Tag: maternity leave

As part of its new diversity goals, Citigroup plans to make 3.5 per cent hires from LGBTQ community. Earlier, only 2.1 per cent of...

CoinSwitch, India’s crypto investing firm, has extended maternity and paternity leaves for employees, far beyond what is mandated by the Government. As part of its...

After availing maternity leave, a woman employee may seek to be allowed to work from home and given permission to do so only if...

For those out there who feel that the Indian workplace is now really doing well in terms of gender equality, here are some figures...

The Karnataka High Court recently ruled that even contract staff are entitled to maternity leave. The petitioner, B.S. Rajeswari, was appointed as project information...

Tata Steel Mining Limited (TSML) is taking a step in the right direction to ensure an inclusive, happy and engaged workforce. The Company has...

Spinny, the full-stack online platform for sales and purchase of used cars, has gone ahead and introduced friendlier human resource (HR) policies for its...

To support women in resuming work after a career break, MG (Morris Garages) Motor India has announced ‘Drive Her Back’, a unique programme that...

Google has once again been accused of discrimination and retaliation, and this time by a pregnant employee. The concerned employee sent a detailed internal...

Diageo, the British multinational beverages company, has announced a new family leave policy, which is applicable to its employees across businesses. In order to...

The corporate world has been known to be harsh on mothers, who are always in a dilemma whether to restart their careers or take...

Microsoft’s organisational culture is founded in the growth mindset, which encourages and nurtures potential in all employees across business groups, and is deeply committed...

A break in your career can make a big impact on your CV. Rejoining the workforce after a long time is very difficult for...

An employee of experiential marketing agency BMF, had accused the organisation of cancelling her promotion when she informed them of her pregnancy and her...

Health-related apprehensions, need for a temporary succession plan and ensuring business continuity are some of the worries that companies grapple with.

Divorced daughters will now be eligible for family pension, if a divorce case has been filed before the death of the pensioner.

The new leave policy aims to bring about diversity and inclusion in the work culture with no impediments to career progression.

With multiple technical and non-technical opportunities, the company is inviting applications from women professionals under the programme.NEIL helps women get ‘Back on Track’ after a break 

With the new Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act 2016 offering 26 weeks’ leave, it is being feared that recruiters will now discreetly yet increasingly ask women candidates whether they plan to start a family. A candidate can refuse to answer the question.

The new maternity benefits apply for up to two surviving children.

Genpact has announced an increase in fully paid maternity leave for its women employees in India.

Starting 1 January, 2017, employees of all AXA entities in the world will be able to avail this facility.

The Full Circle programme applies to all regular full-time women employees, who have been employed with PwC for two or more years.

The women-friendly work-linked benefits programme includes an increase in the paid maternity leave to nine months.

Adoption leave of 12 weeks and paternity leave of one week are the new additions besides the 26 weeks of maternity leave.

The move comes ahead of the Maternity Benefits (Amendment) Bill expected to be tabled in the Lok Sabha later this year.

As per the proposed amendments, maternity leave for women in both the private and public sectors will be enhanced to 26 weeks from the existing 12.

Introduces 6+6 maternity leave policy; extends flexible working arrangement for another six months.

The modified maternity policy will not just support childbirth but also surrogacy and adoption

The telecom company has tried to address a serious issue with a change in policy, which will ensure that women employees will get the same role or an equivalent one once she returns from her 22 weeks of maternity leave.

The FMCG player has introduced several new initiatives to promote a gender inclusive culture.

The move is aimed to boost a healthy and productive work environment as well as emotionally uplift the company’s workforce.

The company has increased the maternity leave from 12 weeks to 52 weeks—the longest offered by any organization in India.  

Telenor India has also adopted a six-month paid maternity leave policy, making it uniform benefits for all Telenor employees across the globe. 

The company has showered new and soon-to-be-mothers at all stages with several benefits—from pre-delivery, post-delivery until return to work.

Extended leaves, maternity claim benefits, crèche support and baby showers are some of the attractions for expectant and new mothers in the workforce.

Accenture paves the way for retention of women employees by extending maternity leave to 22 weeks.

Vodafone becomes one of the few organisations in the world, after the United Nations, to have a uniform maternity policy, worldwide.