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HP beefs up security for employees

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BANGALORE: HP today put in place new safety measures for its staff following the gruesome murder of one of its employees by a taxi driver.

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The company currently provides a monthly roster to each employee on his or her car numbers and driver's mobile numbers. “The procedure followed is for the car driver to give the employees a missed call. Only then do the employees board the car. The cars have HP stickers and the cab driver has an identity card,” informed HP in a press statement.

Now, the company has adopted some more measures such as ensuring that the first pick up and the last drop will be a male HP employee. Should there be no male HP employee in the car, there will be a security guard from the security company accompanying the woman employee.

The company has also enlisted the help of Bangalore Traffic Commissioner, MN Reddy to arrange for the background checks of all drivers and supervisors. From now on, drivers would be hired only after checking their backgrounds.

In addition, a special hotline number has been set up for replacement cabs, which will be manned by HP employees 24x7. Women employees will now only board a replacement cab once they receive a call from this hotline number.

According to HP, “Any deviation to this can be reported by an employee to an anonymous website and their identity shall be protected. Phone numbers of three senior HP managers have been provided to all employees.”

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