mumbai bajaj auto on tuesday announced further support for its employees as the second wave of the covid pandemic spreads across the country under the new policy in the unfortunate event of an employees death due to covid hisher family will receive monetary support up to a period of two years after their demise the company will also assist in dependent childrens education till graduation in any field of their choice in addition to this there will be fiveyear hospitalisation insurance for all family members of the deceased employee during the first wave the company had started a 32bed facility at its akurdi plant that operates from eight buildings and provides free treatment by trained medical personnel this was in addition to its other covid centres in waluj 200 beds chakan 16bed and pantnagar 15bed according to a statement the waluj centre has been set up under the aegis of kamalnayan bajaj hospital which began as a 36bed facility in june 2020 and has since been expanded to a 200bed facility advt while a certain proportion of beds are reserved for the companys employees and its staff the remaining serve the requirements of the respective communities rajiv bajaj managing director bajaj auto said when asked how should we treat others ramana maharshi replied there are no others it is with this sense of oneness that we shall do our utmost for any extended families of bajaj auto who might be devastated by the loss of their loved ones who went beyond the call of duty in the face of this pandemicstarting from june 2020 more than 4400 tests were conducted inhouse to help employees family members contract workmen in the early detection of infection the company has tied up with akurdi hospital and the pune municipal corporation to set up vaccination camps to inoculate its employees their families and the extended workforce it is also talking to vaccine providers in accordance with the rules framed by the government for the procurement of vaccines ethrworld published on may 25 2021 at 0618 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app bajaj auto supporting its employees initiatives for deceased employees during covid bajaj auto introduces wellbeing initiatives employee experience initiatives employee wellbeing initiatives automobile rajiv bajaj bajaj auto news bajaj auto covid aid homenewsindustrybajaj autos policies aim at allround support for their employees and community