likewise, the Company organised ‘Spandan’, a workshop for dets. class Safety, Health and environment (‘SHe’) practices through
a new platform for rewards and recognition, ‘Kudos’, was launched, benchmarking with the companies that are best in the business.
letting both employees and managers to appreciate and recognise For an exclusive focus on safety and sustainability, the Company has
their peers and team members. a Board level Safety, Health, environment and Sustainability (‘SHeS’)
Committee, chaired by an Independent director. this Committee
Hr Helpdesk was launched as a one-stop solution to answer provides valuable direction and guidance to the Management
employee queries on Hr policies, processes and system addressed. to ensure that Safety and Sustainability implications are duly
Work is in progress to launch the Hr Chatbot that will enable quick addressed in all new strategic initiatives, budgets, audit actions
response to employee queries. the Health Insurance Scheme has and improvement plans. the SHeS Committee also monitors and
been renewed with enhanced employee-friendly features. reviews reports quarterly on SHe performance, including policy
and legal compliances.
the senior leadership team has visited all major sites/offices multiple
times over the past year and has engaged with employees across the Chief Safety & engineering officer has direct access to
levels and cadres to share information and also to understand their the Chairman of the SHeS Committee. the Board-level risk
views and concerns. there has been a whole series of formal and Management Committee also monitors the progress on mitigation
informal modes of communication with all relevant stakeholders.
plans associated with key safety risks. the senior leadership at the
tCl signed a long-term Settlement with unionised workers at Company plays a definite and defining role in affirming positive
Mithapur during the year, continuing to strengthen harmonious attitudes towards safety and creating an enabling environment.
relationship.
the Company’s Corporate SHe policy is the overarching policy,
the leadership in Business ethics (lBe) assurance Survey score with the subsidiaries fine-tuning it to align with the local regulatory
showed significant improvement for workmen and business and safety directorates, as per their location and legal jurisdiction.
partners segment, indicating that ethical behaviour has become a the health and safety of people is of utmost importance to the
way of life for tCl. It has completed the groundwork for migrating Company and it is keen to address any risk that could pose a
to the new Human resources Management System and will take threat to a safe and healthy work environment. to ensure steady
it up next year. apart from digitisation, developing a learning and improvement in the SHe performance, the Company is adopting

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