Effective: September 2020

SPIRIT OF EMPLOYEE REFERRAL

At Wipro, we believe that you are the best source for identifying and attracting competent
employees like yourself and we will greatly value your contribution to our success and we
believe in rewarding employee participation.

Every candidate referred by you, should have in spirit, word and action, the integrity we
emphasize as an organization. It is the quality of employees like you that makes WIPRO a
leading Employer of Choice.

Compromising on the authenticity of the candidate is not an option. It is essential that you as a
stakeholder provide the right applicant who is also known to you personally.

1. SCOPE
This policy describes Wipro LTD. & Wipro DOP directives as a part of the Employee Referral
Program for all employees at the time of referring external candidates for employment at
Wipro LTD. & Wipro DOP across all global locations and functions. This ER policy supersedes
all previous versions.

2. PURPOSE
This Policy document is prepared to have a set of uniform criterion for Wipro’s Global
Employee Referral Program. The parameters outlined in the Program provide directives to
employees of all countries unless exceptions are required for legal or country specific reasons.
Exceptions and deviations from the Global Policy must be approved by the Business Unit Head
& Head TA/ Head Leadership Hiring/Head TA DOP
It provides an opportunity to collaborate with our competent employees & encourage them in
referring dynamic people, thereby rewarding their contribution in attracting new talent to the
organization.

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3. ELIGIBILITY, TERMS & CONDITIONS
A) EMPLOYEE ELIGIBLITY

 All permanent employees (including employees on probation) of Wipro Ltd & its
acquired companies across all geographical locations shall be able to participate in the
referral program and refer external candidates for full time positions that are notified
through the Wiplinks portal under this scheme periodically.
 All the WASE / WISTA members shall also be eligible to participate in this program.
 Prospective employees who have received formal offer of employment through the e-
Recruitment Application, Application tracking system (ATS) of Wipro LTD. and are yet to
join shall also be eligible to refer through candidate desktop.
 All employees including trainees & retainers on the rolls of Wipro DOP are covered
under this policy. However, this policy does not apply to the employees of the following
groups for their referrals joining in Wipro DOP:
TABLE 1
Group Wipro DOP
Retainers Eligible
HR & WMG Not Eligible
TA / SLH Not Eligible
HRSS Aligned to TA / SLH Not Eligible
Band D2 and above Not Eligible
Contractors Not Eligible
*Table is with reference to DOP eligibility

B) APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY (who can be referred)

• Employees can refer Friends, Relatives or Ex-colleagues (known personally prior to

referral).
• Candidates can be referred to any suitable job requisition.
• Candidates can be referred to multiple job requisitions based on their suitability.
• A candidate’s resume cannot be referred to the same requisition through different
sources.
Note:
 A profile referred will be valid and eligible for referral bonus only till the life of the
referred job requisition and only when the profile is hired for the referred job requisition.
 In case multiple resumes of a candidate is found tagged to a single requisition, source
through which the resume entered the system first shall be considered; resumes through
other sources shall be treated as duplicate and invalid.

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C) REFERRING FORMER EMPLOYEES

Former employees of Wipro Ltd. can be referred to a suitable opening at Wipro LTD.

*Former employees can be referred only after 6 months of their leaving Wipro.

D) EMPLOYEE REFERRAL POLICY DIRECTIVES ON THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS

• The referring employee shall not be a part of the recruiting process for the relevant
role and shall not influence the selection of the referred candidate, to ensure a fair,
independent and equal selection process.
• No Mock interviews/ readiness should be conducted by Employees
• The referring employee must have personal knowledge of the candidate he or she is
referring. An unsolicited resume sent to an employee by a candidate who the
employee does not know is not considered a referral.
• Candidates from organizations with whom Wipro LTD. has an active no-poach
agreement OR is a part of Wipro’s Do Not Hire list, shall not be considered for
employment with Wipro LTD.
• To be eligible for employee referral bonus, the candidate must be hired through the
referred job requisition on which the employee has referred the candidate through
Wiplinks portal.
• Candidates are to disclose any experience in Own/Relative/Spouse Owned firm

E) ELIGIBILITY REFERRAL BENEFIT PAYOUT

An employee shall be considered eligible for referral payout only if all the following
conditions are met:

With respect to WT referrals;

 If a referred candidate is selected by Wipro WT & joins Wipro WT, the referred
candidates must have more than or equal to 3 years (36 months) of relevant experience
at the time of offer for the employee to be eligible for referral bonus according to TABLE
2 below.
With respect to DOP referrals;
If a referred candidate is selected by Wipro DOP & joins Wipro DOP, referral bonus will
be paid according to the TABLE 3,4,5,6(a)& 6(b) (DOP) below.

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 With respect to WT & DOP referrals;
 Resumes are submitted online through Wiplinks on MyWipro/ referral Link, for offshore
/onsite referrals.
 Referred candidate should be personally known to the employee prior to referral.
 The amount for the referral benefits would be as per the policy, any special incentives
schemes would be communicated through Wiplinks/Employee Referral Mailers that are
sent based on business requirements and on the Wiplinks portal.
 The background verification process for the referred candidate shall be clear of any
discrepancies. No referral benefit will be disbursed if the referred candidate fails the
background verification process.
 The referred employee and the newly joined employee should be on the rolls of Wipro
Ltd. at the time of payment of Referral Bonus.
 Referral bonus will be applicable to the employees based on their BU/DU/SL/SF and role
at the time of referring the candidate.

