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Employee Referral POLICY 2.3
Employee Referral POLICY 2.3
Employee Referral POLICY 2.3
Version – 2.3
Effective: August 2022
Wipro– for internal circulation only
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.
Internal to Wipro
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.
• 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.
• With respect to Wipro Technologies (WT), 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.
Internal to Wipro
• 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
• For DOP, in case, an employee refers a candidate to a job requisition that is opened
outside the employee’s payroll location (referrer’s country of employment), the
referral bonus will be invalid. Employees should refer candidates to requisitions
located within their payroll location to be eligible for the referral bonus.
Internal to Wipro
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.
• 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.
An employee shall be considered eligible for referral payout only if all the following
conditions are met:
Internal to Wipro
• 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.
• 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).
Internal to Wipro
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.
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.
Internal to Wipro
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
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
PATH:
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.
Internal to Wipro
• The bonus payout grid for hires on FTE basis shall be equivalent to the respective
band’s payout grid (TABLE 2a)
TABLE 2 (a)
OFFSHORE
ONSITE
APAC
AMERICAS
Internal to Wipro
COLOMBIA USD NA 190 260 320
COSTA RICA USD NA 250 350 450
EMEA
* 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
Internal to Wipro
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
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 their return to India.
Internal to Wipro
a) Standard Referral Plan with respect to India location
TABLE 3
Regular
*Payment
BAND CANDIDATE LEVEL Referral
timelines
Reward
Table 3 (a)
Scheme 1st month 2nd month 3rd month 4th month 5th month 6th month
Band
Amount payout payout payout payout payout payout
Internal to Wipro
b) Standard Referral Plan with respect to Wipro HR Services
TABLE 4
Regular
*Payment
BAND Domain / Business Alignment Referral
timelines
Reward
Technology/Finance/HR/Corporate
Band B1 INR. 10,000 Post 90 days
communication/HR & Legal
Band B2 to
All Businesses INR. 25,000 Post 90 days
Band B3
Band C1 to
INR. 50,000 Post 90 days
Band E All Businesses
• 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.
Internal to Wipro
d.) GEOGRAPHICAL DIFFERENCES (DOP)
I. SINGAPORE
II. MALAYSIA
III. PHILIPPINES
Internal to Wipro
• For B2 to D1 level, the Employee Referral Amount would be given to the referrer
in two stages. The first payout of 60% of the Employee Referral 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
Amount will be given upon successful referral’s completion of 180 days
(Payout at the end of the 7th month from joining).
Payout for all referral joining would be paid once along with the salary payout for
the end of the month payout date.
IV. USA
V. EUROPE
• All employees of DOP Europe. Countries covered under DOP Europe are the
following:
o Bulgaria
o Czech Republic
Internal to Wipro
o Finland
o France
o Germany
o Hungary
o Ireland
o Poland
o Portugal
o Romania
o Spain
o Switzerland
o United Kingdom
• If a referred candidate is selected & joins Wipro DOP, the employee who makes the
referral earns a reward according to this table:
Internal to Wipro
Team members, Executives, Senior AA EUR 240
executive, Associates with difficult
languages
Team members, Executives, Senior AA EUR 180
executive, Associates with
common
languages
Internal to Wipro
Rare Arabic, Danish, Hebrew, German,
Bulgarian, Dutch, Swedish, Arabic,
Croatian, Finnish, Danish, Turkish,
Greek, Hebrew, Finnish, Estonian,
Hebrew, Chinese, Norwegian, Macedonian,
Serbian, German, Polish, Indonesian, Irish, Hebrew,
Swedish, Swedish, Vietnamese, Dutch,
Slovenian, Norwegian, Korean, Swedish,
Danish, Brazilian- Japanese, Norwegian,
Estonian, Portuguese, Kazakh, Finnish,
Finnish, Czech, Montenegrin, Danish,
Chinese, Chinese, Maltese, Hungarian,
Malaysian, Malaysian, Macedonian Kazakh,
Indonesian, Indonesian, Montenegrin,
Vietnamese, Vietnamese, Chinese,
Korean, Irish, Korean, Malaysian,
Japanese, Japanese, Indonesian,
Kazakh, Estonian, Vietnamese,
Montenegrin, Maltese, Korean,
Maltese, Macedonian, Japanese,
Macedonian Kazakh, Maltese
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.
