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GLOBAL EMPLOYEE REFERRAL POLICY

Version – 2.2
Effective: April 2022
Wipro– for internal circulation only

SPIRIT OF EMPLOYEE REFERRAL


At Wipro, we believe that you are the best source for identifying and attracting competent
employees like yourself and we will greatly value your contribution to our success, and we
believe in rewarding employee participation.

Every candidate referred by you, should have in spirit, word and action, the integrity we
emphasize as an organization. It is the quality of employees like you that makes WIPRO a
leading Employer of Choice.

Compromising on the authenticity of the candidate is not an option. It is essential that you
as a stakeholder provide the right applicant who is also known to you personally.

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1. SCOPE
This policy describes Wipro LTD. & Wipro DOP directives as a part of the Employee
Referral
Program for all employees at the time of referring external candidates for employment
at Wipro LTD. & Wipro DOP across all global locations and functions. This ER policy
supersedes all previous versions.

2. PURPOSE
This Policy document is prepared to have a set of uniform criteria for Wipro’s Global
Employee Referral Program. The parameters outlined in the Program provide directives
to employees of all countries unless exceptions are required for legal or country specific
reasons.
Exceptions and deviations from the Global Policy must be approved by the
Business Unit Head & Head TA/ Head Leadership Hiring/Head TA DOP
It provides an opportunity to collaborate with our competent employees & encourage
them in referring dynamic people, thereby rewarding their contribution in attracting
new talent to the organization.

3. ELIGIBILITY, TERMS & CONDITIONS


A) EMPLOYEE ELIGIBLITY (who can refer)

• All permanent employees of Wipro Ltd & its acquired companies across all
geographical locations shall be able to participate in the referral program and
refer external candidates for full time positions that are notified through the
Wiplinks portal under this scheme periodically.
• All the WASE / WISTA members shall also be eligible to participate in this program.
• Prospective employees/ Pending Joiners who have received formal offer of
employment through the Application tracking system (ATS) of Wipro LTD. and are
yet to join shall also be eligible to refer through the Wipro Careers Site.
o Referring candidates via Career site would not attract a referral benefit,
w.e.f. 15th April’22.
o Only when the Pending Joiner becomes a Wipro employee and further
refers via the Employee Referral Portal – Wiplinks, will he/she be eligible
for referral benefit.
• All employees of WT can refer prospective candidates for DOP and all employees
of DOP can refer prospective candidates for WT.
o The benefit disbursement to the referrer will depend on the organisation
(WT or DOP) and location of the new joiner

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• All employees including trainees & retainers on the rolls of Wipro DOP are
covered under this policy. However, this policy does not apply to the employees
of the following groups for their referrals joining in Wipro DOP:

TABLE 1

Group Wipro DOP

Retainers Eligible

HR & WMG Not


Eligible

TA / SLH Not
Eligible

HRSS Aligned Not


to TA / SLH Eligible

Band D2 and Not


above Eligible

Contractors Not
Eligible
*Table is with reference to DOP eligibility

• For DOP, in case an employee refers a candidate to a job requisition that has
opened outside the employee’s payroll location, the referral bonus will be invalid.
Employees should refer candidates to requisitions located within their payroll
location to be eligible for the referral bonus.

B) APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY (who can be referred)

• Employees can refer Friends, Relatives or Ex-colleagues (known personally prior to


referral).
• Candidates can be referred to any suitable job requisition which is reflecting on the
Employee Referral Portal - Wiplinks.
• Candidates can be referred to multiple job requisitions based on their suitability.

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Note:
• A profile referred will be valid and eligible for referral bonus only till the life of the referred
job requisition and only when the profile is hired for the referred job requisition.
• In case duplicate resumes of a candidate are found tagged to a single requisition, source
through which the resume entered the system first shall be considered; resumes through
other sources shall be treated as duplicate and invalid.

C) EMPLOYEE REFERRAL POLICY DIRECTIVES ON THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS

• The referring employee shall not be a part of the recruiting process for the
relevant role and shall not influence the selection of the referred candidate, to
ensure a fair, independent and equal selection process.
• No Mock interviews/ readiness should be conducted by Employees. Employees must
not share or discuss any Wipro related knowledge with the candidate they refer.
• The referring employee must have personal knowledge of the candidate he
or she is referring. At the time of referring, the employee must sign the
declaration, confirming that they personally know the candidate and have
taken their consent for referring their profile to jobs within Wipro.
• Candidates from organizations with whom Wipro LTD. has an active no-poach
agreement OR is a part of Wipro’s Do Not Hire list, shall not be considered for
employment with Wipro LTD.
• To be eligible for Employee Referral bonus, the employee must refer the candidate
via the Wiplinks Portal, and the candidate must apply to the job using the auto
triggered application link sent in their email inbox at the time of referral. Only then
would the source for that profile will be captured as ‘Employee Referral’, and the
employee would be eligible for referral benefit.
• Candidates are to disclose any experience in Own/Relative/Spouse Owned firm

D) ELIGIBILITY REFERRAL BENEFIT PAYOUT

An employee shall be considered eligible for referral payout only if all the following
conditions are met:
• With respect to WT referrals:
If a referred candidate is selected by Wipro WT & joins Wipro WT, the referred
candidates must have more than or equal to 3 years (36 months) of relevant
experience at the time of offer for the employee to be eligible for referral bonus
according to TABLE 2(a).
• Any referrals of candidates between 0-36 months of relevant experience, would
be considered for referral benefit only if there was a specific scheme applicable
for such referrals.

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• The candidates must be hired at Band B1 or above, for the referring employees
to be eligible for bonus.
• The Band and experience criteria of 36 months is exempted only for candidates
joining in the following geographies –
o Taiwan – for candidates who join at A3 band, the referrer will be eligible
for bonus.
o Poland and Romania Service Desk Hiring – for candidates who join at
bands A3, B1 and B2; the referrer will receive bonus as per the language
criteria mentioned in TABLE 2(b).

• With respect to DOP referrals:


If a referred candidate is selected by Wipro DOP & joins Wipro DOP, referral
bonus will be paid according to the TABLE 3,4,5,6(a)& 6(b) (DOP) below.

• With respect to WT & DOP referrals:


o Employees must refer using the Employee Referral portal - Wiplinks on
MyWipro, for offshore as well as onsite referrals. Resumes shared over email,
or any offline method are not valid and not considered as Referrals.
o Referred candidate should be personally known to the employee prior to
referral.
o The amount for the referral benefits would be as per the policy, any special
incentives schemes/campaigns would be communicated through
Wiplinks/Employee Referral Mailers that are shared based on business
requirements.
o The background verification process for the referred candidate must follow
the standard Wipro/ Account specific requirements and must be clear of any
discrepancies. No referral benefit will be disbursed if the referred candidate
fails the background verification process.
o The referred employee and the newly joined employee must be on the rolls
of Wipro Ltd. at the time of payment of Referral Bonus.
o Referral bonus will be applicable to the employees based on their
BU/DU/SL/SF and role at the time of referring the candidate.