Note:
 In case the referrer is in notice period at the time when the referred candidate joins,
referral bonus will be paid along with Full & Final Settlement, if pending. In case of an
employee whose full & final settlement is also closed, Wipro does not take the
responsibility of making this payment in any other manner. Any exceptions will need to
be discussed with HRSS & Hiring Employee referral team.
 Any referral payout to employees, for candidates joining after the policy revision shall be
as per the latest version of the policy active.

F) NON-ELIGIBILITY REFERRAL BENEFIT PAYOUT

With respect to WT referrals;

• Employees in Human Resource (HR), Talent Acquisition (Technical Recruitment
Team & Strategic Recruitment Team), WMG team, Reporting Managers (L1 and L2),
Human Resource Shared Services (HRSS) aligned to any recruitment process and
Career Band E are not eligible for the referral benefits, but can refer prospective
candidates through Wiplinks subject to satisfying all the criteria stated in clause 3A.
• Contract, Contract to hire & retainers are not eligible for referral bonus.
• Candidates joined as Contract and Hired later will not be covered under referral
program.
• Referral benefits are not eligible for referring a fresher and campus hires unless
stated in the referral campaign.
With respect to DOP referrals;
• Referring campus hires is not eligible & for eligibility details please refer TABLE 1 in
clause 3A

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 With respect to DOP & WT referrals;
• Candidates who are sourced from portals/databases, walk-ins, resumes directly
received from unknown candidates and personally not known to the employee
cannot be referred or attract referral benefits.
• Resumes shared over mails will not be eligible for referral bonus payouts.
• Resumes hired through/for different requisition other than the referred requisition
will not be eligible for referral bonus. No source change shall be considered.
• Resumes uploaded in the Wiplinks general database & not against a specific
requisition will not be eligible for referral payout in case the same candidate is hired
for any job requisition.
• Inviting candidates to upload their profiles on the career site directly, will not attract
referral benefits.

Note:
In case an employee who is on contract with Wipro LTD. is referred to a job requisition and is
hired through the same job requisition; the referred employee will be eligible for referral bonus
subject to satisfying all the criteria stated in CLAUSE 3.
In case the resume is in Contract to hire process for the referred requisition, the referral resume
will be invalid and contract to hiring process will take place as per process.

4. EMPLOYEE REFERRAL POLICY DIRECTIVES ON RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Employees can view current job opportunities at Wipro LTD. on Wiplinks, accessible
through MyWipro and refer a candidate against the current openings available.
MyWipro is accessible to Wipro LTD. Employees through mywipro.wipro.com
PATH >> MyWipro >>Business Application>> Employee referrals >>Wiplinks.
Post employee uploads a profile an email will be triggered to the candidate with the link
for the referred job requisition to complete his/her application; once candidate
completes this process only then it would be considered as a valid referral resume.

5. REFERRAL BENEFITS – with respect to WT

a) THE REFERRAL SCHEME

For every candidate joining WT through Employee Referral Program, the employee referring
the candidate is eligible for the benefits, as per the matrix given below only.

The principles for referral scheme applicability and payout are as follows:

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 • The currency of payment will depend on the payroll location of the referring employee
at the time of disbursement of the referral benefits.
• Exchange rate conversion applicable in the month of disbursement of referral benefits
would be applicable.
• Referral Bonus will be applicable as per the joining location of the candidates.
• The bonus payout grid for hires on FTE basis shall be equivalent to the respective band’s
payout grid (TABLE 2)

b) REFERRAL BENEFITS STANDARD SCHEME

TABLE 2

OFFSHORE
COUNTRY CURRENCY A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2 D1,D2
A3/TRB B3
INDIA INR NA 10000 20000 30000

ONSITE
COUNTRY CURRENCY A1, A2, A3/TRB B1/ B2,B3 C1, C2 D1,D2
APAC

AUSTRALIA USD NA 360 1080 1440

CHINA USD NA 240 480 720
JAPAN USD NA 800 1600 2400
INDONESIA USD NA 150 300 440
KOREA USD NA 220 440 650
MALAYSIA USD NA 150 300 500
SINGAPORE USD NA 570 1100 1700
THAILAND USD NA 200 400 560
PHILIPPINES USD NA 210/ 420 630 900

BANGLADESH USD NA 140 280 430

TAIWAN USD 150 240 480 720
AMERICAS

USA USD NA 1500 2000 3000

ARGENTINA USD NA 150 200 250

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 BRAZIL USD NA 200 270 330
MEXICO USD NA 270 330 450
CHILE USD NA 210 280 350
COLOMBIA USD NA 190 260 320
EMEA

