Malaysia : Life At Work Awards 2015

Recognises women-friendly employers with leading workplace strategies to champion the diversity and inclusion agenda in the organisation.

Vote for Nestlé Malaysia with workplace practices that enable their employees to achieve work-life integration now.

How to vote:

Click on link: http://lifeatwork.my/home/
1.Click VOTE NOW
2.Enter your email address and submit ( a verification mail will be sent to your email address)
3.Open your INBOX & Check email address or spam email or junk email
4.Click link to complete voting

Background....

Malaysian government in collaboration with TalentCorp Malaysia, has launched the Life at Work Awards in 2013. Their intention was to assist Malaysian companies in attracting and retaining Malaysian talents to work in Malaysia. In 2014, the award was enhanced to improve the trends of women representation in decision-making roles, and women-friendly policies as well as work-life practices.

The Life At Work Awards recognizes and celebrates organizations with leading workplace strategies which enable employees to achieve better success at work and in their personal lives by promoting diversity and inclusion (D&I). This will undoubtedly lead to higher employee engagement, a more diverse workforce and ultimately resulting in better productivity and business performance.

The awards focus on 6 categories:
1. Malaysian Organisation.
2. International Organisation.
3. Lean Organisation (less than 500 headcount).
4. New Initiative.
5. Making a Difference.
6. CEO Champion.

As per the previous year, this award recognizes women-friendly employers with leading workplace strategies to champion the diversity and inclusion agenda in the organization. Some of the initiatives presented that won the heart of Malaysian were:
1. Initiative to improve women leadership (%) in the Malaysian Companies
2. Women-Friendly environment including childcare center, nursing room, etc.
3. Fexi-Employment – part-time employment, tele-commiting, etc
4. Flexi-benefits offered to employees

For Nestlé Malaysia, this will be our 3rd year participating in the Life At Work Awards. We won the 1st year – Life At Work Awards 2013, and hoping to get back into the top three (3) leading companies promoting diversity and inclusion to improve employment and productivity.

The voting is open to Nestlé employees and also to the public via webpage: http://lifeatwork.my

Appreciate if you could send and share to all your colleagues via emails, FB, LinkedIn etc. to have them vote for us.

I hope the above explanation and briefed information on the Life At Work Awards can assist our colleagues/friends to cast their votes for Nestlé Malaysia.

Thank you and regards,


Azlina Ahmad Azizah
 Business HR Manager
 Tel: + 603 7965 6561
 Nestlé Malaysia

Nestlé Scholarship 2015

To print the form: Right click on the form, select "Print target"

If they have any queries, please contact Nestle HR: 

Pn Azlina  or

Pn Jamaliah Sharuddin Shafie
(Tel: +603 79656237)

Application Forms.....

My Best Moments with Nestlé

You may continue to send your favourite photos to MNRA....
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Contributions received.....

from Mr Lim Hock Cheng, Penang

Group photos of Penang Office staff taken in 1952

Mr S Senn, Manager Penang&Ipoh Office; 'yam seng' with the office staff 9.3.1957

"Milo is good for everyone" - The Milo team working in Kota Baru during the Kelantan Sultan Birthday 8.8.1957

Mr L J Brittain, Manager Penang Office - 1957

"One last yam seng" to Mr Wormalinger, Malacca Manager who will be transferred to Africa, 22.12.1973



"Colombo here I go" - farewell dinner given to Mr G E Wyattt, 7.7.1962

First National Salesmen's Seminar held at Nestle House, KL - 1963



"The Inseparable Four Malacca Area Supervisors"

"Say Maggi not Cheese" - a visit to the Maggi Plant



All Smiles - at Malacca Office, 2.2.1974

From Johnny Ng....

Down Memory lane

From Mr Chia Yit Chin....

The hanging bridge across Sungei Lembing, Kuantan



Top of the mountain at Sungai Lembing, Kuantan (June 1987)

From Ms Leong Ming Chee, KL....

Mothercraft Nurses led by Ms MacDougall fondly known as Mother Mac.
One of them could well have visited your baby.

Wah! so much black hair and all so slim!!

From Ms Lau Phaih Yean, KL....



1957 - Penang Branch Manager - I am not even born yet

1963 - Guess right Brickfields Office

From Mr Lee Chee Poo, KL....

From Mr Ngiam Chong Choy, KL....

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Do  you recognize anyone in these photos???

Calling all Nestlé Retirees

Can you still remember how you or your colleagues look like 15, 20 or 30 years ago?

