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Harman International Industries Inc, a connected technologies company for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, has introduced six months paid maternity leave for its employees in India, joining companies like Flipkart, Microsoft and Deutsche Bank in driving inclusion in the workplace.
“Gender inclusion is a top priority at Harman. We have launched a new HR Policy, effective September 1, that offers enhanced maternity benefits to provide an inclusive, secure and productive work environment for women, who constitute 22 per cent of our 8,600-strong employee base in India. We are working to increase the percentage of women to 35 in the next two-three years” Vinita Shrivastava, Senior Director, India HR & Global Mobility, Harman International India Pvt Ltd, told BusinessLine .
Pointing out that Harman had introduced an additional three months of extended leave after the mandatory three months of maternity leave to mothers in 2010, where they could opt to work part-time; Shrivastava said, “We have now formalised this and take the mother back in the same position that she held in the company; unless we have back-filled the position in her absence. In that case, we look for other positions that she can move into.”
The company has also launched the Harman Women’s Network – an initiative focused on attracting and developing top female talent with a goal to double it to 25 per cent from the 12 per cent representation in Manager and above roles, today.
Harman is hiring 400 engineers this year, who will join its Connected Car engineering team of 1,000 engineers, at the company’s India Development Centre in Bengaluru.
Since it set up operations in India in 2009, India has become home to the $6.9 billion company’s largest concentration of software engineers and designers with a total of 1,500 engineers.
New centreA new centre of competence for Harman’s Lifestyle Audio division in Bengaluru was inaugurated last week.
The centre will focus on developing software solutions that leverage cloud, data, app design and analytics to advance connected lifestyle in the company’s consumer and car audio business. Harman has appointed Srinidhi Kadagattur as the leader for this centre.
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