UNITED KINGDOM USD NA 1140 1600 2200

EUROPEAN UNION USD NA 960 1280 1900
POLAND* USD NA 400 960 1280
ROMANIA* USD NA 400 960 1280
AFRICA USD NA 497/ 710 850 1060
TURKEY USD NA 140 280 430
KSA / UAE USD NA 205 340 545
* For Poland and Romania service desk hiring for band A3, B1 and B2 referral bonus will be as
per the below table:
Band (USD)
Employee Referral Bonus
A3 B1 B2
French, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, Russian 170 284 350
Bulgarian, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovak, Czech, Greek, Polish, Arabic, 227 340 400
Turkish
Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hebrew, Chinese, German, Norwegian, Swedish, , Brazilian 340 400 460
Portuguese
For other skill hiring, referral bonus will be paid as per Table 1

c) REFERRAL PAYOUT PROCESSING (WT)

• Referral payment processing will take place along with the payroll processing.
• Offshore (India) referral payout processing: Payment to the referring employee will be
processed along with the payroll in the same month if the referred candidate joins on or
before the 20th day of the month. If the referred candidate joins after the 20 th day of the
month then the payment will be processed along with the subsequent month’s payroll.
• US referral payout processing: referral benefits will be processed along with the payroll
in pay-cycle 2.
• Other GEOs payout processing: referral benefit will be processed in the subsequent
month after the joining of the referred candidate.
• All Referral Payouts and Benefits are taxable as per the prevailing tax rates in the
country of payment. Taxes will be deducted at source as per the prevailing laws, and the
balance will be paid.

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 • In deputation cases, where-in the referred candidate is deputed to a long term onsite
location, the referral benefits to the referring employee will be processed basis the
onsite scheme.
• Any special benefits or prizes over and above the regular benefits will also attract taxes
as applicable by law of the country of payment.
• If the referring employee is on net salary model, the referral bonus will be processed
after the statutory deductions (Tax, social security etc.)
• Instances of delay in receiving incentive / incorrect payout etc. need to be intimated to
the Wiplinks SPOC by 10th of the current month so that arrears can be included in the
payout for that month. Else they will be treated in the next month’s payout

6. REFERRAL BENEFITS – with respect to DO& P

For every candidate joining Wipro DOP through Employee Referral Program, the employee
referring the candidate is eligible for the benefits, as per the matrix given below only.
The principles for referral scheme applicability and payout are as follows:

• The currency of payment will depend on the payroll location of the referring employee
at the time of disbursement of the referral benefits.
• Exchange rate conversion applicable in the month of disbursement of referral benefits
would be applicable.
• Referral Bonus will be applicable as per the joining location of the candidates.
• At the time of eligibility of payment, if the employee is on a short-term onsite
assignment on B1 / Business Visa or equivalent, employee referral payment will be
processed only after his / her return to India

a) The Amount for AA referrals in Support Functions, Domestic process & B1 & above
referrals in Operations & Support Functions will be as per table below:

TABLE 3

Regular
*Payment
BAND CANDIDATE LEVEL Referral
timelines
Reward
In DOP: Senior Executive/Team Leaders,
B1 to Band E Assistant Managers, Deputy Manager, Manager, Rs.10,000 Post 90 days
AVP, GM, VP in Operations / Support Functions
AA Executive in Support Function Rs.4,000 Post 90 days

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 Team Members, Executives, Associates (Voice,
Over 6
AA Transaction & Domain) for International Rs.6,000
months
Processes
Team Members, Executives, Associates (Email, Over 6
AA Rs.3,500
Chat, Back-office) for International Processes months
Team Members, Executives, Associates Over 6
AA (Revised) Rs.3,500
(Domestic Voice processes) months
Team Members, Executives, Associates (Domestic
AA Non Rs.1,000 Post 90 days
Voice processes)
Retainer joining in Operation (Voice, Transaction Over 2
Retainer Rs.1,000
& Domain) for International Processes months

b) Payout for Wipro HR Services –

TABLE 4

Regular
*Payment
BAND Domain / Business Alignment Referral
timelines
Reward
Post 90
Band AA All Businesses Rs. 5,000
days
Health and Wealth Solutions (HWS) / Payroll & Cloud Post 90
Band B1 Rs. 5,000
(P&C) days
Technology/Finance/HR/Corporate communication/HR & Post 90
Band B1 Rs. 10,000
Legal days
Band B2 to Post 90
All Businesses Rs. 25,000
Band B3 days
Band C1 to Post 90
All Businesses Rs. 50,000
Band E days

c) REFERRAL PAYOUT PROCESSING (DOP)

 Full incentive amount for referral joining for B1 & above levels will be paid only after the
candidates completion of 90 days
 Complete Incentive amount for referral joining for all WHRS hires would be paid only after
the candidate’s completion of 90 days
 The payout for AA level Support Function and Domestic Non Voice referral joining will be
one final payout after candidates completion of 90 days

