India's GHCL announces assistance to employees affected by COVID-19

As per the newly announced policy, families of the deceased GHCL employees shall continue to receive financial assistance equivalent to the last drawn salary of the employee for a period of two years from the date of death.

GHCL is ensuring vaccination of all eligible employees, their families and business partners. It has also invested in supporting employees, customers, vendors and communities during the pandemic through enhancing safety measures, providing healthcare assistance as well as food, financial and livelihood support.

"GHCL is a caring organisation and wants to stand by its employees, workmen, staff as well as the contract labour in these challenging and stressful times. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought emotional and financial challenges for all sections of the society. As a company, we want to assist the families of our employees to pick up the threads and face the future in spite of the irreparable loss suffered by them. We understand that no amount of help can compensate the loss of a precious loved one but through this policy we would like to offer our support because we value and care for our employees who are the pillars of GHCL," the company said in a statement.

In textiles, GHCL has an integrated set up, which commences right from spinning of fibre (yarn), weaving, dyeing, and printing of finished products like sheets & duvets, which are primarily exported worldwide.

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