Healthcare
Benefits
Cognizant provides comprehensive medical and accident insurance benefits to its associates. The premiums of this coverage are paid for by the company. The Medical Insurance coverage extends to three of the Associate's immediate dependants.
Personal Health Care
Cognizant provides associates access to a facility for extensive health check-ups. An associate who has completed 2 years of service with Cognizant is eligible for a free check-up once every 2 years. Cognizant also provides for extensive eye check-ups.
Educational Benefits
Cognizant reimburses expenses incurred towards tuition fees, examination fees, and purchase of books subject to a maximum of Rs. 5000/- per academic year for pursuing a MS at BITS, Pilani.
Kit Allowance
Cognizant provides kit allowance for Associates
for an overseas assignment.
Wedding Day Gift
Associates are given gift vouchers for the wedding.
Employee Referral Program
The employee referral program encourages Associates to refer friends and relatives for employment at Cognizant.
Paid Days Off
Associates are eligible for 12 working days per year as vacation leave. The vacation leave can be carried forward for 1 year. Entitlement increases to 17 working days per year when the Associate completes 3 years of continuous service with Cognizant.
Medical Leave
Associates can use 6 days of medical leave per year. This can be accumulated up to 18 days.
Maternity Leave
Maternity leave is for a period of 12 weeks which is inclusive of intervening Saturdays, Sundays, and other holidays. This leave can also be used when an Associate adopts an infant.
Gratuity
Associates are entitled to social security measures calculated at the rate of one month's basic pay for every completed year of service.
Employee Stock Option Plan
Cognizant provides this plan for eligible associates who have contributed to the success of Cognizant.
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