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 Payment timelines pertain to the Wipro DOP incentive payout cycle, the cut- off date is
revised to 15th of each month (for all employee referral joining w.e.f. 1st January 2012
onwards)
 Wef 31-Mar-2018, For B2+ BANDs Joiners under DOP, No Hiring Manager & their
respective Hierarchy Up will be eligible for Referral Payouts. This change is irrespective
whether Hiring Manager was a Panelist in the same interview or not.
 Instances of delay in receiving incentive / incorrect payout etc. need to be intimated to the
Wiplinks Location SPOC by 10th of the current month so that arrears can be included in the
payout for that month. Else they will be treated in the next month’s payout

Payout regulations for AA International referral joining:

▪ The amount earned for a AA level referral in International Voice / TP / Domain /
Non Voice and Domestic Voice process will be disbursed in 6 installments
▪ The amount will be paid as per below schemes (unless mentioned otherwise)
provided the candidate is active at the time of upload
TABLE 5
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Scheme
month month month month month month
Amount
payout payout payout payout payout payout

3500 1000 500 500 500 500 500

6000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

12000 1000 1000 1000 3000 3000 3000

15000 1000 1000 1000 4000 4000 4000

18000 2000 2000 2000 4000 4000 4000

• The Process classification of International Voice / Transaction / Domain / Non

Voice can be obtained from the location Talent Acquisition team or the Referral
SPOC, generally picked up from Process Cost Code details
• Joining data considered for current months payout cycle will be from 16th of
previous month to 15th of current month (from January 2012 onwards)
• No incentive will be paid when the candidate or the source is / has absconded for
the month
• If the source has been paid the incentive for the absconding period, Organization is
liable to recover the amount paid to the source in F &F

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Few examples are listed below for clarity on the referral reward disbursement for Employee
(referrals w.r.t DOP):

Candidate joining in an International Voice / Transaction / Domain Process

TABLE 6 (a)
th
Candidate DOJ: 14 September Candidate DOJ: 16th September

Payout Amount Paid to Payout Amount Paid to

Month Month
September 1000 Employee October 1000 Employee

October 1000 Employee November 1000 Employee

November 1000 Employee December 1000 Employee

December 1000 Employee January 1000 Employee

January 1000 Employee February 1000 Employee

February 1000 Employee March 1000 Employee

Candidate joining in an International Non Voice / Back office or Domestic Voice Process
TABLE 6 (b)
th
Candidate DOJ: 14 September Candidate DOJ: 16th September

Payout Amount Paid to Payout Amount Paid to

Month Month
September 1000 Employee October 1000 Employee

October 500 Employee November 500 Employee

November 500 Employee December 500 Employee

December 500 Employee January 500 Employee

January 500 Employee February 500 Employee

February 500 Employee March 500 Employee

7. REFERRAL BENEFITS PROMOTIONAL SCHEME

Any promotional scheme, run from time to time specific to a Business Unit or geography or
any other similar types would be announced through Wiplinks Referral mailers. The benefits
and conditions of the scheme would apply. All Special Referral plans have to be approved by
the TA/GSHR/ TA DOP head prior to the launch.

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8. RECOVERY REFERRAL PAYOUT

• Termination of the referred candidate owing to discrepancy in background verification

will result in recovery of the paid referral amount from the salary of the referring
employee.
• No recovery of referral bonus on exit of the referred candidate
• Any deviation, which results in conflict of interest as detailed under the standard Code
of Business Conduct of Wipro LTD., will make the referral claim invalid and will be
recovered if already paid.
• In case of any dispute, the decision of the Head TA / Head Global Strategic Hiring / Head
TA- DOP/ Employee referral team will be final.

8. VALIDITY OF EMPLOYEE REFERRAL APPLICATIONS

The retention period for Employee Referral Applications is only till the life of the referred
requisitions for all lateral positions, once the requisition is closed employee can upload the
same profile to another suitable requisition.

9. EXCLUSIONS

Talent Market Place & iMarketScape: Talent Market Place & Imarketscape are internal job
posting program for employees to apply to various job opportunities within Wipro.
Referring external candidates to requirements published in Talent Market Place &
iMarketScape without going through the WipLinks process is not considered a successful
referral for employee referral benefit.
For more information employees can visit myWipro>> App store >> Career >>
Imarketscape/ Talent Marketplace.

PROCESS OWNER

The prime process owner of this policy in terms of policy execution shall be Wiplinks Team
(GSHR,TA & DOP)/ Head- Global Strategic Hiring/ Head TA/ Head TA DOP.

CONTACTS

Resolution of any disputes associated with Employee Referral will be undertaken solely by the
Employee Referral Team. If necessary, the Referral Team will take the consensus of the Head-
TA/Head Global Strategic Hiring/ Head TA DOP. All decisions taken will be final.

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POLICY DOCUMENT REVISION

This Employee Referral Program policy would be subject to regular modifications and revisions
as and when the need is identified. The policy document and all its directives as applicable
stated therein and uploaded onto the Wiplinks portal shall be considered as current and valid.

REVISION HISTORY
VERSION DATE OF REVISION DESCRIPTION OF REASON FOR CHANGE APPROVED BY
(1.2) CHANGE
1.2 14-MAR-2016 Defined Policy Scope This helps in describing
the major objectives.

