Nasscom setting up best practices panels for BPO workers’ safety
Pune, March 12 The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) on Wednesday announced the setting up of regional best practices committees to strengthen workplace-related policies and standards with a focus on security for employees in the business process outsourcing (BPO) segment.
The Nasscom-Pune Chapter has put together an action plan to ensure a secure environment for employees joining the industry.
Mr Ganesh Natarajan, Nasscom Vice-Chairman, told presspersons that the BPO - Best Practices Committee was formed to share unique practices first in the area of security and safety of employees.
“The committee will have a mandate to discuss other pertinent issues faced by the industry as well. The first step has been taken to create a common code of conduct that has currently been agreed upon by WNS, Wipro, Zensar, IBM Daksh and SerWizSol. There are 35 companies in the Nasscom list of BPO companies and soon we will have a consensus from all of them; 20 of them were present at the meeting today and have agreed in principle to be part of this common minimum programme,” he said.