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Success Stories
NCS
About NCS Pte. Ltd.
NCS is a leading information technology and communications engineering services provider with more than 7,000 staff located in 12 territories across the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions.
With proven international expertise in consulting, development, systems integration, outsourcing, infrastructure management and solutions, NCS delivers end-to-end solutions for every organisation’s technology needs.
NCS was awarded the Work-Life Achiever Award 2008. Its work-life harmony efforts has contributed to happier and engaged employees in the workplace. Its 2008 overall staff engagement index has improved by 8 points as compared to previous year, trending above both the Singapore and Global High Tech Norms.
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Family Care Leave. NCS goes beyond statutory requirements of providing every employee with an additional 6 days of Family Care Leave in a year. This leave can be utilised for marriage, paternity, compassionate or nursing sick family members. The Family Care Leave scheme is designed to cater to the different employee demographics to provide them with the flexibility of managing changing needs at different phases in their lives. |
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Employee Assistance Programme The Employee Assistance Programme is one of the resources that NCS employees can tap on to help them cope better with stress on the work, domestic or personal front. Available to employees and their family members, the confidential and complimentary professional counselling service provides employees who are facing work-related or personal challenges, with the necessary support and assistance.
NCS Kopi-Tiam NCS adopts a strategic and thematic approach towards the implementation of its health and wellness programmes. Through NCS Kopi-Tiam, staff are provided with insights on different aspects of health and well-being, from Osteoporosis, Weight Management to Mental Well-Being, at these monthly lunchtime sharing sessions. The theme-based elements are also reflected in the health giveaways for staff, ranging from milk, fruits to relaxing massages.
As part of the Leaders Series of NCS Kopi-Tiam, NCS Leaders are invited to share their personal experiences with staff on how they manage their busy work schedules with personal commitments. Besides providing staff with the platform for more interaction and communications with NCS Leaders, these sessions also reinforce management’s commitment to advocate work-life harmony at NCS.
Work-Life Harmony Webpage NCS has designed an on-line resource to provide staff with a holistic view of work-life initiatives. Through the 8 work-life harmony tenets, the webpage is designed to provide staff with an encapsulation of the different programmes and initiatives to address the diverse needs of its workforce:
- Our First Steps@NCS – helps new staff to get up to speed in new environment and settle quickly into the NCS family
- Our Network & Sharing – engages staff and disseminates important information; it also acts as platforms for staff to collaborate, learn and share professional knowledge, providing the needed support to one another
- Our Team-Bonding – programmes, funds and awards which promote and support the NCS culture of teamwork and comradeship
- Our Well-Being – supporting platforms and programmes that encourage and promote the health and well-being of our staff
- Our Life-Style & Leisure – initiatives and programmes to provide staff with the personal space for lifestyle and leisure pursuits
- Our Community – opportunities for staff to contribute and participate in various community services and activities
- Our Facilities@NCS – on-site facilities to allow staff to better manage the demands of work and their personal lives
- Our Benefits – benefits supporting employee health and well-being
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Employee Quote
Staff who have attended the NCS Kopi-Tiam lunch-time talks said: “From the Kopi-Tiam talks, I was glad to hear our CEO’s insights and poignant anecdotes from his very own personal experiences, especially on harmonising the demands of work and life.”
Francis Chin, Portal City
“A very insightful session on Osteoporosis! I look forward to more of such health talks in the future!”
Mary Tan, Finance
Staff who have utilised the Family Care Leave scheme said:
“I am glad that I was able to spend quality time bonding with my baby. The childcare and family care leave benefit certainly comes in handy when I need time off to take care of my little one.”
Dawn Kng, Process Quality Management
To find out more about NCS, please visit: http://www.ncs.com.sg
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