Diversity & Inclusion: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Mar 2023
Challenges in Creating Inclusion and Equity in the Workplace
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Challenges in Creating Inclusion and Equity in the Workplace

The current times are evolving, have evolved and we are looking forward to workplace scenarios with increased acceptance of inclusion and equity. Now, what is “Inclusion”? Many of us are familiar with this term as we keep hearing about it in social media, company websites, or at times from our network of professionals. Do we […]

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Women’s representation on Indian Boards has tripled in 10 years
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Women’s representation on Indian Boards has tripled in 10 years

EY released its report on ‘Diversity in the Boardroom: progress and the way forward‘ highlighting its findings on the representation of women on Indian boards and emphasizing the actions organizations must take to increase gender diversity. During 2013- 2022, India made significant and rapid progress in increasing women’s representation on boards from 6% in 2013 to 18% […]

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CoinSwitch upgrades LGBTQ+ benefits for employees
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CoinSwitch upgrades LGBTQ+ benefits for employees

India’s largest crypto investing company, CoinSwitch has enhanced its LGBTQ+ benefits with financial support for gender reassignment surgery. The company’s best-in-class insurance policy also covers same-sex partners. According to company, the policy will reimburse medical costs up to Rs 2 lakh. The benefit is an addition to the pre-existing initiative aimed at driving better inclusivity within […]

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GE conducts Pride Walks across its campuses in India
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GE conducts Pride Walks across its campuses in India

To celebrate Pride month and to extend solidarity to the LGBTQIA+ community, GE organized Pride walks across 10 of their campuses in India. Over 1500 GE employees, allies, and members of the community participated in the walk held across various locations. The Pride Walks were conducted across GE campuses at Bengaluru (Karnataka), Sanand (Gujarat), Durgapur […]

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Gender Wage Gap in India and Factors Affecting
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Gender Wage Gap in India and Factors Affecting

For a long, employers have pondered over the importance of gender diversity and the extent to which organizations should strive to achieve the same. Employees are expecting more from their employers. Over the last several years, we have seen a dramatic shift in the public consciousness towards social justice, transparency, and intolerance of inequity. The […]

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P&G India extends all medical, workplace benefits to partners of LGBTQ+ employees
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P&G India extends all medical, workplace benefits to partners of LGBTQ+ employees

Procter & Gamble (P&G) India today announced that all its company offered benefits are now extended to partners of LGBTQ+ employees, effective April 1, 2022. The following company medical and workplace benefits will be extended to partners of LGBTQ+ employees Medical Support: Partners of LGBTQ+ employees will now be covered under company’s medical plan that […]

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How Tata Steel Drives DE&I in Hybrid Workplace
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How Tata Steel Drives DE&I in Hybrid Workplace

How Tata Steel Drives DE&I in Hybrid Workplace It is now a little over a year and a half since India went into the first self-imposed lockdown to handle the Covid-19 pandemic. From the very beginning, we knew that the most telling impact of the health crisis would be on people and livelihoods that will […]

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Nestle India increases Women Employees to boost its gender diversity
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Nestle India increases Women Employees to boost its gender diversity

Nestle India, the world’s largest food and beverage company is increasing the number of its women employees as part of its gender diversity efforts. Currently, around 23 per cent of Nestle India’s workforce are women, its Chairman and Managing Director Suresh Narayanan said on Monday in a statement. “We moved a fair degree on this. When […]

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Why Diversity Programs are Not Able to Create Impact
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Why Diversity Programs are Not Able to Create Impact

Diversity Creates Dimensions in the World!! In the current New Normal phase of our life, Globalisation has led all of us to cater to a highly diversified market in a disruptive era inclusive and diverse workforce will help organizations to understand various markets better. One of the most common enigmas that organizations face is why the […]

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Will Hybrid Workplaces Enhance Gender Equity?
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Will Hybrid Workplaces Enhance Gender Equity?

The anticipated benefits of hybrid workplaces are still at the stage of initiating and retaining women at the junior and mid-career levels “I had to take a break when I had my baby”… “When I had to relocate with my spouse”… “When my personal situation required a job that involved less travel”… I have lost […]

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Gender-Specific Roles and Fighting Stereotypes for Inclusivity
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Gender-Specific Roles and Fighting Stereotypes for Inclusivity

Gender-Specific Roles and Fighting Stereotypes for Inclusivity Rome was not built in a day, but not a day was wasted while it was being built. Women today are able to be at par with men only because our ancestors have long-fought for these basic rights. The point of concern here is how and what should […]

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Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs Fail?
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Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs Fail?

Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs Fail? Organizations around the globe have recognized the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workspace. A diverse workforce not only strengthens productivity, creativity, employee engagement, and profits but also helps maintain the organizations’ reputation. Most organizations use diversity training programmes, often made mandatory, to make improvements in workplace […]

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