14-MAR-2016 Inclusion of no poach -

agreement under
Eligibility,
Terms & Conditions
14-MAR-2016 Inclusion of ER To Define the current
Procedure employee referral
process clearly
14-MAR-2016 Inclusion of Process To describe who owns
Owner the Policy execution Dimple Vijayvergia/ Ajay
Parikh
14-MAR-2016 Exclusion of Post This program has been
Offer Referral separately defined as it
Program from Policy is not applicable for
document employees but is
applicable only for WT
offered candidates

14-MAR-2016 Rationalization of Clarity in processing

referral scheme w.r.t referral benefits
GEOs

14-MAR-2016 Exclusion of Outdated data

applicability dates for
ER benefits
under different GEOs

14-MAR-2016 Inclusion of referral To encourage referrals

benefits for referring of former employees
Ex-Wipro Employees

14-MAR-2016 Referral Benefits will To expedite the

be processed in the payments to employees
same month when
the candidate joins

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14-MAR-2016 Introduction of
additional benefits for
referring women
14-MAR-2016 Benefits payout for
deputation cases-
payout scheme
changed from offshore
to onsite.
14-MAR-2016 The referral scheme for
processing referral
benefits will be basis
the joining location of
the referred candidate
15-MAR-2016 Referral Portal link
15-MAR-2016 Inclusion of referral
benefits for referring
Ex-Wipro
Employees
17-NOV-2017 Recovery of referral
amount to take place
only if the referring
employee
be active in the system
1-DEC-2018 Inclusion of Taiwan
referral benefits
*Effective from
1-DEC-2018
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To attract women
workforce towards
sustained diversity
Deputation cases
payout to be as per
joining location of the
candidate.
Standardization of
payout terms
Correction in referral
portal link mentioned.
Elizabeth George/
To encourage referrals Meghali Bhatia
of former employees
Clarity in processing Vishwas Deep/ Meghali
referral benefits Bhatia
Clarity in processing Vishwas Deep/ Ganesh
referral benefits Kuppuswamy
1-DEC-2018 The bonus payout grid Clarity in processing Vishwas Deep/ Ganesh
for hires on FTE basis referral benefits Kuppuswamy
shall be equivalent to
the respective band’s
payout grid

*Effective from

1-DEC-2018

1-MAY-2019 No recovery of referral Clarity in processing Vishwas Deep/ Ganesh

bonus on exit of the referral benefits Kuppuswamy
referred candidate

*Effective from

1-MAY-2019

1-JUN-2019 Inclusion of Clarity in processing Vishwas Deep/ Ganesh

Bangladesh referral referral benefits Kuppuswamy
benefits

*Effective from

1-JUN-2019
October 2019 No additional benefits
for referring women
*Effective From : 1st
December
To recognize the Vishwas Deep
employee referring
women employees in
different Forum

October 2019 Inclusion of Reporting To ensure clarity and Vishwas Deep

Manager both L1 and accountability for the
L2 to the Non-eligibility employee referral
referral benefit payout benefit payout.
(Section F)

*Effective From : 1st

December

January 2020 Inclusion of Clarity in processing Vishwas Deep

Turkey referral benefits referral benefits

*Effective from

1-FEB-2020

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 April 2020 Exceptions and Clarity in processing Vishwas Deep
deviations from the referral benefits
Global Policy must be
approved by the
Business Unit Head &
Head TA.

*Effective from

15- APR-2020

Inclusion & Changes in policy due to change to ATS & Alignment of WT & DO & P Employee
Referral Policy.

REASON
VERSION DATE OF APPROVED
DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE FOR
2.0 REVISION BY
CHANGE
Before NOW
Effective: 1st April 2017 Effective:
September'2020
SPIRIT OF WIPLINKS SPIRIT OF EMPLOYEE
REFERRAL
SCOPE_This policy describes Wipro SCOPE_This policy
LTD. directives as a part of the describes Wipro LTD.

Change in ATS & Aligning WT & DO&P Policy

Employee Referral Program for all & Wipro DO&P
employees at the time of referring directives as a part of
external candidates for the Employee Referral
employment at Wipro LTD. across Program for all
all global locations and functions. employees at the time
This ER policy supersedes all of referring external
previous versions. candidates for
employment at Wipro
LTD. & Wipro DO&P
across all global
locations and
functions. This ER
policy supersedes all
previous versions.
PURPOSE_Global Policy must be PURPOSE_Global
approved by the Business Unit Policy must be
Head & Head TA approved by the
Business Unit Head &
Head TA/ Head
Leadership
Hiring/Head DO&P

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EMPLOYEE ELIGIBILITY_ EMPLOYEE
ELIGIBILITY_
• All permanent
employees (including
employees on
probation) of Wipro
Ltd & its acquired
companies across all
geographical locations
shall be able to
participate in the
referral program and
refer external
candiadtes for full
time positions that
are notified through
the Wiplinks portal
under this scheme
periodically.
• All the WASE /
WISTA members shall
also be eligible to
participate in this
program.
• Prospective
employees who have
received formal offer
of employment
through the e-
Recruitment
Application,
Application tracking
system (ATS) of Wipro
LTD. and are yet to
join shall also be
eligible to refer
through candidate
desktop.
• All employees
including trainees &
retainers on the rolls
of Wipro DO&P are
covered under this
policy. However, this
policy does not apply
to the employees of
the following groups
for their referrals
joining in Wipro
DO&P:
Retainers
• Wipro Do&P –
Eligible
HR
• Wipro Do&P –
Eligible
TA / SLH
• Wipro Do&P – Not
Eligible
HRSS Aligned to TA /
SLH
• Wipro Do&P – Not
Eligible
Band D2 and above
• Wipro Do&P – Not
Eligible

