Tag: Work from Home
Byju’s tells staff to work from home, shuts offices
Except for the Bengaluru headquarters, situated in Knowledge Park, Byju's has shut down all its offices across India. It has asked its employees to...
‘Work from office 10 days a month’: Infosys to some employees
Up to 11 days of work-from-home (WFH) and 10 days in office is the hybrid approach that Infosys has adopted.
It has allowed some of...
Deutsche Bank staff unhappy about return-to-office mandate
When Deutsche Bank mandated that its employees should work from office thrice a week, it did not expect so much resistance and criticism from...
‘3 days in office’: Cognizant mandate for India employees
Cognizant India employees have received an internal memo informing them of the end of work-from-home and asking them to be in office thrice a...
Bangkok chokes on smog, city urges work-from-home orders
Faced with hazardous air pollution exceeding 15 times the WHO’s safe limit, Bangkok city authorities have urged employees to work remotely until February 16th....
Bosses: The surprising reason people ditch the office: Study
In a twist worthy of a corporate sitcom, the very people pushing for a return to the office may be the ones inadvertently driving...
‘Be in office 10 days a month’: Infosys to lower-level staff
Infosys has asked its lower-level staff members to work from the office for at least ten days a month. This is part of the...
Delhi-NCR corporate staff to work from home during G20 weekend
In response to the Delhi government's request, companies throughout Delhi-NCR have implemented a work-from-home policy for their employees. Offices located in Delhi and other...
Cognizant goes against the trend, allows remote work
Cognizant, a prominent global technology company, has taken a unique stand on the issue of returning to work from office. In contrast to many...
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...
Survey details new trends in employee behaviour in India
A survey done on 33,000 workers across countries suggests seven out of ten employees seek flexibility in their working hours.
According to the report, in...
Why this neobank prefers people to work from home
While the whole world including many of the large corporates are pushing their people to start working from office, here is a start-up, FloBiz,...
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...
UK to make flexibility at work a right for employees
The UK government is planning to make changes to its labour and employment arrangements. One of the major changes, which is likely to happen,...
Airtel to hire women engineers, offer WFH options
Having rolled out its 5G Plus services in about 12 cities across India so far, Airtel is now all set to have more women...
Synchrony introduces regional engagement hubs for employee engagement
With an aim to help employees connect beyond work and achieve a healthy work-life balance, Synchrony, the financial services company, has come up with...
“Reckless layoff will intimidate staff, affect users”: Twitter employees to Musk
In an open letter, some employees at Twitter have communicated to Elson Musk that it will be very “reckless” of him to lay off...
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...
Asking employee to turn on webcam at home invites fine
A Dutch court ordered an American software company to pay compensation to an employee from Netherlands who was fired just because he did not...
Wipro asks staff to work from office at least thrice a...
After Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which has asked 85 per cent of its employees to work from office at least three days in a...
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...
TCS makes ‘3 days a week in office’ mandatory
After trying to woo their employees back to office with a social-media campaign, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has now sent a mail to them...
100% WFH for employees in SEZs?
The Ministry of Commerce, Government of India is considering allowing 100 per cent work-from-home (WFH) for employees working in units in special economic zones...
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...
‘Remote workers should be paid less’: UK billionaire
Alan Sugar, the British billionaire businessman, has made it clear that he disapproves of the work-from-home approach and does not support remote working in...