Westlife Development Ltd – the company that owns and operates the master franchisee of McDonald’s restaurants in West and South India, has announced COVID-19 vaccination cover for all its employees including the part time staff and its delivery riders.
Westlife will cover the cost of the vaccination and will also facilitate its administration across cities. The company currently employs 10,000 people at their corporate office and their McDonald’s restaurants in West and South India, the company said.
Commenting on this, Namrata Mathur, VP – Human Resources, Westlife Development Ltd, said, “At Westlife, we take our responsibility as an employer and commitment to the society/community very seriously. Our employees are the backbone of our company and keeping them safe has always been top priority for us. We have undertaken various initiatives in this pandemic to safeguard the physical and mental wellbeing of our employees and this is yet another initiative to ensure their safety as well as a safe environment for our customers. We will continue to do whatever it takes to support them in getting through these challenging times and emerge stronger.”
Right from when the pandemic hit our country, the company has been taking definitive steps to keep their employees absolutely safe. Westlife provided all its employees with the best masks, gloves, and global standard sanitizers to protect them, even before COVID gained ground in India.
The organization also promptly implemented stringent processes like conducting regular temperature checks for all crew members, tracking their and their family’s health history and ensuring they stand within their social distancing markings in kitchens and restaurants, among many others. During lockdown last year, the company ensured, only limited no of crew members were present inside their restaurants at a time and even introduced flexible working hours for them.
To keep restaurant crew members productively engaged during their quarantine at home and upskill them for a stronger comeback, the company introduced a unique Work from Home concept for them as well, where they could access training modules even on their mobile phones.
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