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 Contractors
• Wipro Do&P – Not
Eligible

APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY_ Candidates APPLICANT

whose resume is not already with ELIGIBILITY (who can
Wipro (in the recruitment be referred)
database) through any source. • Employees can refer
Friends, Relatives or
Ex-colleagues (known
personally prior to
referral).
• Candidates can be
referred to any
suitable job
requisition.
• Candidates can be
referred to multiple
job requisitions based
on their suitablity.
• A candidate’s
resume cannot be
referred to the same
requisition through
different sources
Note: If a profile referred by an Note: • A profile
employee is present in the synergy referred will be valid
through another source and is and eligible for
inactive (6 months) then only such referral bonus only till
referral will be treated as Employee the life of the referred
referral and the synergy source will job requisition and
be invalidated. only when the profile
is hired for the
referred job
requisition.
• In case multiple
resumes of a

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 candidate is found
tagged to a single
requisition, source
through which the
resume entered the
system first shall be
considered;resumes
through other sources
shall be treated as
duplicate and invalid
in case of referral.
REFERRING FORMER EMPLOYEES_ Removal of the
Their resumes can be re-posted process due to change
through the referral portal, select in ATS - ex employees
YES under the option is the can be referred after
candidate Wipro Ex- employee and 6 months of cooling
fill in the necessary information as period.
required in the WIPLINKS referral
portal
EMPLOYEE REFERRAL POLICY EMPLOYEE REFERRAL
DIRECTIVES ON THE RECRUITMENT POLICY DIRECTIVES
PROCESS _To be eligible for ON THE
employee referral bonus, candidate RECRUITMENT
has to confirm employee as his PROCESS_
referral source. No Mock Interviews /
Readiness should be
conducted by
Employees
To be eligible for
employee referral
bonus, the candidate
must be hired through
the referred job
requisition on which
the employee has
referred the candidate
through Wiplinks
portal.
• Candidates are to
disclose any
experience in
Own/Relative/Spouse
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ELIGIBILITY REFERRAL BENEFIT An employee shall be
PAYOUT considered eligible for
referral payout only if
all the following
conditions are met:
• Resumes are
submitted online
through Wiplinks on
MyWipro/ referral
Link, for offshore
/onsite referrals.
• Referred candidate
should be personally
known to the
employee prior to
referral.
• With respect to WT
referrals; If a referred
candidate is selected
by Wipro WT & joins
Wipro WT, the
referred candidates
must have more than
or equal to 3 years (36
months) of relevant
experience at the time
of offer for the
employee to be
eligible for referral
bonus according to
TABLE 2 below.
• With respect to
DO&P referrals; If a
referred candidate is
selected by Wipro
DOP & joins Wipro
DOP, referral bonus
will be paid according
to the table (DO&P)
below.
• The amount for the
referral benefits
would be as per the
policy, any special
incentives schemes
would be
communicated
through
Wiplinks/Employee
Referral Mailers that
are sent based on
business
requirements and on
the Wiplinks portal.
• The background
verification process
for the referred
candidate shall be
clear of any
discrepancies. No
referral benefit will be
disbursed if the
referred candidate
fails the background
verification process.
• The referred

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 employee and the
newly joined
employee should be
on the rolls of Wipro
Ltd. at the time of
payment of Referral
Bonus.
• Referral bonus will
be applicable to the
employees based on
their BU/DU/SL/SF
and role at the time of
referring the
candidate.
Note:
• In case the referrer
is in notice period at
the time when the
referred candidate
joins, referral bonus
will be paid along
with Full & Final
Settlement,if
pending. In case of an
employee whose full
& final settlement is
also closed, Wipro
does not take the
responsibility of
making this payment
in any other manner.
Any exceptions will
need to be discussed
with HRSS & Hiring
Employee referral
team
• Any referral payout
to employees, for
candidates joining
after the policy
revision shall be as
per the latest version
of the policy active.

