JXG awarded top honour for Parent-Inclusive Workplace practices 2024/2025

JXG (Janashakthi Group) was recently recognised with the Parent-Inclusive Workplace of the Year 2024/25 Award at the Parent-Inclusive Workplaces Summit 2025. Held at the Courtyard by Marriott, Colombo, the recognition reflects JXG’s commitment to fostering a supportive, empowering, and inclusive environment for working parents. 

Positioning JXG as a benchmark for parent-friendly workplace practices in Sri Lanka, the award aligned with global diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) and family-friendly workplace standards, recognising JXG’s achievements with the highest score in all five sub-categories of the Parent-Inclusive Workplaces Summit 2025. The categories included Best CEO/Leadership Initiatives for Working Parents, Best HR Policies Empowering Working Parents, Best Workplace Culture for Parents, Best Well-being Initiative for Working Parents, and Most Innovative Initiative Supporting Working Parents.

Discussing the award, Wasanthi Stephen, Group Chief Human Resources Officer at JXG said, “Family is at the heart of our policies, culture, and infrastructure. We recognise the importance of dedicating time to family and how it strengthens talent retention while encouraging workplace loyalty. This award not only reaffirms our efforts to meet the emotional and practical needs of our JXG families but renews our commitment to helping our employees thrive professionally while cultivating their personal lives.”  

JXG’s progressive HR policies, culture-building efforts, and well-being initiatives demonstrate a comprehensive and sustained approach to parent inclusivity. The initiatives include up to twelve weeks of fully paid maternity leave with the option of a two-month extension on half pay. Similarly, fathers can apply for two weeks of fully paid paternity leave with additional paid leave upon request. JXG also offers parents versatile arrangements including remote work, flexible scheduling, and permission for parents to attend school and family events without having to take leave. 

The award further distinguishes JXG as a people-first employer for its inclusivity and supportive workplace practices, including career re-entry support and onsite child-friendly facilities. Additionally, JXG encourages an internal culture that involves the immediate families of employees on annual trips and Christmas parties, offering financial literacy sessions for their children alongside art competitions and other creative endeavours. Further amplifying its stance on well-being, JXG both preserves and nurtures the positive mental health of its employees with awareness programmes, empathy workshops, and physical fitness sessions. 

The Parent-Inclusive Workplaces Summit 2025, a platform committed to building empathy, inclusion, and empowerment, aligns with JXG’s endeavours to facilitate parental inclusion and holistic wellbeing, effectively aiming to aid employees with their professional growth while adding value to their personal lives. 

About JXG (Janashakthi Group)

JXG (Janashakthi Group) is Sri Lanka’s emerging financial conglomerate, with a presence spanning in the insurance, finance & leasing, and investment banking verticals. Each of the Group’s core businesses is a formidable player in its industry. JXG comprises First Capital Holdings PLC, Janashakthi Insurance PLC, Janashakthi Finance PLC and its philanthropic arm, the Janashakthi Foundation.

JXG’s roots trace back to the early 1990s when its founder and Chairman emeritus, Mr. C.T.A. Schaffter, established Sri Lanka’s first specialized life insurance company, playing a pivotal role in revolutionizing the industry. Over the following decades, through strategic mergers and acquisitions, the Group has expanded its reach and influence.

The 'X' in the brand name symbolizes exciting opportunities, expansion, and exponential growth, representing the multiplication of potential as a unified entity. The slogan “Stronger Together, Stronger Than Ever” encapsulates JXG’s commitment to unity and collective strength.