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Annual Report 2019-20 22 Gillette India Limited this experience to employees, we designed a 360 o #Stayconnected Program to help employees navigate through the challenges of the ‘new normal’ irrespective of function and life stage. Our overall plan for the year targeted engagement through several interventions including best in class recruitment practices, meaningful learning & development opportunities, digital capability building and opportunities for individuals to innovate. Your Company forbids the use of child or forced labor in any of its operations or facilities. Your Company fully respects and follows all applicable labor laws. Your Company respects every employee’s right to choose to join or not to join a trade union, or to have recognized employee representation in accordance with applicable law. As on June 30, 2020, your Company had a total of 576 permanent employees, including 33 permanent women employees. 620 persons were engaged on temporary / contractual basis. During the Financial Year under review, the Company did not receive any complaints relating to child labour, forced labour, involuntary labour, or discriminatory employment. Your Company had received one complaint on sexual harassment, which was solved during the year and no complaints were pending as on June 30, 2020. All the employees and persons engaged on temporary / contractual basis were given safety & skill up-gradation training. Principle 4 : Stakeholder Engagement & Relation Your Company acknowledges that improving transparency, respecting human and labor rights and sourcing responsibly is an enormous challenge and progress will be made through a journey of collaboration and engagement with our stakeholders. Thus, we seek meaningful collaboration and engagement with our stakeholders, including employees, shareholders, communities, consumers, customers, external business partners, authorities, NGOs, industry associations and the government. Your Company believes that only way to build a sustainable business is to improve lives. It engages with disadvantaged, vulnerable and marginalized stakeholders through its Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives, which include P&G Shiksha and Timely Disaster Relief. The Company’s CSR initiatives are elaborated in the CSR Report which is appended as Annexure II to the Report. As a responsible corporate citizen in India, your Company stepped up and partnered with the government and relief organizations to serve employees, consumers and communities in need via our holistic COVID-19 response and relief program #PGSurakshaIndia . Principle 5 : Human Rights Protection Our core values as a Company include treating everyone with respect. We have a strong non- discrimination policy and have zero tolerance for unlawful discrimination. Your Company advocates for all employees, regardless of race, religion, gender, sexuality, age or disability. We respect everyone’s right to be who they are, and want all employees to feel safe, included and able to bring their whole selves to work. We aspire to create a gender-equal world with equal representation for all individuals. We are committed to driving equality within the Company. We are adopting equality based policies, broadening our definition of leadership and empowering our people to join us in building a workplace that is equal for all individuals. We are driving equality across the shop floor through deliberate interventions right from the recruitment stage. We are driving thought- leadership and advocating for gender equality outside of the Company by leveraging external platforms like India Economic Summit by World Economic Forum and Bloomberg Equality Summit. Your Company has undertaken following initiatives for employees to work in an inclusive environment that values and respects who they are: ⚫ GABLE network Your Company has taken a stand for inclusion and added sexual orientation to its non- discrimination policies. We also have set up the ‘GABLE network’ for fostering workplace equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT+) employees. ⚫ Men Advocating Real Change™ (MARC) Your Company believes that the requisite skills to succeed as leaders and beyond include the ability to be empathetic and inclusive. Given the critical role men play in advancing women and in achieving gender equality, we have partnered with Catalyst on their MARC™ initiative, to engage the hearts and minds of men as full