Tata Steel Has Job Opening For Earth-Moving Machinery Operators, Only For Transgenders!

Tata Group, one of India's top business houses and job providers has a well-established track record when it comes to diversity and inclusiveness in its workplaces.

In line with this, Tata Steel has invited applications for the role of Heavy Earth Moving Machinery (HEMM) operators (trainee) in its West Bokaro Division, for which only Transgenders can apply.

BCCL

"Tata Steel, ¡­ India Workplace Equality Index certified (for LGBTQ+ inclusion) is looking for candidates (Transgenders only) for the position of HEMM Operator Trainee (Dumper, Drill Dozer, Excavator, Pay Loader, Crane etc,) for its coal division at West Bokaro, Ramgarh, Jharkhand," said the company in the job posting.

To be eligible for the job, one should have passed Matriculation and be born between September 1, 1981, and September 1, 2003; and candidates would be evaluated with a written test, interview and practical orientation test, followed by Medical Examination, it stated.

AFP

Last year, Tata Steel was named as a Top Employer for LGBT+ inclusion by India Workplace Equality Index (IWEI), the country¡¯s first comprehensive benchmarking study to measure and enable efforts for LGBT+ inclusion.

In 2019, Tata Steel had also rolled out a new HR policy that enables colleagues from the LGBTQ+ community to avail all HR benefits permissible under the law for their partners (people of same-sex living together) like coverage for child care leave, new born parent leave, medical benefits, joint house points, employee assistance programmes, domestic travel policy, health check-ups, transfer and relocation benefits, honeymoon package and more.