L&T intensifies efforts to retain workforce: CEO S N Subrahmanyan
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Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has intensified its efforts to retain its workforce post the outbreak of the second COVID-19 wave, a top company official has said.
The company said it has been able to retain almost 70 per cent of its 2,45,000 contract labourers at its various project sites on account of medical care facilities and other support measures during the pandemic.
During the first wave of the pandemic last year, the company had witnessed a similar situation when labourers went back to their villages after the government imposed the lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
L&T intensifies efforts to retain workforce: CEO
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Last Updated: May 23, 2021, 10:33 AM IST
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Synopsis What has happened after the first wave (of COVID-19) is that much of the labourers went back to their villages and towns. With huge efforts, I can talk about Larsen & Toubro, we brought many of them back, company s CEO and managing director S N Subrahmanyan said. We do hope, if the cases come down, we will be able to retain and move forward as we go on, he explained.
Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has intensified its efforts to retain its workforce post the outbreak of the second COVID-19 wave, a top company official has said. The company said it has been able to retain almost 70 per cent of its 2,45,000 contract labourers at its various project sites on account of medical care facilities and other support measures during the pandemic.
Larsen & Toubros optimism flows from its expectations that notwithstanding the second wave, the countrys thrust on infrastructure in the Budget would see the company take in several large orders over the coming years.
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The press release by the Ministry stated, His experience is likely to guide the National Safety Council which has a major role to play to ensure safety in workplaces under new Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (OSH Code, 2020).
The NSC will assist Directorate General Factory Advice Service and Labour Institutes (DGFASLI) in re-writing the regulations governing OSH Code in the country which have not been updated for over 50 years. The NSC will also be involved in framing the scheme for third party audit and certification under the OSH Code.