| Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) |
Nutritionists recommended by our healthcare vendor, Parkway Shenton, were invited to conduct ‘The East & West
Perspectives of Healthy Eating’ workshops. A total of 86 employees attended the workshops to gain knowledge on the
western perspective of healthy eating, followed by a short talk and cooking demonstration by Ms Bing Lam, Food Educator
and Chef on the eastern perspective.
At the 2011 Singtel Learning Fiesta, Dr Swee Yong Peng was invited to give a talk on ‘How TCM can benefit your Health’
which included “Maintenance of Yin and Yang” and proper diet. In FY2012, we introduced a TCM benefit in our flexible medical
scheme allowing our people to claim up to $20 per visit for up to maximum of five visits per plan year. |
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| Work-life integration |
Balancing work and home-life priorities can be challenging for many people. To help our people, Singtel offers a flexible
approach with initiatives relating to work schedules, telecommuting and various forms of family leave arrangements.
Childcare facilities are available on-site at some locations. We believe our people welcome these policies with more than
80% of our staff adopting the various initiatives.
We organise a variety of competitive and non-competitive events, ranging from exercise sessions at work, mass participation
in marathons to even mahjong competitions to foster teamwork and camaraderie. Over 5,000 of our people took part in this
wide selection of programmes during the year.
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| Staff appreciation event – Lion King |
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For five exclusive nights, about 8,000 of our people, their family members and friends
got to enjoy the award-winning musical, The Lion King, at the
Sands Theatre at Marina
Bay Sands, co-paying only about 25% of the original ticket prices with Singtel absorbing the
rest of the costs.
This staff special was arranged to thank all our people for their contributions and hard
work in the past year. |
| Upholding and protecting the principles of Human Rights |
The Singtel Code of Conduct covers a wide range of issues including the responsibility to treat fellow colleagues with respect
and consideration at all times. Examples of improper behaviour include discrimination or harassment in any form. Singtel
will not tolerate such behaviour and will take disciplinary actions against offenders, including termination of employment.
We are looking at introducing aspects of human rights into our supply chain and procurement processes, namely child and
forced labour, with the aim to raise the profile of these issues in the wider business community. |
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