Tag: Gender Bias
Former COO of Pinterest alleges gender bias
Francoise Brougher, former chief operating officer, Pinterest, has filed a case alleging her former employer of gender bias. She claims she was terminated when...
Bias in India’s engineering workplace: Society of Women Engineers’ Survey
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) collaborated with the Centre for WorkLife Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law (WLL)...
Why do we see fewer women in leadership roles than men?
Though it is a matter of pride that this century has seen women excelling as leaders and not just mothers, wives, care givers and...
Gender pay gap costs countries $160 trillion in wealth, globally: World...
Globally, women account for only 38 percent of human capital wealth versus 62 percent for men
What’s behind CEAT’s film series on #ThingsThatHappenAtWork
The digital ad series is a satirical take on common workplace issues—gender bias, cons of bureaucracy and lack of transparency.
SAP introduces ‘Job Analyser’ to find gender bias in job posts
The tool highlights gender-specific posts as well as offending words and phrases for the HR team.
Google employees protest against mass layoffs
Google, the tech giant, recently fired approximately 12,000 employees in January, which resulted in protests from workers in both the US coasts. The workers...
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‘Revise wages periodically in public interest’: SC to public employers
According to the Supreme Court, State and public employers are obliged to revise wages for their employees periodically, considering the adverse effects of price...
Air India deducts salary of employees for not vacating staff quarters
Air India began deducting the pay of employees who have not left their company-provided housing in Vasant Vihar, Delhi and the Air India Colony...
UAE firms enroled their employees in job loss insurance scheme
A job loss insurance scheme took effect on January 1, 2023 in the UAE, and many companies have registered their employees for it. The...
Amazon disobeyed labour laws: US judge
An administrative judge in the US has declared that Amazon violated labour laws by threatening to withhold wage increases and benefits from workers at...
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EQ, IQ & empathy define the success of a CEO
Q. You spent 16 years at LIC before moving to a corporate role at ICICI Prudential. Now, 22 years on, I am still curious...
“The big change has been that we have moved from jobs to skills,” Amaresh...
Q. How would you define the culture at GE?
A. Having been present in this region since 1902, GE has been around for 120 years....
“Being good to everyone is being unjust to performers,” Mathew Job, CEO, Crompton
Q. In today’s times, what’s more challenging for a CEO like you — profit & business growth, talent & people, diversification, compliance or managing...
