The Sunway Group maintains an age, race and gender-diverse workforce that is representative of Malaysia’s multicultural composition.
SUNWAY emerged as the only local private sector company to secure a position in the top 10 most attractive employers in Malaysia for 2021, as rated by Randstad Malaysia.The leading global human resources solutions agency’s 2021 Randstad employer brand research studies job seekers and workers’ perceptions of employers’ brands. The study looks into understanding employee value proposition factors and drivers.
Sunway made it to the top of the list out of 75 commercial companies.
Sunway Group president Tan Sri Chew Chee Kin said this recognition “demonstrates that our incessant efforts in attracting, developing and retaining talent are effective and bearing fruits.
“We have come a long way in putting together the fundamental building blocks to create a conducive and healthy workplace for our talent.“We also emphasise and promote the value of lifelong learning by encouraging our people to attend training and to strive towards attaining their full potential, more so during this unusual period of global pandemic,” he said.
Diversity and inclusivity
Sunway has a staff strength of more than 16,000 personnel across 50 locations primarily in Asia.
The group shared in a statement that employee performance is monitored and measured through feedback opportunities along with its high-performance culture and competitive compensation and benefits packages provided as part of its talent management capacity.
‘We have come a long way in putting together the fundamental building blocks to create a conducive and healthy workplace for our talent,’ says Chew.
In encouraging diversity and inclusivity, Sunway aims to support local talent with its commitment to local employment of some 94% of its senior management in 2020.
Furthermore, representative of Malaysia’s multicultural composition, the group maintains an age, race and gender-diverse workforce.
Covid-19 care
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Sunway’s Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), which includes a hotline for counselling and further referral – that provided assistance to employees who required mental health support to manage stress, health issues, family/financial or other personal problems – was especially helpful.
Employees affected by the pandemic, especially non-executives, received cash vouchers amounting to RM800 each to mitigate the impact of reduced overtime pay, while frontline employees who had to support operations were provided hardship incentives and meal vouchers.
The group said it supplied groceries and sanitised homes of employees who tested positive and live in high-density buildings.
It also provided a continuous supply of safety kits that included a face mask, hand sanitiser, gloves, face shield and vitamin C along with disinfecting all offices on alternate days with regular touchpoints sanitised every 45 minutes.
The company sponsored Covid-19 tests for employees coupled with free health screening programmes to eligible employees.
Hat-trick
Sunway Group is also the first Malaysian conglomerate to win three best employer awards at the Aon Best Employers Malaysia 2018 for creating a healthy and conducive working environment.
