Axis Bank Unveils New Policy For LGBTQIA Comunity, Allows Same-Sex Couple To Have Joint Accounts
India, 7 Sep 2021 12:08 PM GMT
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Among other things, employees will be allowed to list their partners for mediclaim benefits irrespective of their gender, sex or marital status.
Three years after the Supreme Court decriminalised Section 377, Axis Bank on Monday, September 6, announced a charter of policies and practices for its employees and customers from the LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, asexual, among others) community.
The bank said that the initiative is part of its wider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) commitments.
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