The female employees of leading Airline, IndiGo, have complained to the top brass that they were facing sexual harassment by the senior staff at the Srinagar airport prompting the company to start an internal inquiry.
Sources told Rising Kashmir that an Indigo airport manager at Srinagar has faced complaints of harassment by its employees. The company has found through an internal committee serious violations of “ its code of conduct” after some employees brought to their notice that the Manager sought sexual favors for promotions and favorable transfers.
Replying to the query, Indigo said in its written reply to Rising Kashmir e-mail that the Company has already put the “staff involved” under suspension.
“We are aware of the misconduct on part of our colleague from Srinagar Airport team. This matter is currently under investigation. Concerning this, an internal committee has found serious violations of the company’s code of conduct. As part of the internal investigation, we are taking into account feedback from other colleagues from Srinagar. Currently, we have suspended the staff involved, pending further investigation,” Sakshi Batra, Associate Director, Corporate Communications, IndiGo said.
The company said that it was “committed to maintaining a positive and safe working environment, and has zero tolerance towards any form of sexual or gender-based harassment, and gross misconduct.”
“As a responsible organization with 43 percent of women in our workforce, IndiGo firmly believes in governing our business with ethics, transparency and accountability, at all levels. We ensure our employees are sensitized regularly about company’s code of conduct and prevention of sexual harassment policy, which is in compliance with the law,” it said.
23/07/19 Junaid Kathju/Rising Kashmir
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Sources told Rising Kashmir that an Indigo airport manager at Srinagar has faced complaints of harassment by its employees. The company has found through an internal committee serious violations of “ its code of conduct” after some employees brought to their notice that the Manager sought sexual favors for promotions and favorable transfers.
Replying to the query, Indigo said in its written reply to Rising Kashmir e-mail that the Company has already put the “staff involved” under suspension.
“We are aware of the misconduct on part of our colleague from Srinagar Airport team. This matter is currently under investigation. Concerning this, an internal committee has found serious violations of the company’s code of conduct. As part of the internal investigation, we are taking into account feedback from other colleagues from Srinagar. Currently, we have suspended the staff involved, pending further investigation,” Sakshi Batra, Associate Director, Corporate Communications, IndiGo said.
The company said that it was “committed to maintaining a positive and safe working environment, and has zero tolerance towards any form of sexual or gender-based harassment, and gross misconduct.”
“As a responsible organization with 43 percent of women in our workforce, IndiGo firmly believes in governing our business with ethics, transparency and accountability, at all levels. We ensure our employees are sensitized regularly about company’s code of conduct and prevention of sexual harassment policy, which is in compliance with the law,” it said.
23/07/19 Junaid Kathju/Rising Kashmir
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