Under this policy all employees can list their partners for mediclaim benefits irrespective of gender, sex or marital status. It has also put in place a Human Rights Policy that offers redressal to challenges faced by employees from this community.
“We recognize that employees could have a gender or gender expression that’s different from their sex assigned at birth,” the bank said in a statement. “They can choose to dress in accordance with their gender/ gender expression.”
Employees can also choose to use the restroom of their choice in accordance with their gender expression or identity.
Axis Bank customers can now also open a Joint Savings Bank Account or a Term Deposit with their same sex partner.
“At Axis, we have put our focus on diversity, equity and inclusion that respects and recognizes the importance of distinctive life journeys and several identities that extend beyond the paradigms of gender,” said Rajesh Dahiya, Executive Director, Axis Bank. “This for us is as much about the invisible markers as it is about the visible ones. It is our belief that it fosters a culture of innovation and leverages the multiple talent pools that exist in a rich demography like ours.”
