Gurugram,
May 27, 2020: Ecom
Express, a leading technology enabled end-to-end logistics solutions provider
to the e-commerce industry, on Wednesday announced its Ecom Cares program
under which an array of financial and non-financial assistance schemes have
been rolled out for the family of employees in case of their untimely demise,
owing to COVID or any other reason.
Announcing
the program, T. A. Krishnan, Co-founder and CEO, Ecom Express, said, ‘As
a people-centric organization, our endeavour has been to provide constant
support to all our employees and their families through various measures and
initiatives in these challenging times. Losing a family member is a great
setback and no family is immune to the impact of such an event. Ecom Cares is
our commitment to the affected families that in case of an unfortunate event of
the demise of an employee, we will do our best to help them get back on their
feet. Our aim is not just to provide the much-needed relief to our employees
and their families in the current pandemic situation, which we pray gets over
soon, but to continue delivering care and strength through our evolving
measures even in the years to come.’’
Ecom
Cares would entail the following benefits:
- Financial
Assistance: The
beneficiary will receive the monthly salary of the deceased employee for a
period of 2 years. This benefit will be provided over and above the
existing Death Benevolent Fund (DBF) scheme of the Company which
provides a one-time lumpsum amount to the family of the deceased.
- Compassionate
Employment: In case
of death or permanent total disability of an employee, Ecom Express would
provide employment to one dependent family member such as spouse, child or
a sibling, nominated by the employee. The employment will be provided
basis qualification and skill of the beneficiary. The company, however,
will also provide focused training for capability development into the
role that the beneficiary receives.
- Education
for children: Under
this policy, Ecom Express will cover the expenses towards education of two
children of the deceased, upto class 12th. In case the children
are not of school going age, they can be enrolled for this benefit once
they reach that age.
The
policies of this program are meant for all employees retrospectively starting 1st April
2021.
Ecom
Express has also rolled out various COVID relief measures to help employees
battle the challenges posed in recent times by the second wave of coronavirus.
These include:
- Procurement
of oxygen concentrators for employees and their families.
- Creating
in-house developed web portal for employees to find relevant leads to
critical COVID related resources, such as oxygen cylinders, ICU beds,
hospital list, vaccination alerts, and so on.
- Free
vaccination for all employees.
- Facilitation
of RT-PCR and other COVID related tests.
- Tie-ups
with service providers for virtual medical consultations, discounts on
online medicine and lab-testing, etc.
- Free
transportation of essential items for employees and their families using
Ecom Express network.
- A
dedicated helpline service for employees to seek any information related
to COVID Care initiatives provided by the Company.
Besides
ensuring the safety and security of its employees and their families, Ecom
Express is working round the clock to ensure that all the assistance and
support is provided to them on priority.
