The Workplace

Jaya Tiasa truly believe that people are the most important asset to help us attain our objectives. The continued growth of our business relies on the Group’s ability to attract, motivate and retain the best talent with appropriate skills at every level. We provide our employees career advancement opportunities, fair and equitable remuneration and a safe and motivating work environment. The Group has a growing workforce of more than 4,500 people as of 30 April, 2009 to meet the demands of our rapid development. Continuous Training and Skills Enhancement We have always been consistent in helping our employees achieve their fullest potential by equipping them with the necessary skills via specialised training. Apart from organising in-house training, our employees are also encouraged to attend the Group’s sponsored external courses. In our logging division, forest workers are sent for training provided by the Sarawak Timber Association. Upon completion of different ongoing courses such as tree felling, log extraction and log loading, the workers are expected to be more competent in their tasks. In our oil palm division, we have a training team that plans various courses and modules pertaining to technical knowledge, management and skills reinforcement in managing oil palm crops. In further enhancing their practical knowledge and field exposure, our plantation personnel are given the opportunity to attend numerous plantation workshops and seminars to better familiarise them with the plantation industry. Performance-oriented Culture and Equal Opportunity We embodied a performance-oriented work culture based on meritocracy. Regular performance appraisals and evaluations are carried out to enable due reward for achievers and performers and promote motivation and performance upgrading for the rest. Employee Benefits We keep abreast of the latest marketplace development on compensation and benefts to ensure our remuneration packages are market-competitive and refective of how much we value our employees. We offer both short-term and long-term incentives to further motivate staff of every level and the fruit of our attempt is refected in the low staff turnover rate.  Work-Life Balance and Healthy Living Our corporate mantra to be “an employer of choice” is evident in our drive to develop and maintain a balanced, fair, collaborative, healthy and conducive work environment for continuous learning and personal growth. The Group goes to great lengths to ensure that the mental and physical well-being of its employees is well cared for through encouragement in participation in social programmes, sports and recreational activities. These activities are aimed at promoting rapport and fostering closer teamwork among employees as well as to encourage work-life balance and healthy living. The Group also promotes staff appreciation efforts like our annual dinners, birthday celebrations, festive gatherings and family events. In addition, we invest in workforce welfare by providing quality environment and accompanying facilities, building of quarters, playgrounds as well as recreational and medical facilities, which cater to the estate and mill-workers. Committed to Health and Safety at Work We are committed to enforcing workplace health and safety excellence not just for our employees but also for our customers and visitors. We are constantly improving safety standards and our goal is to have a casualty-free workplace. We provide regular training to enable our employees understand the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) 1994 and also to instil safety awareness. Emergency exercises, including fire-fighting drills, are regularly conducted. To further support this, we have appointed trained and qualifed safety officers who conduct frequent quality audits and safety checks at individual sites to ensure that all safety requirements and precautions are strictly observed.

Summary  Human capital is our most important asset in attainment of objectives  Employees are given training to achieve full potential  Achievers & performers are rewarded appropriately  Our salary & benefits packages are in line with the current market's and also reflective of employee's value  A balanced, fair, collaborative, healthy and conducive work environment is maintained for continuous learning and personal growth.  Staff appreciation through various company organised activities throughout the year  Staff welfare is looked after  Workplace health and safety excellence ie enforced