• 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.
Internal to Wipro
• For referrals for the larger Wipro ecosystem, standard Wipro policy would apply.
VII. CHINA
IX. Hongkong
Internal to Wipro
X. LATAM
A1, A2,
COUNTRY CURRENCY A3/Team B1,B2,B3 C1, C2 D1,D2
Rainbow
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
Costa Rica Colones 100,000 200,000 250,000 300,000
XI. JAPAN
XII. AUSTRALIA
Internal to Wipro
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.
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.
Internal to Wipro
• 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
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.
Internal to Wipro
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.
REVISION HISTORY
Affected
Version Date of Revision Description of Change Reason for Change Approved By
Sections
1.2 March 14, 2016 Inclusion of ER To define the current Dimple
Procedure employee Vijayvergia/
referral process Ajay Parikh
clearly
March 14, 2016 Inclusion of Process To describe who owns the
Owner policy execution
March 14, 2016 Exclusion of post This program has been
offer referral separately defined as it
program from policy is not applicable for
document employees but is
applicable only for WT
offered candidates
March 14, 2016 Rationalization of Clarity in processing referral
referral scheme w.r.t benefits
GEOs
March 14, 2016 Exclusion of Outdated data
applicability dates for
ER benefits under
different GEOs
March 14, 2016 Inclusion of referral To encourage referrals of
benefits for referring former employees
Ex-Wipro Employees
March 14, 2016 Referral Benefits will To expedite the payments to
be processed in the employees
same month when
the candidate joins
March 14, 2016 Introduction of To attract women
additional benefits workforce towards sustained
for referring women diversity
Internal to Wipro
March 14, 2016 Benefits payout for Deputation cases payout to
deputation cases- be as per joining
payout scheme location of the
changed from candidate.
offshore to onsite.
March 14, 2016 The referral scheme Standardization of payout
for processing terms
referral benefits will
be basis the joining
location of the
referred
candidate
March 15, 2016 Referral Portal link Correction in referral portal Elizabeth
link mentioned. George/
March 15, 2016 Inclusion of referral To encourage referrals of Meghali Bhatia
benefits for referring former employees
Ex-Wipro Employees
November 17, 2017 Recovery of Clarity in processing referral Vishwas Deep/
referral benefits Meghali
amount to take
place only if Bhatia
the referring
employee be
active in the
system
Internal to Wipro
October 2019 Inclusion of Reporting To ensure clarity and Vishwas Deep
Manager both L1 and accountability for the
L2 to the Non- employee referral
eligibility referral benefit payout.
benefit payout
(Section F)
2.1 September 2021 With respect to DOP, Clarity in processing referral Sandesh Kumar
Inclusion of benefits
Geographical
Differences of
referral benefits in
the following
countries: Singapore,
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
Internal to Wipro
2.2 April 15, 2022 Introduction to
Employee Referral
Violations with
respect DOP
2.3 July 1, 2022 Inclusion of D2 Standardization of payout Sandesh Kumar
employees being terms
eligible for referral
bonus
Standardization of ER
standard plan for
Band AA referrals in
India location
Addition of ER
standard plan for
Japan, Costa Rica &
Australia
Inclusion & Changes in policy due to change to ATS & Alignment of WT & DOP Employee
Referral Policy.
Description of Change
Version Date of Before Now Reason for Approved
2.0 Revision Effective: April 1, 2017 Effective: September 2020 Change by
Spirit of Wiplinks Spirit of Employee Referral
Scope_ This policy describes Wipro Scope_This policy describes Wipro Rajeev
LTD. directives as a part of the LTD. & Wipro DOP directives as Menon/
Employee Referral a part of the Employee Referral
Sandesh
Program for all employees at the Program for all employees at the
Kumar
time of referring external time of referring external
candidates for employment at candidates for employment at
Wipro LTD. across all global Wipro LTD. & Wipro DOP across
locations and functions. This all global locations and
ER policy supersedes all functions. This ER policy
previous versions. supersedes all previous
versions.
