CAHYA MATA SARAWAK SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2015

31 CAHYA MATA SARAWAK SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2015 Health Screening We are responsible for ensuring the health and well-being of our workforce. Our ongoing health screening benefit provides a holistic health advantage to the Group and its staff. Monitoring and understanding health related issues can help mitigate the risks of major or harmful illnesses that may affect our employees. Employees aged 40 and below are subject to health screening twice a year while employees above 40 years old are subjective to it annually. Improved Benefits We aim to lead the Sarawakian market in the way we reward our employees. We pay competitive salaries and offer rewards, recognition and promotion for good performance. We review our benefits package regularly to ensure it is at least in line and, very often, in excess of or extending beyond any enforceable industry benchmark. Revisions to our Employee Benefits Package in 2015 Social: Labour Practices and DecentWork Mealallowance upgraded from RM5 to RM7 IntroducedaWork-life balance payment of RM300 perannum Subsistence allowance accorded on lump sum basis Compassionate Fund A Compassionate Fund was established to help employees in ways that are not covered by their employment benefits and/or entitlement. A loss of home due to fire, floods, landslides or other acts of God are examples of situations covered. The fund also covers the death of employees or medical assistance for employees and their family members in cases where those persons’ resources are limited and their medical or hospitalisation benefits entitlements are insufficient. Each year, all proceeds from in-house training are channelled to the Compassionate Fund. A total of RM117,547.15 was disbursed in 2015 and to-date the Compassionate Fund has never had to turn a valid claim away due to lack of funds. Employees’ Share Option Scheme (ESOS) The CMS ESOS scheme was first introduced in 2010 as part of the Group’s strategy to incentivise staff. The five-year ESOS scheme commenced on 23 June 2010 and expired on 22 June 2015. The ESOS scheme allows staff to participate in the Group’s growing profitability through the upward trending share price and through gains from the dividends declared by the Group. This encourages staff to think about their Company not just as employees but also as shareholders. This scheme: • Attracts and retains talents; • Motivates staffs to consistently perform and contribute to CMS’ profitability; and • Encourages increased productivity and performance. Retirement Benefit Employees on mandatory retirement may receive a retirement ex-gratia based on their last drawn basic salary. This benefit is received by employees with a minimum of ten years of continuous employment and a clean disciplinary record for the last two years. Retirement benefit of up to two and half month’s salary is given. A retirement gift voucher, plaque and certificate of appreciation are presented to the retiring employee. Cushioning the Impact of GST Effective 1 April 2015, Malaysia began the implementation of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) regime. This was a major change which had an impact on all businesses and individuals. Following the implementation of GST, the Company introduced a one-off special payment to help employees with the impact of GST and this was paid to employees in two equal instalments, in August and November of 2015. Employees whose basic salaries were RM3,000.00 and below received a total payment of RM600.00 while employees with a basic salary between RM3,001.00 and RM4,000.00 received RM500.00. A total of RM1.16 million was spent on this initiative. Employee Satisfaction Survey Employee satisfaction surveys are conducted once in two years. These surveys examine employee-supervisor relationships and gauge employees’ satisfaction. It also gauges employees’ perception of their career growth, welfare, work environment as well as the internal and public perception of the Group. The survey results are tabled at Board meetings and action plans are devised to address areas that need improvement. The survey is available in both English and Bahasa Malaysia. The survey was distributed on 7 July 2014 to 888 CMS employees, approximately 40% of the total CMS staff. The survey was anonymous and was conducted Group-wide. The results of the survey are presented in the following table.