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Employee Benefits 20th January 2021 11:59 am
Long-term savings and retirement business Phoenix Group is providing five more paid leave days for working carers to help them cope with the third national lockdown.
Sara Thompson, group HR director, said: “Last year we provided colleagues with similar access to five days’ emergency paid leave to help them during the lockdowns of March and June 2020. This additional emergency leave is there to help cover immediate childcare or caring requirements and to explore if there are alternative arrangements available.”
The organisation is also urging other employers to follow suit if possible. The call comes on the back of research last year which found 4.4 million working carers were using their annual leave to fulfill their caring duties.
Leigh F. Capule, Migrations Manager I GSC Philippines, HSBC. Photo: HSBC
Leigh is a pioneer member of the HSBC (HSBA.L) Pride + Ally Network in GSC Philippines. Under Leigh’s leadership a number of significant initiatives and company policy changes were made, including the establishment of both gender neutral and gender preference restrooms, the inclusion of same sex and domestic partners in their insurance coverage and inclusion of treatment of HIV/AIDS in HMO coverage.
Leigh took the lead in the D&I forum held in India in sharing Philippines Pride best practices and initiatives and established an annual PAN GSC SOGIE Awareness session, which she personally facilitates. In addition, she played a critical role in the establishment of Pride ERGs in GSC India and China.