SLT wins Silver at HRM Awards

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the national telecommunications service provider won a Silver Award for the implementation of Best HR Practices and Techniques at the HRM Awards held recently at Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo. This is the first time the SLT has been recognised at the HRM Awards, conducted by the Association of Human Resources Professionals in partnership with AON Hewitt, India.

CEO of SLT, Greg Young said, "This is a great honour for SLT to be recognised in the corporate world for having best practices in Human Resources. At SLT we believe in HR Management as it is an essential element to a successful business model. Maintaining one of the country's largest work forces, we constantly strive to improve and evolve our existing HR practices."

"The HR department plays a crucial role in ensuring that we deliver optimum business results from the effective and efficient management of our staff across the organisation. It is important that all our employees feel that they are a valued asset, each contributing towards reaching our business goals,'' he said.