PRG Holdings Berhad Annual Report 2020

The Group also provides the employees with proper personal protective equipment to prevent potential accidents at work and to minimise the impact of occupational hazards on the health of the employees at every job position. The Group provides supplies to the employees, where applicable, including but not limited to: ear plugs, goggles, dust respirators, masks, rubber gloves, boots, insulated shoes, safety belts, etc. For the Agriculture Division, the Group is strictly adhering with the general health standard operating procedures (“SOPs”) and safety SOPs provided by Jabatan Keselamatan dan Kesihatan Pekerjaan (“JKKP”). All staffs and contractors entering to the teakwood farm must comply with the SOPs. As part of the Group’s internal reporting protocol, any workplace accidents, identified cases of occupational diseases and health and safety incidents shall be first reported to the human resources department while cases such as industrial accidents or accidental spills or discharges of pollutants may be referred to local labour or environmental government authorities. To curb COVID-19, the Group has proactively established a series of SOPs which was strictly aligns with government’s prevention and control strategies. The SOPs include: i. any person who accesses to the workplace must wear a face mask and would be invited for a temperature screening procedure which include registration through MySejahtera application; ii. providing hands sanitiser for all employees and visitors; iii. cleaning and disinfecting offices and factories regularly; iv. employees must practice physical distancing at all time; v. employees are advised not to come to work, however to see doctor immediately, if found any symptoms of the COVID-19; vi. employees must notify the head of department or human resource, if he/she has close contact with a confirm or probable positive COVID-19 person; vii. adopting work from home for management staff to reduce social contact; viii. adopting alternate working day to minimise the number of employees in the office. These arrangements were modified in line with the various phases of the Movement Control Orders (“MCO”); ix. leverage on technology by providing the video conferencing tools such as Zoom to reduce or avoid face-to-face interactions; and x. performing mandatory COVID-19 testing for all manufacturing staffs and construction workers at project sites. The Group is striving to raise employees’ safety and health awareness by providing training programs, anti-COVID-19 memos and guidelines to ensure the working environment is healthy, safe and congenial. During the Financial Year, there were 15 work-days lost due to work-related injury, no serious work injury case and no work-related fatality was recorded. The Group has always put emphasis on the assessment of potential hazards in the plant, and according to the results of the assessment of safety executives, training to enhance occupational health and safety has been strengthened, thereby enhancing the safety awareness and operational skills of employees. The Group has stepped up training for all employees, in particular for the training of the new employees who may lack the awareness of occupational health and safety as well as experience, in order to minimise cases of work injuries. 3.1.2 Development and Training The Group aspires to develop and grow with the employees and is willing to invest in both work-related training and personal development of the human capital. In general, the Group provides diversified on-the-job trainings based on the needs of respective positions, talents and interests of employees. The Group provide both internal and external trainings for the employees, including specialised trainings for different departments, management trainings as well as soft skills trainings. Moreover, the Group’s guidelines are established to assess the performance of employee so as to identify and implement development programs for employees. Annual Report 2020 Sustainability Report cont’d 35