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NON-ELIGIBILITY REFERRAL F) NON-ELIGIBILITY
BENEFIT PAYOUT REFERRAL BENEFIT
PAYOUT
• With respect to WT
referrals; Employees
in Human Resource
(HR), Talent
Acquisition (Technical
Recruitment Team &
Strategic Recruitment
Team), Reporting
Managers (L1 and L2),
Human Resource
Shared Servises
(HRSS) aligned to any
recruitment process
and Career Band E are
not eligible for the
referral benefits, but
can refer prospective
candidates through
Wiplinks subject to
satisfying all the
criteria stated in
clause 3A.
• With respect to
DO&P referrals;
Referring campus
hires is not eligible &
for eligibility details
please refer TABLE 1
in clause 3A
• Contract, Contract
to Hire & retainers are
not eligible for referral
bonus.
• Candidates joined as
Contract and Hired
later will not be
covered under referral
program.
• Inviting candidates
to upload their
profiles on the career
site directly, will not
attract referral
benefits.
• Candidates who are
sourced from
portals/databases,
walk-ins, resumes
directly received from
unknown candidates
and personally not
known to the
employee cannot be
referred or attract
referral benefits.
• With respect to WT
referrals; Referral
benefits are not
eligible for referring a
fresher and campus
hires unless stated in
the referral campaign.
• Resumes shared

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 over mails will not be
eligible for referral
bonus payouts.
• Resumes hired
through/for different
requisition other than
the referred
requistion will not be
eligible for referral
bonus.
• Resumes uploaded
in the Wiplinks
general database &
not against a specific
requisition will not be
eligible for referral
payout in case the
same candidate is
hired for any job
requisition.
Note:
In case an employee
who is on contract
with Wipro LTD. is
referred to a job
requisition and is
hired through the
same job requisition;
the referred
employee will be
eligible for referral
bonus subject to
satisfying all the
criteria stated in
CLAUSE 3.
In case the resume is
in Contract to Hire
process for the
referred requistion,
the referral resume
will be invalid and
contract to hiring
process will take
place as per process.
EMPLOYEE REFERRAL POLICY EMPLOYEE REFERRAL
DIRECTIVES ON RECRUITMENT POLICY DIRECTIVES
PROCESS_Employees can view ON RECRUITMENT
current job opportunities at Wipro PROCESS_Employees
LTD. on Wiplinks, accessible can view current job
through MyWipro and refer a opportunities at
candidate against the current Wipro LTD. on
openings available. Wiplinks, accessible
MyWipro is accessible to Wipro through MyWipro and
LTD. Employees through refer a candidate
mywipro.wipro.com if you are on against the current
Wipro network or through openings available.
http://gateway.wipro.com >> MyWipro is accessible
MyWipro >>Business Application>> to Wipro LTD.
Employee referrals >>WipLinks if Employees through
you are outside the Wipro network. mywipro.wipro.com
Also employee can refer through PATH >> MyWipro
https://synergy.wipro.com/wiplinks >>Business
once the employee refer, the Application>>
particular candidate has to confirm Employee referrals
the source while uploading his/her >>Wiplinks.
Post employee

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resume, failing to which referral uploads a profile an
will not be completed. email will be trigerred
to the candiadte with
the link for the
referred job
requistion to
complete his/her
application; once
candidate completes
this process only then
it would be
considered as a valid
referral resume.

THE REFERRAL SCHEME (WT)_The THE REFERRAL

currency of payment will depend SCHEME (WT)_The
on the payroll location of the currency of payment
employee at the time of will depend on the
disbursement of the referral payroll location of the
benefits. referring employee at
the time of
disbursement of the
referral benefits.
THE REFERRAL SCHEME THE REFERRAL
(WT)_Payout will be done as per SCHEME (WT)_
the candidate joining location. Referral Bonus will be
applicable as per the
joining location of the
candidates
REFERRAL PAYOUT PROCESSING REFERRAL PAYOUT
(WT) PROCESSING (WT)
• Referral payment processing will • Referral payment
take place along with the payroll processing will take
processing. place along with the
• Offshore payout processing: payroll processing.
Payment to the referring employee • Offshore (India)
will be processed along with the referral payout
payroll in the same month if the processing: Payment
referred candidate joins on or to the referring
before the 20th day of the month. employee will be
If the referred candidate joins after processed along with
the 20th day of the month then the the payroll in the
payment will be processed along same month if the
with the subsequent month’s referred candidate
payroll. joins on or before the
• Onsite payout processing: For 20th day of the
onsite cases the referral benefits month. If the referred
will be processed along with the candidate joins after
payroll in pay-cycle 2. the 20th day of the
• All Referral Payouts and Benefits month then the
are taxable as per the prevailing tax payment will be
rates in the country of payment. processed along with
Taxes will be deducted at source as the subsequent
per the prevailing laws, and the month’s payroll.
balance will be paid. • US referral payout
• In deputation cases, where-in the processing: Onsite
referred candidate is deputed to a payout processing:
long term onsite location, the referral benefits will
referral benefits to the referring be processed along
employee will be processed basis with the payroll in
the onsite scheme. pay-cycle 2.
• Any special benefits or prizes over • Other GEOs payout
and above the regular benefits will processing: referral
benefit will be

