Tag: inclusion
Randi Bryant is first chief diversity officer for Freshworks
In line with its goal to focus on diversity in the workspace, SaaS software company, Freshworks Inc. has appointed DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)...
Airbnb bats for D&I, will include more women, minorities in workforce
Airbnb has pledged to integrate more minorities from underrepresented communities in the US. It will also ensure that 50 per cent of its global...
India Workplace Equality Index launched
India now has its own workplace equality index with the launch of the India Workplace Equality Index (IWEI). Keshav Suri, hotelier and LGBT+ activist,...
Financial inclusion for women through Project Kirana
Project Kirana launched by MasterCard, a global payments tech and USAID, a development agency, will enroll as many as 3000 women in Uttar Pradesh.
The...
More firms are promoting D&I heads across the globe
Maggie Farrell is appointed the D&I and human resources manager of construction service firm, SM Wilson & Co., while Candice Eaton Gaul moves up...
Exclusive job portal for women, LGBTQ, PwD and army veterans
Avtar, the Chennai-based diversity hiring company, has launched a job portal that will cater exclusively to women, members of the the LGBTQ community, persons...
ABB to have 25% women in managerial roles
As part of its Global Diversity & Inclusion Strategy 2030, ABB is working to double the percentage of women managers across its offices, globally,...
Google to set up DEI Advisory Council, will strengthen D&I agenda
Taking forward its commitment to making the workplace more friendly and to uphold its D&I agenda, Google will set up a Diversity, Equity and...
How work-from-home is fighting ableism
Teen Vogue, an American online publication, interviewed people on the concept of remote working. One employee diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis claimed that the WFH...
Amazon India launches 2nd all-women delivery station, promotes diversity
E-commerce company, Amazon, has established a delivery station in Kadi, in the Mehsana district of Gujarat, which is managed entirely by women. A total...
Why ‘belongingness’ is high on the HR agenda
Most organisations are actively pursuing diverse representation at the workplace, but this alone will not necessarily ensure that all employees feel included. Creating a...
Microaggression: Threat to inclusion at the workplace
An older colleague mentions to a younger co-worker that she is very hardworking for her age. A young person asks an older person if...
IKEA India celebrates Equality Day
Ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, IKEA India observed Equality Day on March 3, at its corporate office in Bangalore, to celebrate...
IPM India drives forward the D&I agenda
IPM India has seen change in the organisational culture as the leadership team has spearheaded a movement to make the workplace more diverse and...
How IPM is trying to achieve its diversity agenda
IPM India aims to reach 40 per cent women's representation at work by 2022. The Company started its D&I journey in 2016 to achieve...
Employee Clubs: Good for organisational culture
We all have been part of groups, clubs or societies in college and school. Generally, such groups come together because the members have common...
Women form 37% of leadership and 29.2% of workforce at Microsoft
According to Microsoft’s Diversity and Inclusion Report 2019, 29.2 per cent of its global workforce comprises women. The figure has increased by 1.2 percentage...
Capgemini reinforces its D&I agenda with LGBTQ hiring
It has been a year since section 377 was scrapped by the Supreme Court of India. But changes had already started at Capgemini a...
Citigroup and Star India do their bit for inclusion and diversity
Citigroup has upheld its inclusiveness mission by ensuring that its employee benefits and policies cover the domestic partners, including live-in partners of all its...
P&G’s inspirational short film showcases its LGBTQ inclusion journey
American multinational consumer goods firm, The Procter & Gamble Company, has launched a short film called Out of the Shadows. The 25-minute long film...
Johnson & Johnson exhibits commitment to LGBTQ+ professionals
Johnson & Johnson India (J&J) showed its undying support to the LGBTQ+ community on the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOTB), which...
Viacom 18 offers daycare facility for children of staff
Viacom 18, the Indian entertainment network, is doing all it can to ensure gender inclusion. It had already introduced the 36-weeks maternity leave and...
How Indian companies fare against G2000 companies
India Inc. should focus on inclusion, diversity and strengthening of core talent-management practices.
How personalised & curated digital learning is the recipe for successful...
Personalised and curated digital learning can help create time-efficient, relevant and targeted corporate training programmes.
In an evolving business landscape, learning and development (L&D) and...
Make mental health a part of your return-to-work plan
While people typically tend to resent change, the past year and a half has been fraught with changes and challenges, which were unavoidable. We...
Job seekers can stay in Germany for 6 months to hunt...
The job-seeker visa for the Country is a long-term residency permit, which allows applicants six months to hunt for a job, and grants them...
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Job seekers can stay in Germany for 6 months to hunt for employment
The job-seeker visa for the Country is a long-term residency permit, which allows applicants six months to hunt for a job, and grants them...
How Maersk is diversifying the traditional male-dominated logistics space
The logistics and supply-chain industry is one that continues to be as relevant in the modern world as in the ancient past. The key...
Emeritus to hire 1,000+, launch of 500+ courses
Emeritus, the online learning platform that offers high-quality education to individuals, companies, and governments around the world, is all set to hire over 1,000...
mCaffeine to expand, take headcount to 200 in 18 months
mCaffeine, the Mumbai-based personal care products startup, is looking to achieve a revenue of Rs700 crore in about three years. Not only is it...
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“If CEO is the father of an organisation, CHRO is the mother,” Pankaj Lochan
Q. You have been shuttling between HR and manufacturing roles. Was it a well-thought out strategy or did you just go with the flow...
Binding multi-faceted employees with Titan Values
Titan has different sets of employees for different functions and verticals, ranging from the shopfloor to the retail stores. How do you bring in...
The right people policy for startups – Madan Nagaldinne
You happen to have worked mostly with large organisations. How different is it working for a startup now?
When you have worked for big...