Note:
• In case the referrer is in notice period at the time when the referred candidate joins,
referral bonus will be paid along with Full & Final Settlement, if pending. In case of an
employee whose full & final settlement is also closed, Wipro does not take the
responsibility of making this payment in any other manner. Any exceptions will need to be
discussed with HRSS & Hiring Employee referral team.
• Any referral payout to employees, for candidates joining after the policy revision shall
be as per the latest version of the policy active.

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E) NON-ELIGIBILITY REFERRAL BENEFIT PAYOUT

With respect to WT referrals; the following groups of employees can refer prospective
candidates but will not be eligible for Referral benefit:
• Employees in Human Resource (HR), Talent Acquisition (Technical Recruitment Team
& Strategic Recruitment Team), WMG team, Reporting Managers (L1 and L2), Human
Resource Shared Services (HRSS) aligned to any recruitment process and Career Band
E are not eligible for the referral benefits but can refer prospective candidates through
Wiplinks subject to satisfying all the criteria stated in clause 3A.
• Contract, Contract to hire & retainers are not eligible for referral bonus.
• Candidates joined as Contract and Hired later will not be eligible for referral benefit
as long as they are under their Contract tenure.
o Once they become permanent employees of Wipro, they will be eligible for
referral benefits, provided all criteria under clause 3 A, B, C and D are satisfied.
• Referral benefits are not applicable for referring a fresher and campus hires unless
stated in the referral campaign.

With respect to DOP referrals:


• Referring campus hires is not eligible & for eligibility details please refer TABLE 1 in
clause 3A
• Wef 31-Mar-2018, For B2+ BANDs Joiners under DOP, No Hiring Manager & their
respective Hierarchy Up will be eligible for Referral Payouts. This change is irrespective
whether Hiring Manager was a Panellist in the same interview or not.
• Reporting Managers (L1 and L2) and Hiring Managers are not eligible for referral
rewards.

With respect to DOP & WT referrals:


• Candidates who are sourced from portals/databases, walk-ins, and candidates
personally not known to the employee cannot be referred or attract referral benefits.
• Resumes shared over mails will not be eligible for referral bonus payouts.
• If the source for the referred profile is not captures as Employee Referral on the ATS,
the referring employee will not be eligible for Bonus.
• Referrals made via the Careers site by using the option – ‘Email this Job to a Friend’,
by existing Wipro employees or Pending Joiners will not attract referral benefits.
• Inviting candidates to upload their profiles on the career site directly, will not attract
referral benefits

4. EMPLOYEE REFERRAL PATH

Employees can view current job opportunities at Wipro LTD. on Wiplinks, accessible
through MyWipro and refer a candidate against the current openings available.
MyWipro is accessible to all Wipro LTD. Employees through
mywipro.wipro.com

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PATH:

Business Employee Wiplinks


MyWipro
Applications Referrals Corporate Login

After an employee refers a candidate, an email will be auto - triggered to the


candidate with the link for the referred job requisition to complete his/her
application; once candidate completes this process only then the source for that
candidate’s profile would be captured as Employee Referral and it would be
considered as a valid referral.

5. REFERRAL BENEFITS – with respect to WT

a) THE REFERRAL SCHEME

For every candidate joining WT through Employee Referral Program, the employee
referring the candidate is eligible for the benefits, as per the matrix given below only.

The principles for referral scheme applicability and payout are as follows:
• The currency of payment will depend on the payroll location of the referring employee
at the time of disbursement of the referral benefits.
• Exchange rate conversion applicable in the month of disbursement of referral benefits
would be applicable.
• Referral Bonus will be applicable as per the joining location of the candidates.
• The bonus payout grid for hires on FTE basis shall be equivalent to the respective
band’s payout grid (TABLE 2a)

b) REFERRAL BENEFITS STANDARD SCHEME

TABLE 2 (a)

OFFSHORE

COUNTRY CURRENCY A1, A2, B1, B2, B3 C1, C2 D1, D2


A3/TRB
INDIA INR NA 10000 20000 30000

ONSITE

COUNTRY CURRENCY A1, A2, B1, B2, B3 C1, C2 D1, D2


A3/TRB

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APAC
AUSTRALIA USD NA 360 1080 1440
CHINA USD NA 240 480 720
JAPAN USD NA 800 1600 2400
INDONESIA USD NA 150 300 440
KOREA USD NA 220 440 650
MALAYSIA USD NA 150 300 500
SINGAPORE USD NA 570 1100 1700
THAILAND USD NA 200 400 560
PHILIPPINES USD NA 210/ 420 630 900
BANGLADESH USD NA 140 280 430
TAIWAN USD 150 240 480 720
AMERICAS
USA USD NA 1800 2400 3600
CANADA USD NA 1800 2400 3600
ARGENTINA USD NA 150 200 250
BRAZIL USD NA 450 550 700
MEXICO USD NA 270 330 450
CHILE USD NA 210 280 350
COLOMBIA USD NA 190 260 320
COSTA RICA USD NA 250 350 450
EMEA
UNITED KINGDOM USD NA 1500 2000 2700
EUROPEAN UNION USD NA 960 1280 1900
(Austria, Belgium,
Bulgaria, Czech
Republic,
Denmark, France,
Hungary, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta,
Netherlands,
Portugal,
Slovakia, Spain,
Sweden)
GERMANY USD NA 1500 2000 2700
POLAND* USD NA 400 960 1280
ROMANIA* USD NA 400 960 1280

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AFRICA USD NA 497/ 710 850 1060
TURKEY USD NA 140 280 430
KSA / UAE USD NA 205 340 545

* For Poland and Romania service desk hiring for band A3, B1 and B2 referral bonus will be as
per the below table:
TABLE 2 (b)
Band (USD)
Employee Referral Bonus
A3 B1 B2
French, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, Russian 170 284 350
Bulgarian, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, 227 340 400
Slovak, Czech, Greek, Polish, Arabic, Turkish
Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hebrew, Chinese, German, 340 400 460
Norwegian, Swedish, , Brazilian Portuguese

c) REFERRAL PAYOUT PROCESSING (WT)

• Referral payment processing will take place along with the payroll processing.
• Offshore (India) referral payout processing: Payment to the referring employee will be
processed along with the payroll in the same month if the referred candidate joins
before the 20th day of the month. If the referred candidate joins on or after the 20th
day of the month then the payment will be processed along with the subsequent
month’s payroll.
• US referral payout processing: referral benefits will be processed along with the
payroll in pay- cycle 2.
• Other GEOs payout processing: referral benefit will be processed in the subsequent
month after the joining of the referred candidate.
• All Referral Payouts and Benefits are taxable as per the prevailing tax rates in the
country of payment. Taxes will be deducted at source as per the prevailing laws, and
the balance will be paid.
• In deputation cases, where-in the referred candidate is deputed to a long-term onsite
location, the referral benefits to the referring employee will be processed basis the
onsite scheme.
• Any special benefits or prizes over and above the regular benefits will also attract taxes
as applicable by law of the country of payment.
• If the referring employee is on net salary model, the referral bonus will be processed
after the statutory deductions (Tax, social security etc.)
• Instances of delay in receiving incentive / incorrect payout etc. need to be intimated
to the Wiplinks SPOC by 10th of the current month so that arrears can be included in
the payout for that month. Else they will be treated in the next month’s payout

