Recently we have seen how the IT companies are resorting to all ways to lure the employees to come back to the office.
On the contrary, the employees who are now used to the WFH settings are finding all ways possible to keep working remotely. There are multiple instances of employees citing medical issues for keeping the remote option.
India’s biggest IT company, TCS has pulled up their sleeves and is now referring employees to in-house doctors if workers seek to work from home on medical grounds.
Employees Being Referred to In-house Doctors
As per the reports, the IT major is asking its employees to get the diagnosis, treatment and medical certificates validated by a company-empaneled medical team to decide if work from home is applicable.
There are employees have been allowed to work from home after consulting the doctor but were told that they might be expected to report to offices for business needs.
TCS said that it has also started tracking the attendance of employees, and those who do not show up for at least three days are being asked to get themselves rostered.
The statement by the company reads “We have been encouraging our associates to return to offices for some days in a week. A significant number of our employees are already doing so”.
Based on the roster created by their managers, the company asked its employees to report to offices staring September 22.
One-Third Of Workforce Already Comes to Office
TCS chief human resource officer Milind Lakkad, during the quarterly earnings press conference said that one-third of 6,16,171 workers have started working from the office.
In an internal document, he said all employees are expected to follow a roster-based attendance from December.
The IT major said that 70% of the staff will receive 100% variable pay and the remaining 30 per cent will get paid based on their business unit performance.
The CHRO said that “We are going to pay 100 per cent variable pay for 70 per cent of employees… the remaining 30 per cent will get paid based on their business unit performance. This is for Q2 (July-September)”.