Purpose_Global policy must be Purpose_Global policy must be
approved by the Business Unit approved by the Business Unit
Head & Head TA Head & Head TA/Head
Leadership Hiring/ Head DOP
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 candidates for full time
positions that are notified
Internal to Wipro
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:
HR, TA/SLH, HRSS Aligned to
TA/SLH, Band D2 and above,
contractors
Internal to Wipro
be considered; resumes through
other sources shall be treated as
duplicate and invalid in case of
referral.
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 ON THE
PROCESS _To be eligible for RECRUITMENT
employee referral bonus, PROCESS_
candidate has to confirm
No Mock Interviews / Readiness
employee as his referral
should be conducted by
source.
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
PAYOUT eligible 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)
Internal to Wipro
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 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.
NON-ELIGIBILITY REFERRAL F) NON-ELIGIBILITY REFERRAL
BENEFIT PAYOUT BENEFIT
PAYOUT
• With respect to WT referrals;
Employees
in Human Resource
(HR), Talent Acquisition (Technical
Recruitment Team & Strategic
Internal to Wipro
Recruitment Team), Reporting
Managers (L1 and L2), Human
Resource
Shared Servises (HRSS) aligned to
anyrecruitment 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
Internal to Wipro
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.
EMPLOYEE REFERRAL POLICY EMPLOYEE REFERRAL
DIRECTIVES ON RECRUITMENT POLICY DIRECTIVES
PROCESS_Employees can view ON RECRUITMENT
current job opportunities at PROCESS_Employees can view
Wipro current job opportunities at
LTD. on Wiplinks, accessible Wipro LTD. on
through MyWipro and refer a Wiplinks, accessible through
candidate against the current MyWipro and refer a candidate
openings available. against the current openings
MyWipro is accessible to Wipro available. MyWipro is accessible
LTD. Employees through to Wipro LTD. Employees
mywipro.wipro.com if you are on through
Wipro network or through mywipro.wipro.com
http://gateway.wipro.com >> PATH >> MyWipro
MyWipro >>Business
>>Business
Application>> Employee
Application>> Employee referrals
referrals >>WipLinks if you are
>>Wiplinks.
outside the Wipro network.
Also employee can refer
through Post employee uploads a profile an
https://synergy.wipro.com/wiplinks email will be triggered to the
candidate with the link for the
once the employee refer, the
referred job requisition to
particular candidate has to
complete his/her application;
confirm the source while
once candidate completes this
uploading his/her resume,
process only then it would be
failing to which referral will not
considered as a valid referral
be completed.
resume.
THE REFERRAL SCHEME (WT)_The THE REFERRAL
currency of payment will SCHEME (WT)_The currency of
depend on the payroll location payment will depend on the
of the employee at the time of payroll location of the referring
disbursement of the referral employee at the time
benefits. ofdisbursement of the referral
benefits.
THE REFERRAL SCHEME THE REFERRAL
(WT)_Payout will be done as per SCHEME (WT)_
the candidate joining location.
Internal to Wipro
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 place along with the take place along with the
payroll processing. payroll processing. • Offshore
•Offshore payout processing: (India) referral payout
Payment to the referring processing:
employee will be processed Payment to the referring employee
along with the payroll in the will be processed along with
same month if the referred the payroll in the same month if
candidate joins on or before the referred candidate joins on
the 20th day of the month. If or before the 20th day of the
the referred candidate joins month. If the referred candidate
after the 20th day of the joins after the 20th day of the
month then the payment will month then the payment will be
be processed along with the processed along with the
subsequent month’s payroll. subsequent month’s payroll.
•Onsite payout processing: For •US referral payout processing:
onsite cases the referral Onsite payout processing:
benefits will be processed referral benefits will be
along with the payroll in pay- processed along with the payroll in
cycle 2. pay-
•All Referral Payouts and Benefits cycle 2.
are taxable as per the
•Other GEOs payout processing:
prevailing tax rates in the
referral benefit will beprocessed
country of payment. Taxes will
in the subsequent month
be deducted at source as per
the prevailing laws, and the
balance will be paid. after the joining of the referred
candidate.