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6. REFERRAL BENEFITS – with respect to DOP

For every candidate joining Wipro DOP through Employee Referral Program, the employee
referring the candidate is eligible for the benefits, as per the matrix given below only.
The principles for referral scheme applicability and payout are as follows:

• The currency of payment will depend on the payroll location of the referring employee
at the time of disbursement of the referral benefits.
• Exchange rate conversion applicable in the month of disbursement of referral benefits
would be applicable.
• Referral Bonus will be applicable as per the joining location of the candidates.
• At the time of eligibility of payment, if the employee is on a short-term onsite
assignment on B1 / Business Visa or equivalent, employee referral payment will be
processed only after his / her return to India

a) The Amount for AA referrals in Support Functions, Domestic process & B1 & above
referrals in Operations & Support Functions will be as per table below:

Regular
*Payment
BAND CANDIDATE LEVEL Referral
Reward timelines

In DOP: Senior Executive/Team Leaders,


Assistant Managers, Deputy Manager, Manager,
B1 to Band E AVP, GM, VP in Operations / Support Functions Rs.10,000 Post 90 days

AA Executive in Support Function Rs.4,000 Post 90 days

Team Members, Executives, Associates (Voice,


Transaction & Domain) for International Over 6
AA Processes Rs.6,000 months

Team Members, Executives, Associates


Over 6
(Email, Chat, Back-office) for International
months
AA Processes Rs.3,500

Team Members, Executives, Associates Over 6


AA (Revised) (Domestic Voice processes Rs.3,500 months

Team Members, Executives, Associates


(Domestic Non
AA Voice processes) Rs.1,000 Post 90 days

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Retainer joining in Operation (Voice,
Transaction & Domain) for International Over 2
Retainer Processes Rs.1,000 months

TABLE 3

b) Payout for Wipro HR Services – TABLE 4

Regular
Referral *Payment
BAND Domain / Business Alignment
Reward timelines

Band AA All Businesses Rs. 5,000 Post 90


days

Health and Wealth Solutions (HWS) / Payroll & Cloud Post 90


Band B1 Rs. 5,000
(P&C) days

Technology/Finance/HR/Corporate Post 90
Band B1 Rs. 10,000
communication/HR & Legal days

Band B2 to Post 90
Band B3 All Businesses Rs. 25,000 days

Band C1 to Post 90
Band E All Businesses Rs. 50,000 days

Scheme 1st month 2nd month 3rd month 4th month 5th month 6th month
Amount payout payout payout payout payout payout

3500 1000 500 500 500 500 500

6000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

12000 1000 1000 1000 3000 3000 3000

1000 1000 1000 4000 4000 4000


15000

18000 2000 2000 2000 4000 4000 4000

c) REFERRAL PAYOUT PROCESSING (DOP)

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• Full incentive amount for referral joining for B1 & above levels will be paid only after
the Candidates completion of 90 days
• Complete Incentive amount for referral joining for all WHRS hires would be paid only
after the candidate’s completion of 90 days
• The payout for AA level Support Function and Domestic Non Voice referral joining
will be one final payout after candidates completion of 90 days
• Payment timelines pertain to the Wipro DOP incentive payout cycle, the cut- off date
is revised to 15th of each month (for all employee referral joining w.e.f. 1st January
2012 onwards)
• Instances of delay in receiving incentive / incorrect payout etc. need to be intimated
to the Wiplinks Location SPOC by 10th of the current month so that arrears can be
included in the payout for that month. Else they will be treated in the next month’s
payout.

Payout regulations for AA International referral joining –

The amount earned for an AA level referral in International Voice / TP / Domain / Non
Voice and Domestic Voice process will be disbursed in 6 instalments
• The amount will be paid as per below schemes (unless mentioned otherwise)
provided the candidate is active at the time of upload

Candidate DOJ: 14th September Candidate DOJ: 16th September

Payout Amount Paid to Payout Amount Paid to


Month Month

September 1000 Employee October 1000 Employee

October 500 Employee November 500 Employee

November 500 Employee December 500 Employee

December 500 Employee January 500 Employee

January 500 Employee February 500 Employee

February 500 Employee March 500 Employee

d.) GEOGRAPHICAL DIFFERENCES (DOP)

I. SINGAPORE

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COUNTRY CURRENCY Band AA Band Band Band
B1, B2, B3 C1, C2 D1, D2
Singapore SGD 500 750 1000 1250

Payout Details (Singapore)


• The full employee referral reward amount will be given upon successful referral’s
completion of 90 days.

II. MALAYSIA

COUNTRY CURRENCY Band AA Band Band Band


B1, B2, B3 C1, C2 D1, D2
Malaysia RM 1,000 1,500 2,000 3,000

Payout Details (Malaysia)


• The employee referral payout would be given to the referrer in two stages. The
first payout of 50% of the employee referral reward amount will be given upon
successful referral’s completion of 90 days. The last payout of the remaining 50&
of the employee referral reward amount will be given upon successful referral’s
completion of 180 days.

III. PHILIPPINES

COUNTRY CURRENCY Band AA Band Band Band


B1, B2, B3 C1, C2 D1, D2
Philippines PHP 6,000 6,000 15,000 20,000

Payout Details (Philippines)


• For AA & B1 level, the employee referral payout would be given to the referrer in
3 stages. The first payout of 1/3rd of the Employee Referral Reward Amount will
be given upon successful referral’s completion of 30 days (Payout at the end of
2nd month from joining). The second payout of 1/3rd of the Employee Referral
Reward Amount will be given upon successful referral’s completion of 60 days
(Payout at the end of the 3rd month from joining.) The third payout of 1/3rd of
the Employee Referral Reward Amount will be given upon successful referral’s
completion of 90 days (Payout at the end of the 4th month from joining.)
• For B2 to D1 level, the Employee Referral Payout would be given to the referrer
in 2 stages. The first payout of 60% of the Employee Referral Reward Amount will
be given upon successful referral’s completion of 90 days (Payout at the end of
4th month from joining.) The second payout of 40% of the Employee Referral
Reward Amount will be given upon successful referral’s completion of 180 days
(Payout at the end of the 7th month from joining). o Payout for all referral joining

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would be paid once along with the salary payout for the end of the month
payout date.

