PEOPLE
EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND SAFETY
DMAEnsuring the health and safety of our employees is our responsibility. We strive to take care of our employees’ safety, work-life integration, and physical and mental health. The Group’s sustainable growth would not have been possible without our dedicated and healthy employees working in a safe environment.
EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
We work closely with healthcare providers to offer our employees a comprehensive, flexible health benefits programme. During the year, we improved the medical benefits for our staff in Singapore. For example, our re-employed and direct contract employees now enjoy better medical coverage and benefits.
Besides the convenience of an in-house clinic at our office premises in Singapore, all our employees have access to an extensive network of over 300 panel clinics island-wide. During the year, we introduced a new e-medical card as well as a clinic locator app for added convenience.
In addition, we offer a suite of health programmes to help them maintain a healthy lifestyle, such as free health checks, weight and chronic disease management, flu vaccination and smoking cessation. Gymnasiums and gym classes are also available on-site, together with staff cafeterias that provide a wide range of healthy dietary options in both our Singapore and Australia offices.
Providing Mental and Physical Wellness
We recently introduced the Healthy Minds Mental Health Awareness programme in Australia. This includes on-site psychological support for our people at our Sydney head office and will be extended to our Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane offices.
In Singapore, all employees and their immediate family members have access to professional counselling services on work-life issues through the Employee Assistance Programmes run by external consultants.
WORK-LIFE INTEGRATION AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
We understand the importance of meeting both work and family demands. We offer our people a variety of benefits ranging from part-time working and flexible working hours to telecommuting, various forms of family leave arrangements and on-site childcare facilities in Singapore and Australia.
We regularly review the competitiveness of our staff benefits. As part of our SG50 initiatives, we introduced the Singtel S$300 programme which aims to promote advocacy among Singapore-based staff by providing a S$300 annual bill rebate to offset against their subscription fees of Singtel services.
Singtel Wins 'Best Companies For Mums' Award
In July 2014, Singtel won the accolade for being one of the 'Best Companies For Mums' in recognition of the company’s efforts in ensuring that our Flexible Work Arrangements are supportive of working mothers and human resource policies that foster work-life integration.
Held for the second year, this contest was jointly organised by the NTUC Women’s Development Secretariat and the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices. The contest recognises and applauds exemplary companies, supervisors and colleagues who have made a positive difference to the daily lives of parents, especially mothers.
“Singtel has created a conducive environment for working mothers. I consider myself lucky for being able to breastfeed my two kids beyond six months as Singtel provides nursing rooms at the workplace. I am also very grateful and thankful to have understanding and supportive supervisors and colleagues. Singtel deserves to be awarded the best company for working mothers.”
– Carol Tang, Business Practice Manager who nominated Singtel for this award
