Tag: Women
Corporates waking up to importance of paid miscarriage leaves
Recently, the New Zealand parliament unanimously passed a bill that allows employees to take paid leave post a miscarriage. Fortunately, India is way ahead...
Europe to hire astronauts, wants women, PwD to apply
The European Space Agency (ESA) is gearing up to hire 26 permanent and reserve astronauts. What is even better is that it is looking...
How DICV will ensure 20% women on shop floor by 2022
A lot has changed in the last nine months. While remote working has brought in a complete shift in mindset and work culture, diversity...
Airbnb bats for D&I, will include more women, minorities in workforce
Airbnb has pledged to integrate more minorities from underrepresented communities in the US. It will also ensure that 50 per cent of its global...
Financial inclusion for women through Project Kirana
Project Kirana launched by MasterCard, a global payments tech and USAID, a development agency, will enroll as many as 3000 women in Uttar Pradesh.
The...
Capgemini to hire, train 500 women from rural India by December
French information technology company, Capgemini, is gearing up to hire 500 women from the rural areas of the country, train them, give them jobs...
Exclusive job portal for women, LGBTQ, PwD and army veterans
Avtar, the Chennai-based diversity hiring company, has launched a job portal that will cater exclusively to women, members of the the LGBTQ community, persons...
Next 6 months will see women being hired by 43% MSMEs
Startups as well as small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that were forced to reduce their workforce — rendering many women jobless — as part...
DXC Tech onboards 500 women in a single day
DXC Technologies announced on August 27 that it has onboarded 500 women candidates in a single day! All the candidates, who come from leading...
Axis Bank’s GIG-A-Opportunities to boost job opportunities in small towns
Axis Bank has launched a platform for alternate work models to encourage, flexible working and ensure more inclusivity and diversity. Aptly called, GIG-A Opportunities,...
Why Godrej & Boyce is engaging more women in the workforce
It is not surprising that women are underrepresented in the manufacturing sector, and the argument to increase the industry’s fair share of female talent...
IPM India drives forward the D&I agenda
IPM India has seen change in the organisational culture as the leadership team has spearheaded a movement to make the workplace more diverse and...
Leading by example: How Uber India is driving the D&I agenda
Uber, the global transport company with its roots in San Francisco -- one of the most diverse cities in the United States -- is...
Women will be at par with men in the Army
From now on, women will need to be eligible for various courses at various levels in the Indian Army, so that they are at...
Sakha employs over a 1000 women as professional chauffeurs
Sakha Consulting Wings has been offering women-driven cab services for more than ten years now in cities, such as Delhi NCR, Jaipur, Kolkata and...
Job satisfaction: What men and women want
Satisfaction at the workplace is dependent on several factors. Although priorities change with age, one factor remains consistently important —getting on with colleagues at...
How to keep women professionals engaged
Organisations need to focus on ensuring that their women do not quit.
Looks like women are quitting their jobs at a faster rate than men....
Women in Karnataka will now be allowed to work night shifts
In November, the Karnataka government issued a notification citing the Madras High Court ruling made 19 years back, which had done away with Section...
Vatican upholds diversity, appoints first woman in a senior post
Pope Francis has announced that Fracesa Di Giovanni will be an under-secretary overseeing multilateral relations in the Secretariat
Sixty-six year old Francesca Di Giovanni will...
The case of diversity in board rooms
According to a Deloitte report on women’s representation on the boards, Norway scores the highest and Qatar the least.
The business world has witnessed big...
Women employees in warehouses increase productivity at Grofers
Warehouses were once dominated by men alone, but Grofers has trained its women staff in the areas of inventory, billing, audit, order picking, return...
Women form 37% of leadership and 29.2% of workforce at Microsoft
According to Microsoft’s Diversity and Inclusion Report 2019, 29.2 per cent of its global workforce comprises women. The figure has increased by 1.2 percentage...
Can India have a menopause policy for the workplace?
On the eve of World Menopause Day, which falls on the 18 October, a UK-based media house announced a workplace policy which accommodates its...
Over 1 lakh women in Cognizant workforce, globally
American information technology company, Cognizant, has a 2.88 lakh strong workforce globally, of which one lakh are women, that is, 34 per cent. The...
ThoughtWorks to train women techies and help them resume work after...
Global software consultancy, ThoughtWorks, will be hosting a technical training programme for women technologists, who wish to return to the programming world after a...
TCS recruits 12,356 in first quarter
The enriching workplace and enviable retention rates at Tata Consultancy Services (TC) are clear from the fact that the Company added 12,356 employees in...
How this energy company is championing employee inclusivity & engagement
In today’s competitive business landscape, fostering an inclusive and engaging work environment is not just a feel-good initiative; it’s a strategic imperative. Jakson Green,...
Trident’s Asmita leaves blossom into inclusive workplaces
Forget the tired trope of corporate activism. In the heart of India's textile industry, Trident, a manufacturing company, is quietly weaving a revolution in...
Engagement is outdated: The future of success lies in ‘employee involvement’
In the ever-evolving landscape of the contemporary workplace, a profound metamorphosis is underway, challenging the conventional emphasis on employee engagement. This paradigm shift posits...
Tata Steel: Journey through excellence in talent acquisition
Tata Steel, part of the Tata Group, is a multinational steel-making company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is one of the world's leading steel...
Google terminates 28 employees over Israel protests
Google terminated 28 employees following protests staged by a small group of Alphabet workers against the tech giant's collaboration with Israel. The protests, which...
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Vistara’s non-flying staff will get clarity about new roles in May-June
Vistara is in the process of being merged with Air India, and the former’s non-flying employees have been anxious about what their roles will...
Will Indian migrant workers to Britain be able to sponsor family members now?
With the new visa and income rules being implemented in the UK, migrants who earn less than £29,000 will not be able to sponsor...
Globant SA embraces full remote work policy for its 30,000 employees
Globant SA, an IT and software development company, led by Martin Migoya, CEO, is charting a unique course in the post-pandemic work landscape. In...
Strategies for conquering workplace ‘Vampire Tasks’
The bustling office hums with activity – emails ping, phones buzz, and deadlines loom. But amidst the organised chaos lurk energy-sapping chores - data...
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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....