Scheme 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th


Amount month month month month month month month
payout payout payout payout payout payout payout
PHP 6,000 PHP PHP PHP
2,000 2,000 2,000
PHP 15,000 PHP PHP
9,000 6,000
PHP 20,000 PHP PHP
12,000 8,000
PHP 30,000 PHP PHP
18,000 12,000

IV. USA

COUNTRY CURRENCY Band AA Band Band Band


B1, B2, B3 C1, C2 D1, D2
USA PHP USD 300 400 400

Payout Details (USA)


• The full employee referral reward amount will be given upon successful referral’s
completion of 90 days.

V. EUROPE

• All employees of DOP Europe. Countries covered under DOP Europe are the
following:
o Bulgaria
o Czech Republic
o Finland
o France
o Germany
o Hungary
o Ireland
o Poland
o Portugal
o Romania
o Spain
o Switzerland

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o United Kingdom

• However, this policy does not apply to the following groups:


o Talent Acquisition
o Human Resources & HRSS Team
o Employees in Levels of Band D2 & Above

• If a referred candidate is selected & joins Wipro DOP, the employee who makes the
referral earns a reward according to this table:

CANDIDATE LEVEL BANDS REWARD


AVP D1 EUR 960
Senior Manager/Service Delivery C2 EUR 720
Leader
Manager C1 EUR 600
Deputy Manager/Senior Group B3 EUR 480
Leader/
Project Leads
Assistant Manager/Group Leader B2 EUR 420
Team leaders & Individual B1 EUR 420
Contributors with
Exotic Languages
Team leaders & Individual B1 EUR 360
Contributors with difficult
Languages
Team leaders & Individual B1 EUR 300
Contributors with common
Languages
Team members, Executives, Senior AA EUR 360
executive, Associates with Exotic
languages
Team members, Executives, Senior AA EUR 240
executive, Associates with difficult
languages
Team members, Executives, Senior AA EUR 180
executive, Associates with
common
languages

Refer to table below for language split:

Category POLAND ROMANIA IRELAND PORTUGAL


Common English, English, English, English,
Russian, French, Portuguese, Romanian,

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Spanish, Italian, Romanian, French,
French, Spanish, Latvian, Spanish,
Italian, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Italian,
Ukrainian Russian Spanish, Brazilian,
French, Italian, Portuguese
Bulgarian,
Croatian,
Greek,
Russian,
Polish,
Hungarian,
Slovak, Turkish
Difficult German, Bulgarian, Arabic, Latvian,
Czech, Dutch, Portuguese, Chinese, Ukrainian,
Hungarian, Ukrainian, Czech, Dutch, Russian,
Portuguese, Croatian, German, Lithuanian,
Romanian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Croatian,
Slovak, Slovak, Irish, Estonian, Latvian,
Latvian, Greek, Serbian, Greek,
Lithuanian, Arabic, Malaysian, Bulgarian,
Norwegian, Turkish, Slovenian Polish,
Turkish Latvian, Czech,
Lithuanian, Slovak, Serbian,
Slovenian Slovenian
Exotic Arabic, Danish, Hebrew, German,
Bulgarian, Dutch, Swedish, Arabic,
Croatian, Finnish, Danish, Turkish,
Greek, Hebrew, Finnish, Estonian,
Hebrew, Chinese, Norwegian, Macedonian,
Serbian, German, Indonesian, Irish,
Swedish, Polish, Vietnamese, Hebrew,
Slovenian, Swedish, Korean, Dutch,
Danish, Norwegian, Japanese, Swedish,
Estonian, Brazilian- Kazakh, Norwegian,
Finnish, Portuguese, Montenegrin, Finnish,
Chinese, Czech, Maltese, Danish,
Malaysian, Chinese, Macedonian Hungarian,
Indonesian, Malaysian, Kazakh,
Vietnamese, Indonesian, Montenegrin,
Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese,
Japanese, Irish, Malaysian,
Kazakh, Korean, Indonesian,
Montenegrin, Japanese, Vietnamese,
Maltese, Estonian, Korean,

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Macedonian Maltese, Japanese,
Macedonian, Maltese
Kazakh,
Montenegrin

• The referral incentive will be paid out 90 days from the date on which the referred
candidate joins the company provided both the referred candidate and the person
making the referral are still employed with the company. The referral amount shall
be paid together with the first salary paid after the 90 days.

With respect to DOP ROMANIA only

• In DOP Romania, contractors that are leased staff, are eligible for employee referral
bonus. This is only applicable to Romania location.

NOTE: Any other EU country not currently covered will follow the language complexity
and payout slab falling closest to the countries covered in this policy at the discretion
of TA Head.

VI. With respect to Onyx


• Onyx employees who refer friends for Onyx account specifically would be entitled to
10,000 INR as the referral bonus (flat across bands of referral) as compared to Wipro
standard policy. The referral incentive will be paid out 90 days from the date on
which the referred candidate joins the company, provided both the referred
candidate and the person making the referral are still employed with the company.
• For referrals for the larger Wipro ecosystem, standard Wipro policy would apply.

VII. CHINA

Country Band Band Band B2 B3 C1 C2/D1/D2


AA/A3 B1/B2 (Support)
China 2000 4000 6000 6000 8000 10000

Payout Details (China)


• The full employee referral reward amount will be given upon successful referral’s
completion of 60 days.

VIII. United Kingdom

Country Band Band C1 Band C2 /D1/D2


AA/A3/B1/B2/B3
United Kingdom 500 750 1000

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Payout Details (United Kingdom)
• The full employee referral reward amount will be given upon successful referral’s
completion of 45 days.

IX. Hongkong

Country Currency Band Band Band B2 B3 C1 C2/D1/D2


AA/A3 B1/B2 (Support)
Hongkong HKD 2400 4800 7200 7200 9600 12000

Payout Details (Hongkong)


• The full employee referral reward amount will be given upon successful referral’s
completion of 60 days.

X. LATAM

A1, A2,
COUNTRY CURRENCY B1/ B2,B3 C1, C2 D1,D2
A3/TRB
ARGENTINA ARS 14,700 14,700 19,600 24,500
BRAZIL BRL 800 1,000 1,400 1,700
MEXICO MXN 2,500 5,400 6,600 8,900
CHILE CLP 118,300 165,600 220,800 276,000
COLOMBIA COP 575,300 728,700 997,100 1,227,200

Payout Details (LATAM)


• The full employee referral reward amount will be given upon successful referral’s
completion of 90 days

7. REFERRAL BENEFITS PROMOTIONAL SCHEME

Any promotional scheme, run from time to time specific to a Business Unit or geography or
any other similar types would be announced through Wiplinks Referral mailers. The benefits
and conditions of the scheme would apply. All Special Referral plans have to be approved by
the TA/GSHR/ TA DOP head prior to the launch.