I am sure you have many photos taken during your working life in Nestlé. When you look at them now, you still have that joy but mixed feelings of those fun and happy moments. These are memories that you always treasured. Why don't you to share this sweet memory with the rest of the Nestlé family? The good old days…
                 

MNRA would like to create a digital photo gallery to showcase your contributions which represents your best moments working with Nestlé.. we call this….  “My best moment in Nestlé”

A pictorial exhibition of our working life in Nestlé, that is also filled with fun and joy.

What we need from you.

1. Pick out 1 to 2 photos from your album, which you think represents your best moments in Nestlé.
2. The photo can be of any theme such as a group photo, from a Nestlé event, an outing, Nestlé  Supermeet etc
3. At least one person in the photo MUST be a Nestlé retiree, but not necessary a MNRA member. As such, existing Nestlé Employee can also submit.
4. Write a caption on EACH photo submitted.
5. Photo can be in color or black & white.
6. Photo to be send in digital .jpg format.

How to send to MNRA?

You may send the photos in .jpg format as attachment to MNRA e-gallery coordinator below.

 Please provide the following details:
      2.1 Name........
      2.2 Contact no. .......
      2.3 Names of Retirees in the photo
      2.4 The Caption, in not more than 15 words, for EACH photo.
   
      Email to MNRA e-gallery coordinator, Lee Chee Poo
      at cpl_bgc@yahoo.com

      Subject: MNRA e-gallery

All photos received will be published in our blog.


LAST day to receive your entries:    31st Aug 2015.

Stepping Forward Walk for Wellnesss - 8th August 2015

Zumba, cook and play at Stepping Forward Walk for Wellness 

 

By Leong Ming Chee

Happy Faces of Retirees

 

Close to 150 MNRA members and their families in their sports shoes did the zumba , dancing to the tune of New York , New York , songs from Mama Mia and many more . A cloudy sat morning on 8th Augsut 2015 was perfect for this event, joined by Mr Alois Hofbauer and Puan Zainun Abdul Rauf.

 

After the warming up exercise, we started the walk round the Taman Jaya lake  T followed by cooling down exercise and then breakfast served by MILO, NESTLE Breakfast Cereals and MAGGI sampling vans. Before too long, we had MAGGI Nasi Goreng contest where all participants tried their skills as  Masterchefs and telematches requiring accurate aiming, balancing, speed skills in order to secure some prizes.

 

 

Our thanks specially to Nestlé Management and all the Businesses who contributed generously with their product samples for our goody bags.

 

More photos......

 

 

 

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MNRA Newsletter - 2015 July

1st July 2015

Dear Members 

They say time flies as one gets older and indeed we are experiencing that now. Six months have gone by so quickly.
Nonetheless, we are all still active in our daily lives and many young at heart.

Going into it’s 3rd term since it started, MNRA will continue to live on, if more or all of its members participate and take an interest in the meetings and activities. Without your participation, it will be nothing.  Therefore, we call out to you to take part in our activities for 2015.

As a start, we wish to report our activities till end June 2015.

1.   Welcoming the New Year 2015 and the Year of the Goat

The biggest ever turnout of 153 people for Sunday Lunch cum Hi Tea at Armada Hotel on 25th Jan 2015,with Ms Uzma Qaiser Butt - Group HR Director, Encik Adnan Pawanteh - Production Director  and Mr Kumaran Nowuram - Sales Director, in attendance. With some persuasion, we managed to get a few newcomers who are members but have never turned up for any of our  previous activities. This was a wonderful occasion for all to catch up over a fantastic buffet spread comprising of local delights ranging from Malay, Chinese, Indian, Western, Vegetarian and all sorts of tempting desserts. Thanks go to Messrs Tan Ghee Cheow and Choy Tsoi Fook  (ex Food Services) who helped organize the “Thumbs Up” Buffet.

2.   MNRA 5th AGM welcomes a New Committee for a New Term (2015-2017)

Held on 11th March 2015, some 54 members attended this important meeting as elections for a new committee took place. Mr Alois Hofbauer – Managing Director  and Ms Uzma Qaiser Butt – Group Human Resource Director graced the occasion giving us good news of an increased financial support of RM 10,000 and updated on how Pension Fund was being managed. Ms Uzma also confirmed that any changes to the pension fund will not affect current pensioners. 

