Tag: Women

‘Women as likely to be CEOs as men,’say 54% men

With more organisations across the world putting in efforts to make workplaces more inclusive, a significant number of men have begun to see women...

Is gender pay gap lower when the CEO is a woman?

The mean gender pay gap is 50 per cent lower for organisations that have women holding CEO position. That means, the gender pay gap...

WEF recognises Tata Steel as Global DE&I Lighthouse 2023

Tata Steel has been recognised for advancing intersectional gender diversity for employees and students, by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Because of its inclusive...

Woman fighter pilot of IAF to represent India in aerial wargames

The year 2023 will see the Indian armed forces upholding their commitment to gender equality. As reported by ANI, Veer Guardian 2023, is the name...

L&T hires 3,000+ new engineers, increases women in workforce in FY23

In these times of uncertainty and layoffs, Larsen and Turbo (L&T), the multinational engineering and construction firm has onboarded more than 3,000 new engineering...

BCCI announces equal match fee for men and women players

In an historic move to close the gender pay gap, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has increased the match fee...

HDFC Securities opens ‘women-only’ DC in Bengaluru

Ensuring diversity within the organisation, HDFC Securities has opened its first ‘women only’ digital centre or DC in India. Given the fact that the...

How Page Industries has almost 90% women at the shop floor

Page Industries, the Indian manufacturer and retailer of innerwear, loungewear and socks, which is also an exclusive licensee of Jockey International in India, has...

How Comviva is empowering women employees by enabling them

Comviva, a subsidiary of Tech Mahindra and a global mobile solutions provider has launched a string of initiatives designed to build a more supportive,...

More men re-enter workforce than women: Data

After leaving job or quitting work, it appears that more men re-join the workforce than women. According to the National Statistical Office’s payroll data,...

Lenovo joins mission to ensure inclusion in STEM

With an aim to close the gender gap in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), Lenovo has joined others that share its vision to...

Amazon India’s DSP programme to be truly diverse

Amazon will offer a special grant to enable aspiring entrepreneurs from under-represented communities to join its Delivery Service Partner (DSP) programme in India. This ‘diversity’...

MakeMyTrip to expand all-women team of ‘holiday experts’

MakeMyTrip aims to expand its team of over 850 women ‘holiday experts’ who have been the reason for the online travel company’s success and...

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,...

Cathay Pacific to increase women’s representation by 25% in senior roles

Cathay Pacific has pledged that it will increase representation of women in senior positions by 25 per cent. That means, by 2025, the Airline...

Free food, transportation, for women working night shifts

The Uttar Pradesh government has said that no women workers in the State will be forced to work night shifts or between 7 p.m....

Medi Assist helps women relaunch their careers

Medi Assist recently launched a programme called Medi Akanksha, to help women who have taken a professional sabbatical or career break, to relaunch their...

33% reservation for women in outsourced jobs in Karnataka government

Things are looking up for women in the job market across India. Down south, the Government of Karnataka has reserved 33 per cent of...

Treat women with dignity & consideration at workplace: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court has said that employers should treat women employees with consideration and dignity, and be sympathetic to their cause. While ordering the...

56% Indian women more stressed than last year

Burnout stress in Indian women is higher than what is experienced by their global counterparts, reveals the Deloitte Women@Work report. At the same time,...

IIFL Foundation, FinX collaborate to make women ready for BFSI jobs

IIFL Foundation, the CSR arm of IIFL Group has announced its collaboration with FinX (ID Finxperts Skilling Foundation) to skill and train women graduates...

Why Signify wants to hire more women in its sales team

Signify (formerly known as Philips Lighting) has been focusing on increasing the representation of women at the Company, and overall, the Company has been...

Over 54% of recruits at Eaton India were women engineers in...

Eaton, the intelligent power management company, is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace. In line with this commitment, the firm has stepped...

Why Bharat Serums & Vaccines needs more women in its sales...

Ensuring gender equality at the workplace is one of the biggest challenges for any organisation. While many companies are struggling to have equal representation...

Sony accused of sexism, overlooking women for promotions

Emma Majo, former employee of Sony’s PlayStation unit in the US, had alleged that the Company discriminated against women. Now, about five months later,...

Shoppers Stop introduces menstrual leaves for women

Shoppers Stop, the Indian fashion and beauty destination, has introduced a menstrual leave policy for its women employees, who make up 29 per cent...

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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Diversity easier to achieve at entry level than at senior level?

Diversity across all levels has become a priority in the corporate world. In fact, it has come to be the most important aspect today....

Air India sets aside up to 200 crore worth severance pay for employees

Air India, a Tata Group-owned airline, is reportedly offering a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) to almost 2,000 employees and has assigned up to Rs...

Hybrid: Will solos be better off working remotely & team players from office?

When organisations began initiating return to office in 2022, many employees refused to give up the convenience of remote work. The hybrid model was...

Attrition in India Inc. was 21.2% —16.8% voluntary & 3.6% involuntary

Overall, attrition was 21.2 per cent in India Inc. with 16.8 per cent being voluntary attrition and 3.6 per cent being involuntary attrition, says...

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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...