In the relentless pursuit of scaling, it is all too easy to get consumed with pleasing shareholders, captivating customers, and dazzling the media with milestones of success. However, the true power of an organization lies in its people – the architects of innovation and the custodians of culture. In the world of modern business, many…
Indian food delivery unicorn, Zomato recently announced that it would introduce a 10-day leave program or “period leave” for its female and transgender employees. The company says that it is a part of the brand’s efforts to combat the stigma associated with menstruation in the country. According to a Reuters report, Zomato is currently leading…
Bengaluru-based cloud services provider G7 CR Technologies recently announced that it has decided to pass on the various benefits to its employees for a safer and healthy work environment. The company has announced a work from home allowance of ₹18,000 for all its employees. The intent is to aid the purchase of UPS and office…
The death of an unarmed black man George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis, U.S last month has once again sparked a debate on how racial discrimination still prevails in our society. The death of Floyd has started a row of protests across the United States and people have now taken to the streets demanding…
Just days after Jack Dorsey announced permanent remote working for Twitter and Square employees, his counterpart Mark Zuckerberg announced a similar move for Facebook employees globally. In a publicly broadcasted live stream, Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook Inc will shift toward more permanently embracing remote work even after coronavirus lockdowns ease.…
A culture of innovation and nurturing creativity at workplaces can have some tremendous positive implications on an organisations operations and employees. Culture of innovations at a workplace helps evolve employees mindset and enables them to think out of the box, and all of this can go a long way in supporting an organisations business as…
The coronavirus pandemic has hit the global economy worse than the 2008 financial crisis. Industry experts predict that the impact of the pandemic will last longer than a year. Some industry bodies are also estimating that the pandemic would cost upto 2.5mn jobs globally. Worst-hit among all sectors of the economy, is the small scale…
As India entered the 6th day of its nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, the government has step-up its efforts to further prevent the virus from spreading rapidly and contain it as soon as possible. The novel coronavirus which originated from China has now entered India. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has…
Indian tech giant Infosys recently announced that it has sacked one of its employees who wrote an “inappropriate post” on Twitter about the coronavirus pandemic. Announcing the termination of the employee’s services through Twitter, Infosys said, “Infosys has completed its investigation on the social media post by one of its employees, and we believe that…
As the novel coronavirus is spreading rapidly to most of the countries in the world, corporates and organizations around the globe are setting up their humanitarian efforts in helping the countries which need maximum assistance. Recently, The Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation announced plans to donate much-needed medical supplies to 10 more countries in…
The novel coronavirus outbreak has hit the tech and manufacturing industry severely with many companies shutting down factories, closing operations or shifting work out by asking employees to work from home. The outbreak has led to the world’s largest work from home experiment to take place. As the Washington State has emerged as one of…
While starting your first job, the first thing that comes to your mind is about the designation you’ll be given. Some start as an associate or as some XYZ executive. When people ask you what you do for your company, you have to spend your five minutes or more in making them understand your responsibilities…
In line with its HR transformation initiatives – Tech Mahindra has put in place new policies towards enabling better diversity and inclusion at workplace. One of their key initiative towards ensuring an inclusive workplace has been to allow same-sex couples 12 weeks of paid adoption leave. Their parenting policies support parents irrespective of their gender and allows new parents to spend more time with their newborns in their first year of parenthood.
The company has also put in place policies to provide for flexibility at work, work from home policies for new parents, and support groups for returning mothers, cancer patients and survivors.
Good mental health at work and good management go hand in hand and there is strong evidence that workplaces with high levels of mental well being are more productive.
In an attempt to promote equality, diversity and inclusion at workplace, Tata Steel has introduced its new HR policy allowing LGBTQ+ employees and their partners to avail the HR benefits, that had earlier been available only to employees with partners from the opposite gender. Some additional benefits are also incorporated for the LGBTQ+ employees. The…