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JAYA TIASA HOLDINGS BERHAD
corporate social responsibility (cont’d)
WORKPLACE
To meet future challenges and remain competitive, we
strive to be an attractive employer with the ability to
recruit, develop, and retain the best people. Competent
employees with great dedication to drive change and go
beyond what is required to deliver on Group strategy and
performance objectives are crucial to the continued growth
of our business. We seek to develop our employees through
training and education, respect individual integrity and
human rights, offer fair pay and advancement opportunities,
and maintain a safe and motivating working environment. As
at 30 June, 2015, the Group has a workforce of around 5,500
employees with a diverse mix of backgrounds, experience
and expertise across its operations.
Skills Development
The Group aims to provide a supportive working environment
in which all employees receive training relevant to their
work to enable them to effectively perform their duties as
well as prepare them for career progression. Apart from
in-house training, our employees are encouraged to attend
the Group’s sponsored external seminars and workshops
to keep them updated with the latest developments in the
respective subjects and profession. Field training is also
organized frequently to upgrade the technical and functional
skills of workers at the operating units. The Training and
Development Department (TDD) has been active all year
round with adequate fund allocated to ensure the Group
has people with the required knowledge and skills in key
roles to meet the Group’s business goal. With TDD, each
employee’s need for professional development and further
training is determined to help employees fulfill their career
aspirations in the Group.
Performance Oriented Culture
We make every effort to create a working environment
that stimulates employee engagement and nurtures a
high performing culture. Regular performance appraisals
and evaluations are carried out to enable due rewards for
high performers and promote motivation and performance
upgrading for the rest. We review compensation and benefits
on a regular basis to ensure that our remuneration packages
are competitive in the marketplace. In addition to a fixed
base salary, we offer both short- and long-term incentives
to further motivate staff at every level, and the success of
our approach is reflected in the low staff turnover rate.
Work-Life Balance And Healthy Living
Our corporate mantra to be “an employer of choice” is
evident in our drive to develop and maintain a balanced,
healthy, and conducive work environment for continuous
learning and personal growth. Through the Group’s sports
and recreation club, we regularly organise recreational
events and sports activities aimed at promoting rapport
and fostering closer teamwork among employees as well
as to encourage work-life balance and healthy living.
These include educational trips to the Group’s operations,
annual dinners, festive gatherings, sporting competitions,
and vacation trips to some of our local tourist attractions.
To generate health awareness among staffs, the Group
coordinates with different bodies to give different types of
health screening services at special rate for our employees.
In addition, we invest in workforce welfare by providing
quality environment and accompanying facilities and
building of quarters, playgrounds, recreational and medical
facilities, which cater to the estate and mill workers.
Health And Safety At Work
Occupational safety in the workplace continues to be a non-
negotiable priority of the Group. During the year under review,
we maintained our commitment to enforce workplace health
and safety excellence not just for our employees but also
for our contractors, customers and visitors. We are working
continuously to reduce the number of work-related accidents
Training - Fire Fighting Blood Test Screening
Table Tennis Competition
GST workshop & training
