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Updated on: Mar 2021

Corporate Social Responsibility

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

Mar 7, 2021

How Capgemini Ensures Gender Diversity at Workplace

How Capgemini Ensures Gender Diversity at Workplace This International Womens Day, Capgemini reiter...

Diversity & Inclusion

Mar 3, 2021

Top Performance Management Trends to Look-out for in

Top Performance Management Trends to Look-out for in COVID- has fundamentally changed the wor...

Performance Appraisal

Mar 3, 2021

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Cognizant allocates million funds for global CSR initiatives

Cognizant allocates million funds for global corporate social responsibility initiatives Cogniz...

Corporate Social Responsibility

Feb 26, 2021

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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

Diversity & Inclusion

HCL has successfully completed ‘Women Lead’ initiative in the Nordics

HCL has successfully completed ‘Women Lead’ initiative in the Nordics HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global technology company, has celebrated the successful completion of its global ‘Women Lead’ initiative in the Nordics. HCL’s global diversity and inclusivity programme, designed to empower aspiring women in their leadership careers through exclusive 1:1 mentoring, was celebrated with a […]

Nov 26, 2020

Corporate Social Responsibility

Infosys turns carbon neutral 30 years ahead of 2050

Announces ESG Vision 2030 to continue to shape and share solutions that serve businesses and communities Infosys, the global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, published its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Vision for 2030. This announcement is part of Infosys’ long-standing commitments focused across core areas: climate change, technology for good, diversity, and […]

Oct 30, 2020

Prevention of Sexual Harassment(POSH)

GoAir’s probe finds sr. executive guilty of sexual harassment

GoAir’s internal probe finds senior executive guilty of sexual harassment An internal inquiry committee of GoAir has found a senior executive guilty of sexual harassment, sources said. According to sources, the complaint was received from a female employee from the corporate communications and public relations department. Accordingly, the airline had initiated a probe. An airline spokesperson said: […]

Oct 28, 2020