Equal Opportunities

4.2 Equal opportunities

We are committed to an attractive working environment for our employees. In this respect, it is our responsibility to recruit, hire and promote employees solely on the basis of suitability for the job, to stimulate their individual and professional development and to provide safe and healthy working conditions. It is also our responsibility to prohibit harassment of any kind and exploitation of child labor. Our employees must be recruited, selected, and promoted on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria, as per applicable law. No harassment or discrimination of any kind will be tolerated, such as discrimination based on race, color, sex or religion.

In the case of disability or chronic illness, including HIV/AIDS, employees should be able to work for as long as medically fit in available, appropriate work, avoiding prejudice and discrimination in the process. Disability and chronic illness (including HIV/AIDS) is not a cause for termination of employment. In all circumstances, employees should be allowed to retain their employment in so far as they are able to fulfill the requirements of available and appropriate work. LCPL’s managers are expected to possess the flexibility to act with due regard for existing differences in individual quality, personal ambition, national culture and organizational interest. They should feel challenged to manage such differences.