8. RECOVERY REFERRAL PAYOUT

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• Termination of the referred candidate owing to discrepancy in background
verification will result in recovery of the paid referral amount from the salary of the
referring employee.
• No recovery of referral bonus on exit of the referred candidate
• Any deviation, which results in conflict of interest as detailed under the standard
Code of Business Conduct of Wipro LTD., will make the referral claim invalid and will
be recovered if already paid.
• In case of any dispute, the decision of the Head TA / Head Global Strategic Hiring /
Head TA- DOP/ Employee referral team will be final.

9. VALIDITY OF EMPLOYEE REFERRAL APPLICATIONS

The retention period for Employee Referral Applications is only till the life of the referred
requisitions for all lateral positions, once the requisition is closed employee can upload the
same profile to another suitable requisition.

with respect to DOP


The retention period of DOP Employee Referral Applications is 6 months from the date of
entry for all lateral positions after which the resume will be considered as inactive and will
not be considered eligible for referral benefit. Any employee can repost the resume for a
relevant job opening.
To be eligible for employee referral bonus, the candidate must be hired within 6 months
from the date of entry for all lateral positions.

10. EMPLOYEE REFERRAL POLICY VIOLATIONS

For violation of any of the below-mentioned rules, an employee shall be subject to


penalties ranging from a formal written warning notice up to and including possible
discharge.

• Giving away or unauthorized disclosure of referral information or any confidential


information acquired during hiring process to unauthorized persons, or making
available such information to public
o Referrer leaks candidate’s confidential information (e.g. resume, contact
information, address, etc.) to social media or to a non-hiring personnel
without the knowledge or consent of the candidate.
• Unauthorized usage of referral’s information for reasons other than employment
application.
o Using referral’s information in fraudulent activities
• Offering or receiving money, gifts, benefits, favours, or anything of value in exchange
for a successful referral

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o Referrer offers money, gifts, benefits, or favours in exchange for a successful
referral
o Recruiter accepts money, gifts, benefits, or favours in exchange for a success
referrals
• Collusion between referrer and recruiter that leads to sharing of referral benefits
with recruiter in return for making successful referrals
• Seeking resumes via Social Media and Job Boards or posting the job details on any
platform by the referrer, to solicit resumes and use those as referrals
• Persuading or influencing the hiring selection process or allowing himself to be
persuaded, or influenced to commit such offense
• Directly engaging in falsification of any information concerning referral’s
qualifications
o Referrer or an employee falsifies a candidate’s qualifications to match the
job description
• Conducting mock interviews or readiness by recruiters
o Recruiter conducts mock interviews to candidates prior to Final Interview
o Recruiter leaks final interview questions to candidates
• Any offense similar or analogous to any of the offenses mentioned in the Company’s
Disciplinary Handbook

11. EXCLUSIONS

Talent Market Place & iMarketScape: Talent Market Place & Imarketscape are internal job
posting program for employees to apply to various job opportunities within Wipro.
Referring external candidates to requirements published in Talent Market Place &
iMarketScape without going through the WipLinks process is not considered a successful
referral for employee referral benefit.
For more information employees can visit myWipro>> App store >> Career >> Imarketscape/
Talent Marketplace.

PROCESS OWNER
The prime process owner of this policy in terms of policy execution shall be Wiplinks Team
(GSHR,TA & DOP)/ Head- Global Strategic Hiring/ Head TA/ Head TA DOP.

CONTACTS
Resolution of any disputes associated with Employee Referral will be undertaken solely by
the Employee Referral Team. If necessary, the Referral Team will take the consensus of the
Head- TA/Head Global Strategic Hiring/ Head TA DOP. All decisions taken will be final.

POLICY DOCUMENT REVISION


This Employee Referral Program policy would be subject to regular modifications and
revisions as and when the need is identified. The policy document and all its directives as

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applicable stated therein and uploaded onto the Wiplinks portal shall be considered as
current and valid.

REVISION HISTORY

14-MAR- Inclusion of ER To Define the


2016 Procedure current
employee
referral process
clearly
Dimple
14-MAR- Inclusion of To describe Vijayvergia/
2016 Process Owner who owns the Ajay Parikh
Policy
execution
14-MAR- Exclusion of Post This program has
2016 Offer Referral been separately
Program from defined as it is
Policy document not applicable
for employees
but is applicable
only for WT
offered
candidates
14-MAR- Rationalization of Clarity in
2016 referral scheme w.r.t processing
GEOs referral benefits

14-MAR- Exclusion of applicability dates Outdated data


2016 for ER benefits under
different GEOs

14-MAR- Inclusion of referral To encourage


2016 benefits for referring referrals of
ExWipro Employees former
employees

14-MAR- Referral Benefits will be To expedite


2016 processed in the same the
month when the candidate payments to
joins employees

14-MAR- Introduction of additional To attract


2016 benefits for referring women
women workforce
towards
sustained
diversity
14-MAR- Benefits payout for deputation Deputation
2016 cases- payout scheme changed cases payout
from offshore to onsite. to be as per
joining
location of
the candidate.

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14-MAR- The referral scheme for Standardization
2016 processing referral benefits of payout terms
will be basis the joining
location of the referred
candidate

15-MAR- Referral Portal link Correction


2016 in
referral portal
link mentioned.

15-MAR- Inclusion of referral benefits for To encourage Elizabeth


2016 referring referrals of George/
ExWipro former Meghali Bhatia
Employees employees

17-NOV2017 Recovery of referral amount to Clarity in Vishwas Deep/


take place only if the referring processing Meghali
employee be active in the referral Bhatia
system benefits

1-DEC- Clarity in Vishwas Deep/


Inclusion of Taiwan referral
2018 benefits processing Ganesh
referral Kuppuswamy
benefits
*Effective from

1-DEC-2018

1-DEC- The bonus payout grid for hires Clarity in Vishwas Deep/
2018 on FTE basis shall be equivalent processing Ganesh
to the respective band’s payout referral Kuppuswamy
grid benefits

*Effective from

1-DEC-2018

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1-MAY2019 No recovery of referral Clarity in Vishwas Deep/
bonus on exit of the referred processing Ganesh
candidate referral Kuppuswamy
benefits
*Effective from

1-MAY-2019

1-JUN- Inclusion of Bangladesh Clarity in Vishwas Deep/


2019 referral benefits processing Ganesh
referral Kuppuswamy
*Effective from benefits

1-JUN-2019

October No additional benefits for To recognize Vishwas Deep


2019 referring women the employee
referring
*Effective From : 1st December women
employees in
different
Forum

October Inclusion of Reporting To ensure Vishwas Deep


2019 Manager both L1 and L2 to clarity and
the Non-eligibility referral accountability
benefit payout for the
(Section F) employee
referral benefit
*Effective From : 1st December payout.

