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At Bytes Document Solutions, we believe that our people are our most important asset. We value the diversity in our people and we understand the benefits of having a workforce that is representative of the people we serve. We will continue to transform and our diversity will remain a moral imperative and a business and competitive advantage supported by:
- Our long standing commitment to maintaining an inclusive and progressive workplace that values all ways of thinking, cultural differences and new perspectives.
- Our 2009/2010 achievement of Level 2 Score (89.98%) BBBEE (dti scorecard).
- Our high BBBEE rating in the areas of ownership, socio-development, procurement and skills development.
- Our compliance with the dti's code of good practise and the Level 2 Plus Value –Adding Enterprise status allows customers to claim R156.25 for every R100 spent with the company towards their own BBBEE preferential procurement score.
- The full support of Xerox in its broad-based black economic empowerment efforts.
- Our people empowerment – Ursula Burns recently became the first black woman to head up a major listed corporation in the US. In addition, Xerox has been named as one of the most diverse corporations in the world, and one of the best in terms of employing women.
- LaserCom has a Level 2 Contributor and Value-Adding Supplier status.
South African Awards Earned
- 2005 Bytes Document Solutions wins the Altron Group award for transformation.
- 2006 Bytes Document Solutions is ranked 4th by the Financial Mail as the most empowered company in the ICT sector and 10th as the most empowered company.
- 2009 LaserCom wins the Altron BBBEE Award for Most Improved Company.
- 2010 LaserCom wins the Altron BBBEE Award for Most Improved Company.
Skills Development
Skills development remains a key priority for us at Bytes. 3% of payroll is invested to ensure the development of our workforce. The following initiatives further support our skills development strategy:
- Our study aid programme, which encourages employees to develop themselves.
- Assistance with school fees for the children of low income employees.
Socio-Economic development
- We continue to score full marks (BBBEE) for social economic development and enterprise development by supporting black-empowered companies that we established as far back as 1999.
Preferential Procurement
- Preferential procurement in terms of supporting small black and black women-owned businesses remains a key priority.
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