Tag: Women employees

Women in garment factories across India and Asia work under inhuman conditions. Not only are they subjected to physical and sexual violence at workplace, they are not even allowed to take pee-breaks, forced to go on unpaid leave during pregnancy and face physical harm due to long working hours and performing repetitive manual tasks.

Women employees are ruder to their women colleagues than to their male co-workers.

The finance minister proposes to allow a standard deduction of Rs. 40,000/- in lieu of the present exemption in respect of transport allowance and reimbursement of miscellaneous medical expenses

Internal diversity and development programme to felicitate women leaders

A century-old real estate company Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) follows very simple practices to welcome returning mothers.

The new portal offers the facility of making online complaints of sexual harassment at the workplace, to all women in the country including government and private employees.

The goal is to recruit 300 women by 2022.

The objective is to focus on diversity and inclusion, and also provide women the opportunity to excel 

The furniture retailer plans to go for value-based rather than experience or qualification-based hiring.

The power backup company is offering part-time jobs to women on a career break.

This online complaint filing system will encourage more women to speak up about harassment at the workplace and get quick redressal.

The Ordinance ensures safety and cleanliness in addition to other facilities for lactating women.

The company realises the extreme importance of women as partners in the organisation’s journey of  growth.

It gets difficult for working women to explain this inevitable and recurring physical and mental challenge, at the workplace.

The programme will provide opportunities to talented women, who are ready to return from a break, to reboot their careers in full force.

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 company is extremely thoughtful and dedicated towards the inclusion of more women in the workplace, be it getting fresh talent or returning mothers.

Gen X and Gen Y have been working together for a few years. With Gen Z at the cusp of joining the gang, what’s the new workplace like?

65 per cent women employees in India Inc. say they are happy with their current work-life balance while only 40 per cent men feel the same way.

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

As part of this project 180 CXOs and 35 CEOs from 45 group companies will come together to mentor 300 high-potential women executives.

Preference given to male workers while recruiting or promoting to senior roles, and the career-breaks women take for certain personal and societal reasons are the primary causes behind this gap.

There are leadership differences between men and women, which make for gender diversity in the workplace.

On an average, women comprise 3 per cent of the telecom workforce. However, at Telenor, the share of women employees has gone up to 11 per cent.

The programme takes care of women’s needs as mothers and home-makers so that they can give their best to their professions as well.

Pierre Nanterme, chairman and CEO, Accenture, has said gender equality is fundamental for business and the next generation of leaders.

India Inc. needs to address the systemic, culturally ingrained issues affecting women’s workplace experiences and career trajectories in order to be fully inclusive.

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.

The company will launch special programmes to develop the existing potential.