Tag: WFH
Accenture wants to see all employees back in office
Encouraged by the increasing number of employees working from office, Accenture is planning to revert to in-person working. Team leaders and managers have been...
IBM warns employees against WFH, urges return to office
Despite the tech companies laying off employees as a part of their cost-cutting strategies, IBM has advised its staff who work from home to...
Employee rejects work-from-home offer, sues employer
When he was told that he would not receive redundancy pay if he failed to work from home, an Australian employee working as a...
Paying employer for stealing time from work?
Now here comes a software that can keep track of employees working from home. Using TimeCamp, an employer based in British Columbia discovered that...
SEZ rules now allow WFH to all IT/ITes staff till 31...
With the Government having made amendments to the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) rules, all employees of IT/ITeS units in SEZs will now be allowed...
TCS tracks employee attendance, asks staff to produce med certificates for...
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has grabbed headlines yet again for promoting the work from office culture. The Company has been very openly critical about...
77% employees in services sector working virtually: Report
With more and more employers having to consider the remote working model for their workforces, most need to first find out which are the...
Fidelity Investments refurbishes office to maximise flexibility
Fidelity Investments India has completely refurbished its office in Bangalore, with updated infrastructure, facilities, and amenities to provide more space focused on flexible working.
The...
Teleperformance to expand base, hire 20,000
As part of its plans to expand its base, Teleperformance, the global BPO, is all set to hire about 20,000 people in India alone,...
SEZ norms amended, 50% staff may work from home
Following an amendment in the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Rules, 2006, provision has been made to allow work from home option to up to...
Synchrony offers permanent work-from-home option
For the benefit of employees and in an endeavour to create an agile work culture at Synchrony, the financial services firm has announced that...
Apple postpones ‘return-to-office’, offers $1,000 bonus for WFH expenses
Close on the heels of making masking mandatory again at all Apple retail stores in the US and temporarily closing locations due to the...
‘Carpooling instead of WFH’: Centre’s suggestion to NCR employees
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court (SC) had advised all Delhi government and Central government offices in NCR to ask their employees to work...
Smallcase offers remote work, flexitime, WFH allowance to staff
Employees of smallcase, the capital markets-focused fintech startup, will now enjoy more flexibility and work-life balance. Keeping the best interest of its employees in...
Paisabazaar to expand operations, offer 100% WFH, hire regional talent
With the aim of ensuring financial inclusion, Paisabazaar.com, the Indian personal finance platform, is looking to hire from multiple cities over the next couple...
Britain to lift WFH restrictions on July 19
Britain has announced the lifting of all COVID-19 related restrictions. Starting July 19, people can move about without wearing face masks or maintaining social...
uFaber to expand team by 1,000 employees, offers WFH roles
The edutech startup, uFaber, is gearing up to expand its team over the next six months. It will take on 1,000 employees in work-from-home...
Permanent WFH for 70% of HSBC’s call centre staff in UK
Over 1,200 employees from HSBC’s call centres across England, Wales and Scotland will be working from home permanently. This is one of the steps...
WFH until September for staff of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Most of the employees of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce will continue working from home at least till September, 2021. Post September, the...
Staff of Goldman Sachs, Bengaluru, return to WFH, as COVID risk...
Goldman Sachs has ordered its employees to go back to working from home (WFH), as COVID cases in Bengaluru began to rise once again....
Compensation restructuring, reduced salaries for remote workers
The pandemic has forced most companies to adopt remote working or the work-from-home (WFH) model for their employees. Many organisations have even adopted it...
WFH for Wipro employees till April 2021
Wipro has extended work-from-home for its employees till April 4, 2021. About 98 per cent of the tech company’s workforce is already working remotely...
Apple, Facebook to continue WFH for most employees until June, 2021
Apple has no plans of calling its employees back to office before June 2021 as the pandemic shows no signs of slowing down, leave...
WFH extended for Karnataka’s IT employees
Karnataka’s deputy chief minister has asked employees of the information technology (IT) companies in the state to continue working from home, as the number...
Wipro staff will work remotely till January 2021
Keeping in mind the safety of its employees, Wipro has decided to let its staff in India and the US work from home till...
Coursera announces WFH until January 1, 2022
In an endeavour to evolve the workplace, e-learning platform, Coursera has announced that its employees can continue to work remotely until January 1, 2022, when it anticipates...
What’re the HR software for small businesses, SMEs and startups?
Human resources (HR) software have come to be indispensable tools for businesses of all sizes, including small businesses, SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and...
What’s inside this cloud company’s in-house happiness portal
ESDS Software Solutions, a cloud services and data centre solutions company, has innovatively embraced the notion of employee satisfaction through a unique survey platform,...
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Future of talent acquisition in the age of generative AI
If you've been feeling a bit overwhelmed by the buzz surrounding generative AI, you're not alone. Let us face it, our industry is evolving,...
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...
The UK government raises salary requirement to curb immigration surge
The UK government, led by Rishi Sunak, is raising the salary requirement for people applying to live in the UK from £26,000 to £38,700...
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What’re the HR software for small businesses, SMEs and startups?
Human resources (HR) software have come to be indispensable tools for businesses of all sizes, including small businesses, SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and...
Unity is cutting 3.8% of its global workforce
Unity Software has announced that, as a part of a strategic reset, it plans to trim 265 jobs, which make up 3.8 per cent...
Metro Bank to cut 20% roles in UK
In a bid to strengthen its financial position, Metro Bank has announced workforce reductions. The bank is planning to reduce its workforce by 20...
Broadcom to restructure; axe 1,300 jobs
After Broadcom acquired VMware, a leading cloud-computing company, there were notable organisational changes. Bloomberg News reports that around 1,300 California-based employees will end up...
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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....