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also attract taxes as applicable by processed in the
law of the country of payment. subsequent month
after the joining of the
referred candidate.
• All Referral Payouts
and Benefits are
taxable as per the
prevailing tax rates in
the country of
payment. Taxes will
be deducted at source
as per the prevailing
laws, and the balance
will be paid.
• In deputation cases,
where-in the referred
candidate is deputed
to a long term onsite
location, the referral
benefits to the
referring employee
will be processed
basis the onsite
scheme.
• Any special benefits
or prizes over and
above the regular
benefits will also
attract taxes as
applicable by law of
the country of
payment.
• If the referring
employee is on net
salary model, the
referral bonus will be
processed after the
statutory deductions
(Tax, social security
etc.)
REFERRAL BENEFITS – with respect REFERRAL BENEFITS –
to DO& P with respect to DO& P
- aligned in policy
REFERRAL BENEFIT PROMOTIONAL REFERRAL BENEFIT
SCHEME_Any promotional scheme, PROMOTIONAL
run from time to time specific to a SCHEME_Any
Business Unit or geography or any promotional scheme,
other similar types would be run from time to time
announced through Wiplinks specific to a Business
Referral mailers. The benefits and Unit or geography or
conditions of the scheme would any other similar
apply. types would be
announced through
Wiplinks Referral
mailers. The benefits
and conditions of the
scheme would apply.
All Special Referral
plans have to be
approved by the
TA/GSHR/ TA DO&P
head prior to the
launch.

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RECOVERY REFERRAL PAYOUT_If Removal of the
duplication of referrals is noticed process due to change
during referral payout, the first in ATS- referral bonus
source confirmation as registered will be paid as per
in the system (based on the data requisition based
recorded in the e-Recruitment joining.
application - Synergy) will be
eligible for referral payment. In
rare instances of payment made for
a duplicate referral, the referral
benefit shall be recovered.
RECOVERY REFERRAL PAYOUT_Any RECOVERY REFERRAL
other deviation, which results in PAYOUT_Any
conflict of interest as detailed deviation, which
under the standard Code of results in conflict of
Business Conduct of Wipro LTD., interest as detailed
will make the referral claim invalid under the standard
and will be recovered if already Code of Business
paid. Conduct of Wipro
LTD., will make the
referral claim invalid
and will be recovered
if already paid.
RECOVERY REFERRAL PAYOUT_In RECOVERY REFERRAL
case of any dispute, the decision of PAYOUT_• In case of
the Head Global Workforce any dispute, the
Development / Head TA / decision of the Head
Employee referral team will be Global Strategic Hiring
final. / Head TA / Head TA
DO &P/ Employee
referral team will be
final.
DO&P Policy_ Supervisor Payout & Removal of Supervisor
Process Payout & Process
Payout – do not have
a feature in ICIMS and
this in alignment with
larger Wipro.
DO&P Policy_special payout for Removal of special
PWD Candidates payout for PWD
Candidates – As per
inputs from central
legal and compliance
team
VALIDITY OF EMPLOYEE REFERRAL VALIDITY OF
APPLICATIONS _The retention EMPLOYEE REFERRAL
period for Employee Referral APPLICATIONS _The
Applications is 6 months from the retention period for
date of entry for all lateral Employee Referral
positions after which the resume Applications is only till
will be considered as inactive and the life of the referred
deleted from the system and will requisitions for all
not be considered eligible for lateral positions,once
referral benefit. Any employee can the requisition is
repost the resume for a relevant closed employee can
job opening. upload the same
profile to another
suitable requisition.

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 EXCLUSIONS EXCLUSIONS
1) Referrals to Wipro BPO, Wipro Talent Market Place
Eco Energy and Wipro & iMarketScape:
Infrastructure Engineering are to be Talent Market Place &
done through the referral program Imarketscape are
and systems of the respective internal job posting
companies. Any query related to program for
their referral program is outside employees to apply to
the purview of WipLinks Wipro LTD. various job
Employee Referral Program. opportunities within
Employees are required to contact Wipro. Referring
the respective recruiters of these external candidates to
companies for any query pertaining requirements
to their program as the ER Team of published in Talent
Wipro LTD. will be unable to handle Market Place &
such queries. iMarketScape without
2) My Opportunities: My going through the
Opportunities is an internal job WipLinks process is
posting program for employees to not considered a
apply to various job opportunities successful referral for
within Wipro. Referring external employee referral
candidates to requirements benefit.
published in My Opportunities For more information
without going through the employees can visit
WipLinks process is not considered myWipro>> App store
a successful referral >> Career >>
for employee referral benefit. For Imarketscape/ Talent
more information employees can Marketplace.
visit MyWipro >> MyCareer >>My
Opportunities.
PROCESS OWNER_The prime PROCESS OWNER_The
process owner of this policy in prime process owner
terms of policy execution shall be of this policy in terms
Wiplinks Team/ Head- Global of policy execution
Workforce Managerment Team/ shall be Wiplinks
Head TA. Team (GSHR,TA &
DO&P)/ Head- Global
Strategic Hiring/ Head
TA/ Head TA DO&P.
CONTACTS_Resolution of any
disputes associated with Employee CONTACTS_Resolution
Referral will be undertaken solely of any disputes
by the Employee Referral Team. If associated with
necessary, the Referral Team will Employee Referral will
take the consensus of the Head- be undertaken solely
Global Workforce Development. All by the Employee
decisions taken will be final. Referral Team. If
necessary, the
Referral Team will
take the consensus of
the Head- TA/Head
Global Strategic
Hiring/ Head TA
DO&P. All decisions
taken will be final.

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