Leaves
How many leaves can be carried forward in a year?
Maximum of 6 leaves
Name the medical health insurance company with whom we have tied up
Care Health Insurance
If you have concerns related to the Code of Conduct policy, where can you send the formal complaint?
Grievance Redressal Committee and
Ethics and Disciplinary Committee
Who can file a complaint of sexual harassment under the Prevention and Redressal of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace Act.
Regular Employees
Consultants/Interns
Volunteers
Visitors
All of the Above
All of the Above
What is the probationary period at Akanksha?
6 months
An employee is hospitalized due to dengue and needs 15 days of leave. Is he/she eligible for Critical Illness Leave?
No.
Critical illness is limited to particular illnesses which may require long-term hospitalization or advanced treatment techniques for themselves like cancer, stroke etc.
Can a single person, nominate his/her sibling as an dependent for the medical health insurance coverage
No.
If an employee is single, he/she can nominate only parents.
XY leads one of the support functions and operates out of Mumbai. XY hires her own sibling for the Pune location purely based on merit and relevant experience and qualifications , reporting to AB in her own team. The sibling neither operates out of Mumbai nor reports to XY. Is this fine as per our Code of Conduct policy?
No. As XY is still indirectly responsible for performance and growth of this person.
What constitutes 'Workplace' under the POSH Act?
All offices, schools, Centres or other premises where Akanksha’s programs are conducted.
All work related activities performed at any other site away from Akanksha’s premises or school premises.
Work meeting on online platforms
Any meeting, retreat, dinner etc organized by the organization
All of the Above
All of the above
How many probation extension terms an employee can get at Akanksha?
Two terms of 3 months each.
What is the minimum duration an employee should have worked without any break in service in order to be eligible for sabbatical leave?
3 years
Is EAP service available only for the employee or covers the family too
Only employee
While on community visit, a teacher was gifted a saree by the parent and she accepted it. She didn’t inform her SL regarding the same. After 2 days, the SW got to know about the same and informed the SL. The SL spoke to the teacher and said that she should have declined it politely as we can not take gifts from parents. She asked the teacher to go to the parents house and give it back respectfully explaining to them the organization's policy. SL also kept HR informed about the same. Teacher sent an apology email to SL and HR.
Did the SL do the right thing
Yes. Employees are restrained from taking any monetary gifts or inappropriate gifts from governments, beneficiaries, donors, suppliers and other persons.
Which of the below are examples of sexual harassment:
Telling a woman she is fat
Telling a woman is she best suited to cook food and take care of children
Touching inappropriately and making sexually suggestive remarks or passing comments
None of the above
Touching inappropriately and making sexually suggestive remarks or passing comments
Can a male employee wear kurta, jeans and sandals at work as per the new Maharashtra Government's GR released.
No.
Male teachers should wear shirt and trousers, with the shirt tucked-in.
If an employee applies for leave without pay from Thursday till next Wednesday, will weekend be included in it?
Yes.
When you apply for leave without pay, its a continuous leave and all the public holidays and weekends are included in the same.
What does ESIC stand for?
Employees' State Insurance Corporation
YZ has recently joined the organization and on her first day of work, during the lunch time she sat on a table where all the four people sitting were vegetarians. When she opened her box, they saw non vegetarian food and asked her politely to move to another table as they all are vegetarians.
Is this behavior correct as per our Code of Conduct policy
No.
It’s expected that employees are sensitive to, and respectful of local customs and culture and discriminations on any grounds is not tolerated.
If someone is not comfortable , they can move to another table rather than asking YZ to move.
If an employee does not immediately complain about offensive behavior, the behavior is probably welcomed and not harassment.
True or False
False (An immediate complaint strongly suggests that conduct is unwelcome. However, an employee’s delay in complaining does not necessarily indicate that conduct is welcome).
An employee may file/submit a complaint in writing within a period of 3 months from the date of incident and in case of a series of incidents, within a period of 3 months from the date of last incident
How many categories are there in School Based Rewards & Recognition? Please name them all.
There are total of 5 rewards
Reward for outstanding practice in Pedagogy
Reward for outstanding practice related to Excellent Educators
Reward for outstanding practice in Student voice and Well-being
Reward for outstanding practice in Parent and Community Engagement
Reward for outstanding School driven Extracurricular activities
Within how many days the employee must claim the compensatory off-leave credit by regularizing the non-working day on Qandle?
20 days
Our employees are eligible for gratuity as per the Payment of Gratuity Act _____?
1972
MM is an employee and due to her nature of work, she has access to student data. Her mother started a coaching program and she thought it would be a good learning opportunity for Akanksha students to be also a part of the program. She shared the student name and numbers with her mother so that she can contact them.
Can MM do this? Has she breached any of the organization’s policy
No.
Confidential or proprietary information about stakeholders, about Akanksha, or other parties, which has been gained through employment or affiliation with Akanksha, may not be used for personal advantage or for the benefit of third parties.
She could contact their school SL and share the details of the program.
A manager’s threats to retaliate against a subordinate if he or she refuses sexual advances constitute sexual harassment even if the threats are never carried out.
True or False
True
Which policy aims to provide an avenue for employees to raise concerns on any legal violations, malpractice, misconduct or incorrect/misrepresentation of any financial statements and reports, etc.
Whistle Blower Policy