Pharmaceuticals major Ranbaxy Laboratories said on Wednesday it has no plans to reduce its workforce and is focusing on improving performance and productivity.
"Ranbaxy has no plans to reduce its workforce either in the next 3 or 12 months," a Ranbaxy spokesperson told PTI in an emailed response.
The company has been reported to be retrenching staff.
Denying that any such step was taken or planned, the spokesperson added: "We will continue to improve our productivity and performance and ensure optimal use of resources for sustainable, long-term growth."
Company chief executive officer and managing director Arun Sawhney had said in his address to shareholders in the annual report that it has a team of over 14,600 people globally, represented by more than 50 nationalities.
"Today, there is a sharper focus on training, learning and development to build leaders and a skilled workforce that can compete in the competitive global environment," he had said.
Sawhney had also said that the company had initiated a project aimed at designing a new organisation structure to remain relevant and succeed in today's 'volatile competitive market'.
The project was initiated as a ‘strong need was felt to realign the organisation and simplify structures and work processes, increase collaboration, accountability and maximise efficiencies across the company, thereby making Ranbaxy a responsive, nimble-footed and successful organisation’.