Jan 5, 2008

SLOW TRACK option - a HR initiative

Life is stressful for a working women. At one end she has a demanding professional life and at the other end the personal life consumes lot of her time.

Under such situations its always the working women who has to dump the successful career and focuses on personal life . I am not saying its incorrect but the decision would have been different if the corporate in true sense create an environment that support the working women.The solution is simple.

HR to offer “ slow track “ option to the employees. All companies have a mechanism to identify “fast track”. The need of the hour is also to identify staff who is willing to be on slow track. This program to give an option of working for less number of hours for couple of years and proportionately the salary can be reduced. Also they should have an option to return back to normal working hours once are at comfort. The major difference being that the SLOW TRACK to be chosen by the employee and the FAST TRACK candidates are identified by the employer. Also HR to take care that slow track employees don’t get branded as Non- Performers.

This will be of a great help to working women, as the extra hours that she gets would help balance the personal and professional life. Especially for families with new born babies.

This HR initiative is in true sense will ensure the gender equality. If you agree to the thoughts than be quick in forwarding this to your HR Head and CEO. May be my blog can help you get “Tare Zameen Par ”.

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