The new MNRA Management Committee 2015-2017 elected are as follows:

President                                Ms Leong Ming Chee 012 3953260
Vice President                        En Ariffin Buranudeen 012 3360022
Honorary Secretary                Ms Lau Phaih Yean                 012 2340811
Asst Secretary                        Ms Teoh Gim Eong          012 3093171
Treasurer                                Mr Lim Ho Choy        012 3632033
Committee                              Mr Lee Chee Poo          012 3158922
Committee                              Mr Chong Min Sin     012 3795217
Committee                              Mr Freddie Kuah Cheng Hock 012 3159114
Committee                              Mr Rama Rao          016 7779456
Committee                              Ms Yang Kalsom Omar 012 3046048
Committee                              Ms Zaiton Mohamad 012 3158851

The members appointed Mr Leong Kok Way and Mr Loke Woh Kam as Honorary Auditors.

Please log into http://mynestleretiree.blogspot.com  to access MNRA 5th AGM - Minutes of the Meeting.

3. MNRA in the Region

• MNRA East Coast 1st Anniversary Lunch on 12th April 2015 attended by En Ariffin Buranudeen, Simon Toh, Rosman Abd Rahim, Abd, Halim Mohammed, Cher Ah Chat, 
And Sum Kun Ping. 

• MNRA Malacca  at Restaurant L.T.P on  7th June 2015, attended by Lim Ho Choy and Malacca Retirees.

• MNRA Johore Bahru on 13th June 2015 celebrating the birthdays of En Rahman Mansor and  Cheah Tiam Chye with their favourite Tiramisu Cake. During this occasion they took the opportunity to elect a new Chairman Kee Lek King and Secretary En Kadar bin Ahmad. Congratulation to both of them. We wish to take this opportunity to thank outgoing Chairman Mr Yeap Siew Lim and En Rahman Mansor for taking the lead in the past 2 years and for organizing the get-togethers with the Members in JB. Well done.

We hope that Penang and Sarawak will also organize their get-together soon. 
In the case of Sarawak, it is hoped that we could have one in Miri for a change. This is to be confirmed.

4. MNRA EGM held on 30th April 2015

A successful EGM to pass resolution on the changes made to the Constitution and also to have Members pass a Resolution to have an MNRA representative on the Board of Trustees for the Pension Fund. A copy of the Minutes is found on our blog . Please log into http://mynestleretiree.blogspot.com.

5. Coming Activities and Events 

(a) Stepping Forward Walk for Wellness 8th August 2015

After a lapse of 1 year, we are now bringing back this popular activity. This time to avoid the raining season we have scheduled this to be on 

Date : Saturday 8th August 2015
Time : 7.00 – 10.30am
Venue : Taman Jaya, Petaling Jaya.

Please goto the blog page to see programme for the morning and registration form for you and your families/friends. Closing date is on 31st July 2015.

(b) Nestlé Retirees Hi Tea organized by Group Corporate Affairs

This is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday 13th October2015. More updates from Group Corporate Affairs. NOTE : THIS EVENT IS NOT ORGANISED BY MNRA.

6. Dialogue with Nestlé Management June 2015

MNRA continues to have dialogue with Nestlé Management. The President and Vice President  have regular meetings with Ms Uzma Qaiser Butt – Group HR Director. We have in June started our dialogue with the CFO Mr Martin Krugel and Ms Uzma Qaiser Butt on issues relating to Pensioners. 

Following the EGM, MNRA wrote to Nestlé Management requesting for representation on the Pension Fund Board of Trustees. The Management is of the view that there is no need for MNRA involvement on the Pension Fund Board but is open to have collaborative communication with MNRA. The President accepts the suggestion for the time being and hopes that open communication will benefit both parties.

It is also confirmed that there will be a small adjustment effective July 2015 and Nestlé will issue a letter to all Pensioners.

Other issues taken up with the Management will be communicated in due course:

- Booklet on Pension Scheme and what are the benefits for the beneficiaries.
- Request for a Townhall Meeting for Pensioners to explain the above or Q&A session.

7. My Best Moments in Nestlé

Once Nestlé always Nestlé is what we all say. We never fail to reminise all the old times, taking out photos to show each other. Social media has changed the way we communicate with each other….first it is only a text message , then Whatsapp, WeChat, Line and recently friends are communicating with each other on Telegram. The number of old photos which appear is tremendous, bringing happy and emotional moments as we appreciate these photos.

For this we are starting a project headed by Lee Chee Poo, calling all to send in “My Best Moments in Nestle” and I am sure it is not one or two but many. See the Blog page for more details and we look forward to viewing these and will publish on our blog.

In closing, we take this opportunity to wish all our Muslim friends  and Families “Selamat Berbuka Puasa and Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri”. Have a great celebration.


                                  
Ms Leong Ming Chee Lau Phaih Yean

President Hon. Secretary