January Inclusion of Clarity in Vishwas Deep


2020 Turkey referral benefits processing
referral
*Effective from benefits

1-FEB-2020

April 2020 Exceptions and deviations from Clarity in Vishwas Deep


the Global Policy must be processing
approved by the Business Unit referral
Head & Head TA. benefits

*Effective from

15- APR-2020

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2.1 September Inclusion of Geographical Clarity in Sandesh Kumar
2021 Differences (DOP) of referral processing
benefits in the following referral
countries: Singapore, benefits
Malaysia,
Philippines, USA, Europe,
Onyx, China, United Kingdom,
Hongkong and
LATAM Redefined ER

validity/retention period of all


DOP referrals

Addition of Employee Referral


Payout Policy in case
employee refers someone
outside payroll location

Introduction to Employee
Referral
Violations with respect to DOP

REASON
VERSION DATE OF FOR
DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE
2.0 REVISION CHANGE
APPROVED BY

Before NOW

Effective: 1st April 2017 Effective:


September'2020
SPIRIT OF WIPLINKS SPIRIT OF EMPLOYEE REFERRAL

SCOPE_This policy describes SCOPE_This policy describes Wipro LTD. &


Wipro LTD. directives as a part of Wipro DOP
the Employee Referral Program directives as a part of the Employee Referral
for all employees at the time of Program for all employees at the time of
referring external candidates for referring external candidates for
employment at Wipro LTD. across employment at Wipro LTD. & Wipro DOP
all global locations and functions. across all global locations and functions. This
This ER policy supersedes all ER policy supersedes all previous versions.
previous versions.

PURPOSE_ Global Policy must be PURPOSE_ Global Policy must be approved


approved by the Business Unit by the Business Unit Head &
Head & Head TA Head TA/ Head
Leadership
Hiring/Head DOP

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EMPLOYEE ELIGIBILITY EMPLOYEE
ELIGIBILITY_
All permanent employees (including
employees on probation) of Wipro Ltd & its
acquired companies across all geographical
locations shall be able to participate in the
referral program and refer external
candiadtes for full time positions that are
notified through the Wiplinks portal under
this scheme
periodically.
All the
WASE /
WISTA members shall
also be eligible to participate in this
program.
Prospective
employees who have received formal offer
of employment through the eRecruitment
Application, Application tracking system
(ATS) of Wipro LTD. and are yet to join shall
also be
eligible to refer through candidate desktop.
All
employees including trainees & retainers
on the rolls of Wipro DOP are covered
under this policy. However, this policy does
not apply to the employees of the following
groups for their referrals joining in Wipro
DOP:
Retainers
Wipro DOP
– Eligible
HR
Wipro DOP
– Eligible
TA / SLH
Wipro DOP
– Not
Eligible
HRSS Aligned to TA /
SLH
Wipro DOP
– Not Eligible icy Name Band D2 and above

APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY_ Candidates APPLICANT


whose resume is not already with ELIGIBILITY (who can be referred)
Wipro (in the recruitment database) • Employees
through any source. can refer Friends, Relatives or Excolleagues
(known personally prior to referral).
• Candidates
can be referred to any suitable job
requisition.
• Candidates
can be referred to multiple job requisitions
based on their suitablity. • A candidate’s
resume cannot be referred to the same
requisition through different sources
Note: If a profile referred by an Note: • A profile referred will be valid and
employee is present in the synergy eligible for referral bonus only till the life of
through another source and is the referred job requisition and only when
inactive (6 months) then only such the profile is hired for the referred job
referral will be treated as Employee requisition.
referral and the synergy source will
• In case multiple resumes of a candidate is
be invalidated.
found tagged to a single requisition, source
through which the resume entered the
system first shall be considered; resumes
through other sources shall be treated as
duplicate and invalid in case of referral.

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REFERRING FORMER EMPLOYEES As per the revised Re-hire criteria, Ex Wipro
Referrals will not be considered / hired

EMPLOYEE REFERRAL POLICY EMPLOYEE REFERRAL


DIRECTIVES ON THE RECRUITMENT POLICY DIRECTIVES
PROCESS _To be eligible for ON THE
employee referral bonus, candidate RECRUITMENT
has to confirm employee as his PROCESS_
referral source. No Mock Interviews / Readiness should be
conducted by
Employees To be eligible for employee
referral bonus, the candidate must be hired
through the referred job requisition on
which the employee has referred the
candidate through Wiplinks portal.
• Candidates are to disclose any experience
in
Own/Relative/Spouse
Owned firm
ELIGIBILITY REFERRAL BENEFIT An employee shall be considered eligible
PAYOUT for referral payout only if all the following
conditions are met: • Resumes are
submitted online through Wiplinks on
MyWipro/ referral
Link, for offshore /onsite referrals.
• Referred candidate should be personally
known to the employee prior to referral.
• With respect to WT referrals; If a referred
candidate is selected by Wipro WT & joins
Wipro WT, the referred candidates must
have more than or equal to 3 years (36
months) of relevant experience at the time
of offer for the employee to be
eligible for referral bonus according to
TABLE 2 below.
• With respect to DOP referrals; If a
referred candidate is selected by Wipro
DOP & joins Wipro DOP, referral bonus will
be paid according to the table (DOP) below.
• The amount for the referral benefits
would be as per the policy, any special
incentives schemes would be
communicated through
Wiplinks/Employee Referral Mailers that
are sent based on business requirements
and on the Wiplinks portal. • The
background verification process for the
referred candidate shall be clear of any
discrepancies. No referral benefit will be
disbursed if the referred candidate fails the
background verification process. • The
referred employee and the newly joined
employee should be on the rolls of Wipro
Ltd. at the time of payment of Referral
Bonus.
• Referral bonus will be applicable to the
employees based on their BU/DU/SL/SF
and role at the time of referring the
candidate.
Note:
• In case the referrer is in notice period at
the time when the referred candidate joins,
referral bonus will be paid along with Full &
Final Settlement,if pending. In case of an
employee whose full & final settlement is
also closed, Wipro does not take the
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to be discussed with HRSS & Hiring
Employee referral team
• Any referral payout to employees, for
candidates joining after the policy revision
shall be as per the latest version of the
policy active.

NON-ELIGIBILITY REFERRAL BENEFIT F) NON-ELIGIBILITY


PAYOUT REFERRAL BENEFIT
PAYOUT
• With respect to WT referrals; Employees
in Human Resource
(HR), Talent
Acquisition (Technical Recruitment Team &
Strategic Recruitment
Team), Reporting
Managers (L1 and L2),
Human Resource
Shared Servises (HRSS) aligned to any
recruitment process and Career Band E are
not eligible for the referral benefits, but can
refer prospective candidates through
Wiplinks subject to satisfying all the criteria
stated in clause 3A.
• With respect to DOP referrals; Referring
campus hires is not eligible & for eligibility
details please refer TABLE 1 in clause 3A •
Contract, Contract to Hire & retainers are
not eligible for referral bonus.
• Candidates joined as Contract and Hired
later will not be covered under referral
program.
• Inviting candidates to upload their
profiles on the career site directly, will not
attract referral benefits.
• Candidates who are sourced from
portals/databases, walk-ins, resumes
directly received from unknown candidates
and personally not known to the employee
cannot be referred or attract referral
benefits.
• With respect to WT referrals; Referral
benefits are not
eligible for referring a fresher and campus
hires unless stated in the referral campaign.
Resumes shared over mails will not be
bonus payouts.
• Resumes hired through/for different
requisition other than the referred
requistion will not be eligible for referral
bonus.
• Resumes uploaded in the Wiplinks
general database & not against a specific
requisition will not be eligible for referral
payout in case the same candidate is hired
for any job requisition.
Note:
In case an employee who is on contract
with Wipro LTD. is referred to a job
requisition and is hired through the same
job requisition; the referred employee will
be eligible for referral bonus subject to
satisfying all the criteria stated in CLAUSE 3.
In case the resume is in Contract to Hire
process for the referred requistion, the
referral resume will be invalid and contract
to hiring process will take place as per
process.

