HSBC - An equal opportunities employer

HSBC is an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate on grounds of age, gender, colour, race, ethnicity, language, caste, creed, economic or social status or disability. Being the world’s local bank, we value the diversity of the markets in which we operate. Diversity is central to HSBC’s brand image and is an integral part of our “managing for growth” and people strategies. We recognize that having a workforce that broadly reflects the composition of the local communities in which we operate places us in a unique position to understand and respond to the needs of our customers. We thus use diversity as a competitive differentiator, both in employment and in customer markets.

Diversity initiatives and programmes are driven by our Diversity Committee which comprises senior executives from across the company. Whilst the Committee focuses on a broad range issues, it’s main areas of focus are:

• Gender
• Disability
• Underprivileged
• Affirmative Action

Gender

A number of affirmative actions have been taken by the bank, and will continue to be taken, to support gender diversity. These include maternity, paternity and adoption leave, flexible working hours, late night transportation and much more.

Disability

Certain categories of job have been identified as suitable for physically challenged individuals, such as phone banking operators in our call centres (for movement impaired only); data processing staff (for movement and hearing impaired); telephone operators in HSBC pan India (for visually impaired).

Underprivileged

We categorise “underprivileged” as being orphans and destitute individuals. We assist these individuals by tying up with NGOs such as Future Hope and SOS Children's Villages to provide short-term training internships. The internships are targeted at those graduates who will gain most from exposure to the banking industry. After their training, they are eligible to apply to join the bank (or any other entity) on a temporary or full-time basis and will be considered for employment based on merit and availability of suitable vacancies.

Affirmative Action