Cipla includes LGBTQ and live-in partners under Mediclaim policy

has extended the group Mediclaim policy to cover LGBTQ and live-in partners under the #EqualCipla initiative, as part of its efforts to build an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace for a multi-generational workforce.

This initiative is with keeping in mind the changing needs of an evolving workplace, and strengthens the company's commitment towards inclusion and diversity by providing equal benefits to all employees.

"We are reimagining our role to be a future-ready organisation. Inclusion and diversity stems from our inherent purpose of caring for everyone across all communities. It is our constant endeavour to provide equal benefits and opportunities to all our employees and make them feel included and welcome without any biases,” Dr. Raju Mistry, global chief people officer at Cipla, told ET.

Established in 1935, Cipla is a global pharmaceutical company focused on agile and sustainable growth, complex generics, and deepening portfolio in its home markets of India, South Africa, North America, and key regulated and emerging markets.