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Updated on: Mar 2021

Prevention of Sexual Harassment(POSH)

Effect of COVID- Lockdown on Inquiry Process under POSH Law

Mar 17, 2021

How Tata Starbucks ensures Pay Equity and Work-life balance

Rendezvous With Deepa Krishnan Director Marketing, Category, Digital, Loyalty, and PR at Tat...

Diversity & Inclusion

Mar 15, 2021

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Craft Your Own Personal Mindfulness Journey

Long ago, a humble Indian prince named Siddhartha walked the path of Dhamma, in search of lifes mea...

New HR Trends

Mar 11, 2021

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ABB India, Lila Poonawalla Foundation partner to build future women leaders in technology

ABB India, Lila Poonawalla Foundation partner to build future women leaders in technology ABB India ...

Corporate Social Responsibility

Mar 7, 2021

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Diversity & Inclusion

How Capgemini Ensures Gender Diversity at Workplace

How Capgemini Ensures Gender Diversity at Workplace This International Women’s Day, Capgemini reiterates its commitment towards gender diversity with a focus on its key gender balance initiatives. At Capgemini, the principles of diversity are a source of creativity, innovation, and inspiration for the company. Capgemini wants to be recognized worldwide as a leading responsible company […]

Mar 3, 2021

Performance Appraisal

Top Performance Management Trends to Look-out for in 2021

Top Performance Management Trends to Look-out for in 2021 COVID-19 has fundamentally changed the world of work. Performance management systems have experienced a significant shift in view and effectiveness over the past few years, but pandemic accelerated the process further. As organizations reflect on the past year, effectiveness of performance management measures in new normal […]

Mar 3, 2021

Corporate Social Responsibility

Cognizant allocates $250 million funds for global CSR initiatives

Cognizant allocates $250 million funds for global corporate social responsibility initiatives Cognizant has announced a new five-year $250 million effort to advance economic mobility, educational opportunity, diversity and inclusion, and health and well-being in communities around the world. Building on its longstanding investment in corporate social responsibility, Cognizant, with its extensive global presence, will work to create stronger, […]

Feb 26, 2021

Performance Appraisal

A Differentiating Measure for Appraisals 2021 and Beyond

A Differentiating Measure for Appraisals 2021 and Beyond 2020 was a year of discovery, adjustments, and ambiguity. Is the ambiguity over? The answer is not signed and sealed yet. In many senses the future of work and workplaces, both are still getting rewritten in most industries. In some industries, much more than the others. One […]

Feb 25, 2021

Jobs

Supreme Court suspends ruling on a man who molested girl after outcry

Supreme Court suspends ruling on a man who molested girl after outcry Supreme Court of India on Wednesday suspended a lower court’s ruling reducing the punishment for a man who groped a girl after the verdict sparked an outcry in a country where crimes against women have become politically contentious. Rights groups and politicians had […]

Jan 28, 2021

Jobs

Not sexual assault if there is no ‘skin to skin’ contact: Bombay High Court

Not sexual assault if there is no ‘skin to skin’ contact: Bombay High Court Groping a minor’s breast without “skin to skin contact” cannot be termed as sexual assault as defined under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Bombay High Court has said. Justice Pushpa Ganediwala of the Nagpur bench of […]

Jan 27, 2021

Employee Engagement

How Thomas Cook Overcomes Employees Emotional Distress

Have you ever felt sad and, at the same time, felt that you “shouldn’t” be feeling that way? Have you been told by countless people that you should not feel sad? Does that make you feel bad? Sadness is a critical human emotion triggered by events in our lives, such as when things have turned […]

Jan 15, 2021

Jobs

#MeToo: Ramani failed to prove charges of sexual misconduct against me, Akbar tells court

MeToo: Ramani failed to prove charges of sexual misconduct against me, Akbar tells court Former union minister M J Akbar on Tuesday told a Delhi court that journalist Priya Ramani failed to prove her charges of alleged sexual misconduct by him 20 years ago. Akbar made the submission before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Kumar […]

Jan 12, 2021

Diversity & Inclusion

How TCS drives diversity and inclusion at the workplace

How TCS drives diversity and inclusion at the workplace TCS has its presence in more than 144 nationalities across 46 countries, and it looks at inclusivity from a behavioural lens hence implemented several initiatives to create awareness and shifts mindset towards inclusion and helping individuals overcome bias. The aim of TCS has always been to […]

Dec 10, 2020

Diversity & Inclusion

Volvo launches “Volvo for All – Equal Opportunity Employer Policy” free from any discrimination

Volvo launches “Volvo for All – Equal Opportunity Employer Policy” free from any discrimination Thursday, 3 December, on the occasion of “International Day of Persons with Disabilities’, Volvo has launched “Volvo for All – Equal Opportunity Employer Policy” at Volvo Group India. According to this new policy, All employees shall have equal opportunities based on competencies, experience and performance regardless of […]

Dec 7, 2020

Diversity & Inclusion

The dire need of Women in STEM – It’s Now or Never!

The dire need of Women in STEM – It’s Now or Never! 2020 is a year that brought along many surprises with it-The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. The only constant this year was change, followed by the rush to adapt to this change. Speaking about the pace of acceleration of this digital adaptation, […]

Nov 28, 2020

Jobs

HUL launches mental well-being initiatives for blue collar workforce

HUL launches mental well-being initiatives for blue collar workforce Hindustan Unilever, the country’s largest fast moving consumer goods maker, has put in place a well-being plan specifically aimed at its blue collar workforce on factory shop floors. From Covid insurance coverage, awareness generating initiatives, to connecting regularly with individual shop floor members and their families […]

Nov 27, 2020