SCC Holdings Berhad Annual Report 2019

12 SCC Holdings Berhad | Annual Report 2019 SOCIAL Our Group believes that fit and zestful employees, in concert with a positive and conducive workplace culture, are the secret sauce for business success. To ensure high satisfaction of employees’ needs, we consistently evaluate and review our company policies with reference to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs – Physiology, Safety, Love/ Belonging, Esteem and Self-Actualization. Physiological needs allude to long-term, unchangingbasic requirement of human life. The theory states that humans are compelled to fulfill physiological needs first in order to pursue intrinsic satisfaction on a higher level. To satisfy the employees’ physiological needs, our Group assures prompt salary payment. In addition, we concur with the famous Chinese saying “hunger breeds discontentment” and hence provide pantry allowances to each and every department. We believe that by taking care of the well- being of the employee in such a way will in turn increase the productivity in the workplace. Once the physiological needs are relatively satisfied, the employees’ safety needs take precedence. To instill safe practices and awareness among our employees, we took the initiative to regularly send them to attend safety trainings conducted by the likes of CIDB. The third level of human needs is seemed to be interpersonal and involves feelings of belongingness. Our Group actively promotes employees’ bonding and endeavours to cultivate a sense of camaraderie among them through activities such as birthday and festive celebrations. Esteem presents the typical human desire to be accepted and valued by others. This may include a need for status, recognition, fame, prestige, and attention. In our Group, staff contributions are being acknowledged via annual employee reward and recognition programs. Various awards such as long service, healthiest staff and incentives for meeting individual or departmental sales target are beinggiven out to express our gratitude towards our employees. Self-realization refers to the realization of an individual’s full potential. As part of the human capital development, our employees are given opportunities to attend trainings and personal development programs conducted by professional bodies such as MIA and CTIM to enhance their skills and knowledge. We believe that a skillful and dedicated workforce is crucial in sustaining growth and bringing success to the Group. sustainability statement (cont’d)