•In deputation cases, where-in the
referred candidate is deputed •All Referral Payouts and Benefits
to a long term onsite location, are taxable as per the prevailing
the referral benefits to the tax rates in the country of
referring employee will be payment. Taxes will be
processed basis the onsite deducted at source as per the
scheme prevailing laws, and the balance
will be paid.
Any special benefits or prizes over
and above the regular benefits •In deputation cases, where-in the
will also attract taxes as referred candidate is deputed to
applicable by law of the a long term onsite location, the
country of payment. 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.
Internal to Wipro
• 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 PROMOTIONAL SCHEME_Any
scheme, run from time to time promotional scheme, run from
specific to a Business Unit or time to time specific to a
geography or any other similar Business Unit or geography or
types would be announced any other similar types would
through Wiplinks Referral be announced through
mailers. The benefits and
conditions of the scheme
Wiplinks Referral mailers. The
would apply.
benefits and
Internal to Wipro
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
VALIDITY OF EMPLOYEE REFERRAL VALIDITY OF
APPLICATIONS _The retention EMPLOYEE REFERRAL APPLICATIONS
period for Employee Referral _The retention period for
Applications is 6 months from Employee Referral Applications
the date of entry for all lateral is only till the life of the
positions after which the referred requisitions for all
resume will be considered as lateral
inactive and deleted from the
positions, once the requisition is
system and will not be
closed employee can upload
considered eligible for referral
the same profile to another
benefit. Any employee can
suitable requisition.
repost the resume for a
relevant job opening.
EXCLUSIONS EXCLUSIONS
1)Referrals to Wipro BPO, Wipro Talent Market Place & iMarketScape:
Eco Energy and Wipro Talent Market Place & Imarketscape
Infrastructure Engineering are are internal job posting program
to be done through the for employees to apply to
referral program and systems various job
of the respective companies.
opportunities within Wipro.
Any query related to their
Referring external candidates to
referral program is outside the
requirements published in
purview of WipLinks Wipro
Talent Market Place &
LTD.
iMarketScape without going
Employee Referral Program. through the WipLinks process is
Employees are required to not considered a successful
contact the respective referral for employee referral
recruiters of these companies benefit.
for any query pertaining to
For more information employees can
their program as the ER Team
visit myWipro>> App store >>
of Wipro LTD. will be unable to
Career >> Imarketscape/ Talent
handle such queries.
Marketplace
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
Internal to Wipro
WipLinks process is not considered
a successful referral for
employee referral benefit. For
more information employees
can visit MyWipro >>
MyCareer >>My Opportunities.
Internal to Wipro
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 referred to
the same requisition through different Removed
sources.
No Mock interviews/ readiness should be No Mock interviews/ readiness 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 Referral portal - Wiplinks on MyWipro, for
Link, for offshore /onsite referrals. offshore as well as onsite referrals. Resumes
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:
Candidates joined as Contract and Hired • Candidates joined as Contract and
later will not be covered under referral Hired later will not be eligible for referral
program. 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 general Removed as General Referral on Wiplinks
database & not against a specific have been disabled.
requisition will not be eligible for referral
Internal to Wipro
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 referral the referring employee will not be eligible
bonus. No source change shall be for Bonus.
considered.
Inviting candidates to upload their profiles Referrals made via the Careers site by using
on the career site directly, will not attract the option – ‘Email this Job to a Friend’, by
referral benefits. existing Wipro employees or Pending
Joiners will not attract referral benefits.
Post employee uploads a profile an email After an employee refers a candidate, an
will be triggered to the candidate with the email will be auto - triggered to the
candidate with the link for the referred job
link for the referred job requisition to
requisition to complete his/her application;
complete his/her application; once once candidate completes this process only
candidate completes this process only then then the source for that candidate’s profile
it would be considered as a valid referral would
resume.
be captured as Employee Referral and it 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
Internal to Wipro