Deloitte amongst the ‘Top 10 Best Companies for Women in India’

Mumbai, 10 November 2016: Deloitte has emerged as one of the top 10 Best Companies for Working Mothers in India - a recognition based on the "2016 Working Mother & AVTAR Best Companies for Women in India survey," which covered key demographics related to a company’s workforce, practices, and policies that organizations have in place to attract, engage, retain and develop women professionals.

The study ranked organizations by evaluating them across various parameters including women’s recruitment, retention, and advancement initiatives, safety and security measures for women employees, flexible work arrangements and support extended for maternity and life-changing events, benefits to help enable and advance women’s careers, and policies around work-life integration.

Several strategic initiatives specific to gender inclusion are integrated into Deloitte’s culture. One of the key initiatives is a sponsorship program aimed at developing leaders, which helps high-performing women professionals build their career, provides opportunities for high visibility projects and helps them navigate the organization. This has proven to be effective in the development of a strong women leadership pipeline.

Deloitte offers its professionals a formal framework for flexible work options such as remote work, telecommuting, and flexi-time, and choices that help them balance their personal and professional commitments. Deloitte is focused on ensuring that its women professionals have access to all the necessary support that they might need. The enhancement of the paid maternity leave policy to 26 weeks, even before initiation of the changes in the statutory requirements in India, is one such example. This when combined with other related benefits such as the maternity support program, and transportation reimbursement for expectant mothers for comfortable travel to and from the office, serves as a market differentiator for Deloitte.

Deloitte believes in a holistic approach with a focus on mental, physical and emotional well-being. With “Empowered Well-being” programs, the firm helps professionals balance personal and professional commitments while leading healthy and purposeful lives. Built on the foundation of flexibility, the program combines aspects of nurturing health and engaging the mind, while creating a sense of purpose to help each professional stay productive and involved.

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This press release has been issued by Deloitte Shared Services India LLP.

About Deloitte

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About Working Mother

A role model, mentor and advocate for USA’s 17 million mothers who are equally passionate about their careers as they are about their families, Working Mother is a celebrated gender parity champion in the United States. With its website, magazine, research, social networks, video, radio and powerful events, Working Mother provides its readers within the community, solutions and strategies they need to thrive. The annual Working Mother 100 Best Companies celebrates its 31st anniversary this year. It is one of the most prestigious lists that have been setting the standards for work/life practices for companies in the US. It continues to raise awareness of the issues women face in the workplace and encourages the development of programs to address those issues.

About AVTAR

Established in 2000, AVTAR is India’s first diversity advocate & workplace inclusion expert. Renowned for its extensive work in the space of Diversity & Inclusion and more specifically, women’s workforce participation, it is the country’s largest provider of second career opportunities for women and is also the earliest to begin working on diversity audits and measurement.

Led by the visionary Dr. Saundarya Rajesh, AVTAR has ventured into areas of women’s empowerment and career creation, which are firsts in India, including: 1) Creating a marketplace for second career women to meet potential employers, 2) Developing a comprehensive set of career enablers which companies can implement in their workspaces, 3) Spearheading original research that has provided cutting edge insights to organizations and 4) Re-Skilling, up-skilling and counselling of women to pursue sustainable career paths. Over its 16 years of existence, AVTAR has helped charter Diversity & Inclusion plans for several organizations in the IT, FMCG and financial sectors in the country.

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Deloitte Shared Services India Private Limited

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Rohit Varier

Integral PR

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