HYDERABAD: Women seem to be having it good, at least on the professional front. With top IT companies registering growth in their women's workforce, human resource policies are being specially designed to suit their convenience.

Satyam Computer Services Limited and Infosys have a provision of part-time work and facilitated women to work from home. Companies like Infotech and Auto Data Processing (ADP) are also encouraging woman-friendly policies.

"They can adopt tele-working, for which necessary infrastructure is provided," said Ratnesh Sharma, head of talent management, human resources, Satyam Computer Services Limited.

On the other hand, Infosys has set up an Infosys Women's Inclusivity Network (IWIN), which looks into issues women face in the organisation. Similarly, even ADP has a common mail id only for women associates, where they can talk about issues that cannot not be discussed with their male counterparts.

Night shifts

"Though we do not encourage women to work on night shifts, if the project demands it cabs are arranged and a male employee will accompany her till she is dropped home," said Ashok Reddy Bodanapu, executive vice president of corporate affairs, Infotech. "There is very poor tolerance for sexual harassment. A case, if reported, is investigated into anonymously and amounts to termination of the guilty," said Balaji director of ADP. Satyam follows a similar policy, according to Mr. Sharma.

Satyam has formed `mentoring groups' and is also in the final stages of a tie-up with creches like EuroKids or Kidzee, he said.

While 29 per cent of the 66,150 employees in Infosys are women, 24 per cent of Satyam's 35,000 workforce are women. Satyam plans to enhance its women workforce to 10,000 by year-end and plans to have 20 per cent women in all levels. Companies also feel that lower attrition rate and better performance at work, make them more reliable employees.

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