Tata Steel announces support to families of staff succumbing to Covid-19
Amid the second wave of Coronavirus pandemic in India, Tata Steel has extended the support for its employees’ families who lost their lives battling COVID-19.
The company said in a statement, “While the entire world is going through the worst COVID crisis, Tata Steel has taken the path of Agility With Care by not only protecting the earnings of our permanent and contractor employees during this difficult time but we’ve also extended our social security schemes to the family members of the employees affected by this.”
Elaborating support the company said. “Tata Steel’s best-in-class social security schemes will help ensure an honorable standard of living for their families, whereby the family will get the last drawn salary till 60 years of age of the deceased employee/nominee along with medical and housing benefits”
“In addition to this, for all the frontline employees who as part of their jobs, met with unfortunate death due to COVID-19, the company bears all the expenses of their children’s education till graduation in India.” Tata Steel said in the statement.
The company has always been a shield of steel, supporting its stakeholders all the time. This time is no different. Tata Steel family stands stoically with all its people, committed to their security and wellbeing., It added.
Tata Steel is also helping the country by daily 800 tonnes oxygen supply to health centres for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The company had said last month, “Our endeavour to #FightAgainstCovid continues. We are closely working with GoI and states to address the demand and save precious human lives.”
Tata Steel group is among the top global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 34 million tonnes per annum. It is one of the world’s most geographically-diversified steel producers, with operations and commercial presence across the world. The group (excluding SEA operations) recorded a consolidated turnover of US $19.7 billion in the financial year ending March 31, 2020.