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DIRECTIVES ON RECRUITMENT POLICY DIRECTIVES
PROCESS_Employees can view ON RECRUITMENT PROCESS_Employees
current job opportunities at Wipro can view current job opportunities at Wipro
LTD. on Wiplinks, accessible through LTD. on
MyWipro and refer a candidate Wiplinks, accessible through MyWipro and
against the current openings refer a candidate against the current
available. openings available. MyWipro is accessible
MyWipro is accessible to Wipro LTD. to Wipro LTD. Employees through
Employees through mywipro.wipro.com
mywipro.wipro.com if you are on PATH >> MyWipro
Wipro network or through >>Business
http://gateway.wipro.com >> Application>> Employee referrals
MyWipro >>Business Application>>
>>Wiplinks.
Employee referrals >>WipLinks if you
are outside the Wipro network. Also Post employee uploads a profile an email
employee can refer through will be trigerred to the candiadte with the
https://synergy.wipro.com/wiplinks link for the referred job requistion to
once the employee refer, the complete his/her application; once
particular candidate has to confirm candidate completes this process only then
the source while uploading his/her it would be considered as a valid referral
resume, failing to which referral will resume.
not be completed.
THE REFERRAL SCHEME (WT)_The THE REFERRAL
currency of payment will depend on SCHEME (WT)_The currency of payment
the payroll location of the employee will depend on the payroll location of the
at the time of disbursement of the referring employee at the time of
referral benefits. disbursement of the referral benefits.

THE REFERRAL SCHEME THE REFERRAL


(WT)_Payout will be done as per the SCHEME (WT)_
candidate joining location. Referral Bonus will be applicable as per the
joining location of the
candidates

REFERRAL PAYOUT PROCESSING REFERRAL PAYOUT


(WT) PROCESSING (WT)
• Referral payment processing will • Referral payment processing will take
take place along with the payroll place along with the payroll processing. •
processing. Offshore (India) referral payout processing:
• Offshore payout processing: Payment to the referring employee will be
Payment to the referring employee processed along with the payroll in the
will be processed along with the same month if the referred candidate joins
payroll in the same month if the on or before the 20th day of the month. If
referred candidate joins on or before the referred candidate joins after the 20th
the 20th day of the month. If the day of the month then the payment will be
referred candidate joins after the processed along with the subsequent
20th day of the month then the month’s payroll.
payment will be processed along with • US referral payout processing: Onsite
the subsequent month’s payroll.
payout processing: referral benefits will be
• Onsite payout processing: For processed along with the payroll in pay-
onsite cases the referral benefits will cycle 2.
be processed along with the payroll in
• Other GEOs payout processing: referral
pay-cycle 2.
benefit will beprocessed in the subsequent
• All Referral Payouts and Benefits month
are taxable as per the prevailing tax
after the joining of the referred candidate.
rates in the country of payment.
Taxes will be deducted at source as • All Referral Payouts and Benefits are
per the prevailing laws, and the taxable as per the prevailing tax rates in the
balance will be paid. country of payment. Taxes will be deducted
• In deputation cases, where-in the at source as per the prevailing laws, and the
referred candidate is deputed to a balance will be paid.
long term onsite location, the referral • In deputation cases, where-in the
benefits to the referring employee referred candidate is deputed to a long
will be processed basis the onsite term onsite location, the referral benefits
scheme to the referring employee will be processed
Any special benefits or prizes over basis the onsite scheme.
and above the regular benefits will • Any special benefits or prizes over and
also attract taxes as applicable by law above the regular benefits will also attract
of the country of payment.

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taxes as applicable by law of the country of
payment.
• If the referring employee is on net salary
model, the referral bonus will be processed
after the statutory deductions (Tax, social
security etc.)

REFERRAL BENEFITS – with respect REFERRAL BENEFITS – with respect to DOP


to DOP - aligned in policy

REFERRAL BENEFIT PROMOTIONAL REFERRAL BENEFIT


SCHEME_Any promotional scheme, PROMOTIONAL SCHEME_Any promotional
run from time to time specific to a scheme, run from time to time specific to a
Business Unit or geography or any Business Unit or geography or any other
other similar types would be similar types would be announced through
announced through Wiplinks Referral
Wiplinks Referral mailers. The benefits and
mailers. The benefits and conditions
conditions of the scheme would apply. All
of the scheme would apply.
Special Referral plans have to be approved
by the TA/GSHR/ TA DOP head prior to the
launch.
RECOVERY REFERRAL PAYOUT_If Removal of the process due to change in
duplication of referrals is noticed ATS- referral bonus will be paid as per
during referral payout, the first requisition based joining.
source confirmation as registered in
the system (based on the data
recorded in the e-Recruitment
application - Synergy) will be eligible
for referral payment. In rare
instances of payment made for a
duplicate referral, the referral benefit
shall be recovered.
RECOVERY REFERRAL PAYOUT_Any RECOVERY REFERRAL PAYOUT_Any
other deviation, which results in deviation, which results in conflict of
conflict of interest as detailed under interest as detailed under the standard
the standard Code of Business Code of Business
Conduct of Wipro LTD., will make the Conduct of Wipro LTD., will make the
referral claim invalid and will be referral claim invalid and will be recovered
recovered if already paid. if already paid.

RECOVERY REFERRAL PAYOUT_In RECOVERY REFERRAL PAYOUT_• In case of


case of any dispute, the decision of any dispute, the decision of the Head
the Head Global Workforce Global Strategic Hiring
Development / Head TA / Employee / Head TA / Head TA DOP/ Employee
referral team will be final. referral team will be final.

DOP Policy_ Supervisor Payout & Removal of Supervisor


Process Payout & Process Payout – do not have a
feature in ICIMS and this in alignment with
larger Wipro.

DOP Policy_special payout for PWD Removal of special payout for PWD
Candidates Candidates – As per inputs from central
legal and compliance team

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VALIDITY OF EMPLOYEE REFERRAL VALIDITY OF
APPLICATIONS _The retention period EMPLOYEE REFERRAL APPLICATIONS _The
for Employee Referral Applications is retention period for Employee Referral
6 months from the date of entry for Applications is only till the life of the
all lateral positions after which the referred requisitions for all lateral
resume will be considered as inactive
positions,once
and deleted from the system and will
not be considered eligible for referral the requisition is closed employee can
benefit. Any employee can repost the upload the same profile to another suitable
resume for a relevant job opening. requisition.

