Tag: inclusive
Cure.fit updates & equalises its parental-leave policy
Cure.fit, a health and fitness firm in India has updated its existing parental-leave policy — which offers six months of paid maternity and paternity...
How Thoughtworks is trying to impact the industry with gender &...
With a 4000-strong workforce in India, Thoughtworks, a global technology company, has launched a gamut of programmes to transform itself as a more diverse,...
Shriram Housing Finance aims to improve women’s representation at workplace
Shriram Housing Finance, the affordable housing company, has launched the ‘SHeFirst’ programme to improve the representation of women at the workplace. Under this programme,...
India Inc. still to become truly inclusive: Survey
Where do Indian organisations stand in terms of readiness for LGBTQ+ inclusion? How do members of the LGBTQ+ community feel at their workplaces in...
Scaler announces 12 days of period leave, makes workplace more inclusive
Scaler, the tech upskilling startup, has announced 12 days of period leave for its women and transgender employees across the organisation. This leave will...
Swiggy introduces 2-day paid period leave for women riders
In a bid to provide a more inclusive environment to its delivery team, online food delivery company, Swiggy, has announced a two-day paid monthly...
Buckingham Palace hopes to be more inclusive and diverse
The British Royal Family’s annual financial report reveals that 8.4 per cent of its household staff belong to ethnic minorities. Buckingham Palace is working...
P&G announces, 8 weeks’ special parental leave
Procter and Gamble (P&G) has announced a special parental leave programme, called ‘Share the Care’ at its virtual #WeSeeEqual summit to promote gender equality....
All of us are differently abled: Alstom India
“Alstom believes that one’s differences should never be attributed as their inability to perform well or be a hindrance to their career,” says Vinod...
59% indigenous Australians face racism at work
Institutional racism continues to be a concern for the Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islander workers, in Australia. The Diversity Council Australia in collaboration with...
Diversity is more than a numbers game
The case for diversity calls for more than just hiring a bunch of different people into an organisation. Quite often, the ‘I’ in D&I...
Facets of an ‘innovative & inclusive culture’
For any business to succeed, there has to be a free flow of ideas, a willingness to experiment, the ability to think out of...
Childcare and parenthood no child’s play for Swiggy
Food delivery major, Swiggy, announced its new childcare and parenthood policies keeping in mind the journey of parenthood. The policies have been designed to...
Swiggy announces childcare and parenthood benefits
Swiggy, the food-delivery platform, has introduced childcare and parenthood policies and benefits for its workforce. Considering the changing needs of modern parents and parenthood,...
Diverse & inclusive workforce: Easier said than done
Diversity and inclusiion at the workplace is a trend that most organisations are aware of, and wish to follow. All organisations, large and small,...
Hundreds of Walmart jobs being cut at its 5 e-commerce fulfillment...
Walmart has been in the news lately for laying off several employees at its five e-commerce fulfillment centres across the US due to a...
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“HR focus will dwell upon operating at lower costs and raising productivity,” Ramesh Mitragotri
2022 was a volatile year for HR & workforce
The year for many businesses did not look bright as had been envisaged in the previous...
Govt implements ESMA as UP power employee protest continues
The ongoing strike by power department employees in Uttar Pradesh has disrupted normal life in the state, with many hospitals suffering from power outages....
Amazon approves only 8,000 out of 24,000 jobs posted
According to reports from Insider, Amazon posted 24,988 job openings in its Web Services Department in 2022, despite having only received approval for 7,798...
Minimum wages in Gujarat to go up by 25%
The Government of Gujarat has revised the minimum daily wages of workers in the State after eight years. The minimum wage has been hiked...
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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...
