Tag: smoke breaks
Too many smoke breaks cost a Japanese employee $11,000
That the Japanese were not tolerant of smoking is a known fact. However, when an employee was recently slapped with a huge fine for...
Japanese company offers incentive to non-smokers
A company in Tokyo has come up with an innovative way to discourage smoking. It provides six extra paid leaves to those employees who...
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Innovation in insurance recruitment: Tata AIA’s journey towards high volume, top talent acquisition
Tata AIA Life is a joint venture between Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd and AIA Group. The venture merges Tata's leadership in India with AIA's...
Quest Global: Establishing trust as a go-to partner for the world’s most challenging engineering...
Quest Global is in the business of engineering, to build a brighter future. What makes it different is not what it does but why...
Hollywood writers’ strike may soon be called off
The strike by the Writers’ Guild of America (WGA) that has been on for over 100 days and had brought all production activity in...
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Gujarat HC upholds employee rights in controversial termination case
The Gujarat High Court has ruled that endorsing settlement claims within Lok Adalat does not constitute misconduct. It underscores that even if an employee's...
HEC workers, engineers protest salary delays
On 19 September, 2023, Bhawan Singh, president, HEC Majdoor Union, started out on a train journey for a collective cause that resonated deeply with...
Layoffs commence at Michigan Ford plant amidst strike
The strike by auto workers in Detroit against major car companies is causing more problems as it continues for the sixth day. The strike...
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals allots ESOPs to employees
Through an exchange filing, Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals offered equity shares to its employees. The company allotted 59,975 shares to its employees under its...
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Data analytics and not technology will redefine HR
Q. How satisfying has been your professional journey of 39 years?
A. It has been a bagful of mixed experiences. At times I have been...
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....