EXCLUSIONS EXCLUSIONS
1) Referrals to Wipro BPO, Wipro Talent Market Place & iMarketScape:
Talent Market Place & Imarketscape are
Eco Energy and Wipro internal job posting program for employees
to apply to various job
Infrastructure Engineering are to
be done through the referral opportunities within Wipro. Referring
program and systems of the external candidates to requirements
respective companies. Any query published in Talent Market Place &
related to their referral program is iMarketScape without going through the
outside the purview of WipLinks WipLinks process is not considered a
Wipro LTD. successful referral for employee referral
Employee Referral Program. benefit.
Employees are required to For more information employees can visit
contact the respective recruiters myWipro>> App store >> Career >>
of these companies for any query Imarketscape/ Talent Marketplace
pertaining to their program as the
ER Team of Wipro LTD. will be
unable to handle such queries.
2) My Opportunities: My
Opportunities is an internal job
posting program for employees to
apply to various job opportunities
within Wipro. Referring external
candidates to requirements
published in My Opportunities
without going through the

WipLinks process is not


considered a successful referral
for employee referral benefit. For
more information employees can
visit MyWipro >> MyCareer >>My
Opportunities.
PROCESS OWNER_The prime PROCESS OWNER_The prime process
process owner of this policy in terms owner of this policy in terms of policy
of policy execution shall be Wiplinks execution shall be Wiplinks
Team/ Head- Global Workforce Team (GSHR,TA &
Managerment Team/ Head TA. DOP)/ Head- Global Strategic Hiring/ Head
TA/ Head TA DOP.

CONTACTS_Resolution of any CONTACTS_Resolution of any disputes


disputes associated with Employee associated with Employee Referral will be
Referral will be undertaken solely by undertaken solely by the Employee Referral
the Employee Referral Team. If Team. If necessary, the Referral Team will
necessary, the Referral Team will take the consensus of the Head- TA/Head
take the consensus of the Head- Global Strategic
Global Workforce Development. All
decisions taken will be final Hiring/ Head TA DOP. All decisions taken
will be final.
All permanent employees (including All permanent employees of Wipro Ltd & its
employees on probation) of Wipro acquired companies across all geographical
Ltd & its acquired companies across locations shall be able to participate in the
all geographical locations shall be referral program and refer external
able to participate in the referral candidates for full time positions that are
program and refer external notified through the Wiplinks portal under
candidates for full time positions that
this scheme periodically. Rajeev Menon/
are notified through the Wiplinks
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Prospective employees who have • Prospective employees/ Pending
received formal offer of employment Joiners who have received formal
through the e Recruitment offer of employment through the
Application, Application tracking Application tracking system (ATS)
system (ATS) of Wipro LTD. and are of Wipro LTD. and are yet to join
yet to join shall also be eligible to
shall also be eligible to refer
refer through candidate desktop.
through the Wipro Careers Site.
• Referring candidates via Career
site would not attract a referral
benefit.
• Only when the Pending Joiner
becomes a Wipro employee and
further refers via the Employee
Referral Portal – Wiplinks, will
he/she be eligible for referral
benefit.
Previously not included • All employees of WT can refer
prospective candidates for DOP
and all employees of DOP can
refer prospective candidates for
WT.
• The benefit disbursement to the
referrer will depend on the
organisation (WT or DOP) and
location of the new joiner
A candidate’s resume cannot be Removed
referred to the same requisition
through different sources.

No Mock interviews/ readiness No Mock interviews/ readiness should be


should be conducted by Employees conducted by Employees. Employees must
not share or discuss any Wipro related
knowledge with the candidate they refer
Previously not included To be eligible for Employee Referral bonus,
the employee must refer the candidate via
the Wiplinks Portal, and the candidate must
apply to the job using the auto triggered
application link sent in their email inbox at
the time of referral. Only then would the
source for that profile will be captured as
‘Employee Referral’, and the employee
would be eligible for referral benefit.
Previously not included The Band and experience criteria of 36
months is exempted only for candidates
joining in the following geographies –
• Taiwan – for candidates who join
at A3 band, the referrer will be
eligible for bonus.
• Poland and Romania Service Desk
Hiring – for candidates who join at
bands A3, B1 and B2; the referrer
will receive bonus as per the
language criteria mentioned in
TABLE 2(b).
Previously not included Any referrals of candidates between 0-36
months of relevant experience, would be
considered for referral benefit only if there
was a specific scheme applicable for such
referrals.
Resumes are to be submitted online Employees must refer using the Employee
through Wiplinks on MyWipro/ Referral portal - Wiplinks on MyWipro, for
referral Link, for offshore /onsite offshore as well as onsite referrals. Resumes
referrals. shared over email, or any offline method are
not valid and not considered as Referrals.
With respect to WT referrals With respect to WT referrals; the following
groups of employees can refer prospective
candidates but will not be eligible for Referral
benefit:

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Candidates joined as Contract and • Candidates joined as Contract and
Hired later will not be covered under Hired later will not be eligible for
referral program. referral benefit as long as they are
under their Contract tenure.
• Once they become permanent
employees of Wipro, they will be
eligible for referral benefits,
provided all criteria under clause
3 A, B, C and D are satisfied.

Previously not included Reporting Managers (L1 and L2) and Hiring
Managers are not eligible for referral
rewards.

Resumes uploaded in the Wiplinks Removed as General Referral on Wiplinks


general database & not against a have been disabled.
specific requisition will not be eligible
for referral payout in case the same
candidate is hired for any job
requisition.
Resumes hired through/for different If the source for the referred profile is not
requisition other than the referred captures as Employee Referral on the ATS,
requisition will not be eligible for the referring employee will not be eligible for
referral bonus. No source change Bonus.
shall be considered.
Inviting candidates to upload their Referrals made via the Careers site by using
profiles on the career site directly, the option – ‘Email this Job to a Friend’, by
will not attract referral benefits. existing Wipro employees or Pending Joiners
will not attract referral benefits.
Post employee uploads a profile an After an employee refers a candidate, an
email will be triggered to the email will be auto - triggered to the candidate
candidate with the link for the with the link for the referred job requisition
referred job requisition to complete to complete his/her application; once
his/her application; once candidate candidate completes this process only then
completes this process only then it the source for that candidate’s profile would
would be considered as a valid
be captured as Employee Referral and it
referral resume.
would be considered as a valid referral.
Previously not included Collusion between referrer and recruiter that
leads to sharing of referral benefits with
recruiter in return for making successful
referrals
Previously not included Seeking resumes via social media and Job
Boards or posting the job details on any
platform by the referrer, to solicit resumes
and use those as referrals

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