Best tea harvesters tour India

Finlays launched a new programme recently to identify the best performing “tea harvesters” in 2009. The Six best harvesters were chosen from the two companies Hapugastenna and Udapussellawa plantations and were given an all expenses paid tour to Munnar, India.
This programme was launched to recognize the valuable contribution by the trained tea harvesters and aptly named “best tea harvester of the year competition”. The system was implemented in all our 26 estates and employees were made aware of the system through the estate Managers.
The competition was carried out across all the 26 Finlays tea estates. The best tea harvester from each estate was selected according to number of kilos and the quality of tea leaves plucked for the entire year. The competition was narrowed down until the best six harvesters were chosen. On arrival, up to departure from India Finlays has given them a memorable event for their lives.
On behalf of Naresh Ratwatte the Chairman of Finlays Tea Estates Sri Lanka who initiated this concept, Head of HR Ranil Kapugeekiyana Finlays Tea Estates Sri Lanka talking about the initiative said “the group has always believed that the success of their organization is its people. We have been blessed with a well committed and disciplined work force, this programme will continue further, which will help to build the morale of the workforce & help to make them feel comfortable within the organization”.
Throughout the competition, all internal quality controls were maintained as usual to make sure that the emphasis on ‘quality’ was the main objective.