SPONSORED | Absa prioritised the safety and wellbeing of its employees during Covid-19 pandemic
04 August 2020 - 11:56Absa Group, one of Africa’s leading diversified financial service group, was recently awarded the Euromoney 2020 Excellence in Leadership in Africa Award as a result of their integrated Covid-19 response for their employees, clients and communities.
“We are very happy to receive this award, as it demonstrates our commitment to Africa, which is our home and our source of strength as a business,” says Charles Russon, CE for Absa Corporate and Investment Banking. The award also recognises the efforts that Absa has made to ensure its employees had the necessary tools required to work remotely, observing and implementing heightened health and safety protocols for onsite employees, as well as investing in providing valuable counselling and mindfulness programmes to ensure employees’ physical and psychological health. It also provided employees with payment moratoriums to ease their financial hardships during a time of economic strain.
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