Tata Steel onboards 14 transgenders in core mining operations
The women HEMM operators are currently under training and will be deployed in mining operations early next year, the statement said.
Breaking the glass ceiling, Tata Steel on Thursday onboarded 14 transgenders as Heavy Earth Moving Machinery (HEMM) operators at its West Bokaro division in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district.
The move comes close on the heels of the private sector steel manufacturer's announcement that its Noamundi Iron Mine in the state is set to witness a 30-member all-women team taking up drilling, dumper, and shovel operations in all shifts from early next year.
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Women@Mines initiative.The initiative aims to provide technical training to unskilled women workers and enable them to work in core jobs in mines.
The women HEMM operators are currently under training and will be deployed in mining operations early next year, the statement said.
In a similar module, the onboarded transgenders will also be trained for a year before they begin working in mines.
"From the formation of MOSAIC, the company's diversity and inclusion initiative, in 2015 to participation in RISE ? the largest job fair for LGBTQ+ in Asia, to recruiting transgenders now, Tata Steel has not only evolved as a global torchbearer but has also encouraged others to be inclusive," the statement said.
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