The introduction of physical and mental wellbeing into organizational frameworks has been ongoing. Today, several large and small organizations are offering benefits like memberships to wellness apps, access to fitness centers, along with introducing initiatives such as company-wide walkathons, virtual yoga sessions, physical and mental wellbeing sessions with experts, and vaccination drives for employees and their family members.
Microsoft has acquired Ally.io, a OKR (objectives and key results) company. Ally.io will join the Microsoft Viva family as part of our employee experience platform (EXP) designed to help companies embrace the new digital work life. The company said in a statement, “The OKR category is a fast-growing and emerging space. Ally.io is leading the…
2020 has made irreversible changes in our lives and businesses. No one could have predicted the disruption that the pandemic has caused. COVID-19 has propelled the field of HR forward reversing some trends, making big shifts, and most significantly creating an opportunity for rethinking and resetting how we design work practices that best serve all…
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…
At a time when layoffs, furloughs, and pay cuts have become a common phenomenon, e-commerce giant Amazon is surely leading the way in job creation and salary benefits for employees. The Jeff Bezos-led company recently said that it would spend $500mn on one-time bonuses to its front-line employees and partners working through the coronavirus crisis.…
Since the novel coronavirus outbreak, organizations around the world have shifted from offices to living rooms. The pandemic has led to the world’s largest work-from-home experiment. And while the idea was a farfetched dream for employees, the pandemic has certainly sped up the entire process of it. With companies like Twitter, Shopify, Square, and Facebook…
With remote working on the rise, more and more employees are experiencing pain and discomfort due to poor workstation set-up at their homes. Considering the pain of these employees, designer, and manufacturer of ergonomic office tools that improve the health and comfort of work-life, Humanscale has launched a campaign in India to offer online ergonomic…
In an attempt to promote employee welfare, French IT services giant Capgemini has recently announced that it has given a single-digit salary hike to 70 percent of its employees in India, effective April 1, 2020. The move will benefit the company’s 84,000 employees of its 1.2 lakh Indian workforce. The company has also said that…
The state of Maharashtra has become the worst affected state in India due to the coronavirus pandemic. The state so far has confirmed 1,619 positive cases and about 140 people have lost their lives. The state’s capital Mumbai, which is also the financial capital of India has since last month came to halt. Organizations which…
Investment bank Goldman Sachs has recently offered its entire workforce globally an additional 10 days of paid family leave to help support them through the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. According to the company, the benefit has been put in place to enable employees to care for family members, as needed, due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) related illness…
Employees around the world spend most time of their lives at workplaces. Workplaces have become a second home for many individuals. But workplaces are demanding. They need you to be efficient and productive at all times. In order to be more productive, more useful, more energetic and more contributing to the workplace one needs to…
Fintech unicorn PayTM recently announced that it has decided to shut all its 6 offices in Delhi-NCR for at least two days after one of its employees from Gurugram tested positive for COVID-19 (Coronavirus). PayTM has five offices in Noida and one in Gurugram, Haryana. In an official statement, the company informed that it asked…
Tech giant Intel recently confirmed that one of its employees based in Bengaluru has “potentially been exposed” to the novel coronavirus and is currently under quarantine. As the death toll due to the virus crossed the 3,000 mark, corporations around the globe have begun to take preventive measures to safeguard their employees’ health. The company…
Indian software major, Wipro recently announced that it has suspended employee travel to coronavirus-hit China, Hong Kong, and Macau. The Bengaluru-based company on Wednesday told news agency IANS in a statement that, “Wipro has suspended travel to and transit through mainland China, including Hong Kong and Macau, until further notice. Employees have also been advised…
Imagine you’re given a choice between two drivers for your daily office commute. One is trained and the other is not. Who would you choose? Obviously the trained one. But what if there is no upfront cost for the untrained driver? You still wouldn’t choose him? Yet there are many organizations that don’t engage in…