While industry norm for post-delivery working mothers maternity leave is 2 months, Digi a majority owned Norwegian telecommunications company is providing its employees 6-month fully paid maternity starting this year. A generous policy that surely will benefit fairer gender workers who usually feel the two months are too short for them to fully recover and be separated from their newborns. This policy will also be an encouragement for female staffs to return to work instead choosing to quit, further more there are also options for ladies to work from home if they need to at Digi.

“We are extremely proud to institute the new global six-month standard maternity leave here in Malaysia. It is our goal to attract and retain the best talent, male or female, and we are confident that the revised maternity leave policy will make Digi not only a very attractive place to work, but also a place in which women can build careers, continue to fill the ranks of our leadership and play a key role in supporting their families,” said Albern Murty, Digi’s Chief Executive Officer.

Leading by example, Digi creates a conducive working environment for its staffs, when the operator opened its D’House headquarters in Subang, Morten Lundl the then CEO introduced hot desks, where employees don’t have a designated work station and can choose to work from any of the available tables, including the CEO. This created an openess among all ranks.

The company also strongly believes in diversity and calls its people Digizens and continually engages its employees closely on every aspect of the operations in the organisation.

Currently, 45% of Digi’s employees are women, with strong female representation in its leadership, including at senior management and Board levels. The company’s Board now comprises 43% female representation, which exceeds the Malaysian government’s target of 30% women participation in Boards of public listed companies. Digi intends to stay ahead on this, and all other aspects of diversity and inclusion.