Tata steel has announced a revolutionary company policy in order to close gender diversity gap in workforce by 2020. The firm is set to hire woman workforce as gender diversity ensures availability of different mindsets to deal with challenges, a top company executive said.
“Gender diversity is essential, and not having it can be detrimental to business. A diverse workforce ensures that we have different mindsets dealing with challenges in different ways, and this helps us strategize better,” Tata Steel Chief Diversity Officer and Chief Group HR Atrayee S Sanyal told.
“We are definitely planning to employ a large number of women in the coming years. Tata Steel, as an equal opportunity employer, believes that women can perform any role with equal competence as that of a man she added.
When asked about the difficulty in finding women with the required skills in manufacturing, mining and engineering, she said the availability of women is gradually improving. When diversity is recognized and employees feel included, they have a better responsiveness to changing customer needs. Everything, cumulatively, helps us progress and develop as a company, she added.
However, for this purpose the company will not compromise on merit at any stage of selection or promotion.
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