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Schneider Electric Recognised as ‘Employer with Best Health and Wellness Initiative’

Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, has been honoured with the prestigious SHRM India HR Excellence Award 2017 in the category of ‘Employer with Best Health and Wellness Initiative.’ The award was presented at SHRM India’s Annual Conference recently held at New Delhi, and was received by Rachna Mukherjee, CHRO, Schneider Electric, and Lipika Verma, Director Rewards alongwith her team. The accolade recognizes organisations for designing effective health and wellness programs that support the wellness needs of their employees, understanding the importance of employee’s health quotient and its impact on business productivity.

Speaking on the occasion, Rachna Mukherjee, CHRO, Schneider Electric said, “I express my gratitude to SHRM for acknowledging our efforts and multiple initiatives in this most important area. Our efforts are directed towards ensuring the wellbeing and health of our employees by promoting work-life balance and thereby raising their productivity. I accept this award on behalf of the entire HR team at Schneider Electric.”

Presenting the award, Achal Khanna, CEO, SHRM India said, “SHRM India would like to congratulate Schneider Electric on their win and the remarkable commitment they have shown in the health and wellness space. Their practices are unique and employee focused, which will surely serve as a benchmark for other organisations.”

The SHRM India HR Excellence Awards have been instituted as an exemplary platform to recognise organizations that put people first, deliver future focused excellence in the field of people management and understand the importance of human capital as a key contributor to business outcomes. It follows a robust nomination and selection procedure, which is conducted over a period of 3 months. SHRM India and CGP (Chestnut Global Partners – India) also released a ranking of the top 10 companies under this category during the SHRM India Annual Conference.

Schneider Electric has always been at the forefront in terms of boosting employee efficiency and performance. As a part of its Wellbeing Program, the company believes that wellbeing boosts performance and performance in turn ensures wellbeing, and these two in sync finally leads to the overall business growth of an organisation. The Wellbeing initiative is categorised under four main pillars namely – Social well being, emotional well being, mental well being and physical well being, imparting regular tips to employees and encouraging them towards a healthy lifestyle.

The company ensures overall health and wellness of employees through regular health camps, on-site yoga, revised insurance policies and also promotes flexibility at work to help employees ensure proper work-life balance. Schneider Electric’s leadership team also involves itself to encourage employees towards well-being, through regular meetings. The organization consistently delivers an encouraging ambience through soothing music, energizing atmosphere, regular polls to understand employee requirements, etc. The initiatives have been well received by all and sundry.

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