NEW DELHI: With an eye on empowerment of its women employees, Nestle India announced new initiatives, including extending its maternity leave policy to six months effective February 1, 2016, from 18 weeks earlier, while granting adoption leave for six weeks with full pay.
Besides, a paternity policy has been introduced with a leave of five working days with full pay and benefits for all permanent male employees, including blue collar. On the new steps, Nestle India CMD Suresh Narayanan said: “The increasing ambition to seek diversity means that Nestle is constantly reviewing workplace facilities, enabling measures and pro-active sensitivities to the needs of our women colleagues as they traverse different stages of their lives.”