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Updated on: Oct 2023
Walmart expands online healthcare facility for employees
Work Model

Walmart expands online healthcare facility for employees

Oct 13, 2023

Merck Launches Fertility Benefits Program for Employees

Merck, a leading science and technology company, is launching a comprehensive Fertility Benefit prog...

Work Model
Sep 26, 2023
Merck Launches Fertility Benefits Program for Employees

Indian employers need to rethink benefits strategy amid rising costs

Employers are facing a range of challenges including rapidly rising benefits costs, and difficulties...

Survey & Report
Sep 25, 2023
Indian employers need to rethink benefits strategy amid rising costs

Capgemini launched th employee share-ownership programme

A French multinational information technology services and consulting company, Capgemini announces t...

Industry
Sep 16, 2023
Capgemini launched th employee share-ownership programme
Ex-employee shares Toxic Work Culture on X about her company
Social Media

Ex-employee shares Toxic Work Culture on X about her company

An Ex-employee at LTT took to social media platform X (formally Twitter), which explained the toxic work environment and reason at her company Linus Tech Tips (LTT). Recently, an Ex-employee Madison took to social media platform X (formally Twitter) saying, “To stop the speculation and DM’s I am receiving. I chose to quit my role […]

Aug 17, 2023
Freshworks books 2200 tickets for staff to watch Rajinikanth’s Jailer
Hiring

Freshworks books 2200 tickets for staff to watch Rajinikanth’s Jailer

Founder & CEO – Freshworks Inc, Girish Mathrubootham has booked 2,200 tickets for employees to watch Rajinikanth’s ‘Jailer’ for employees. He shared the tweet through the official X (formally known as Twitter) handle saying, “2200 tickets 7 screens Freshworks employees only #thalaivaralaparai #TigerkaHukum #ThalaivarNirandharam #freshworksda.” 2200 tickets 7 screens Freshworks employees only #thalaivaralaparai #TigerkaHukum #ThalaivarNirandharam […]

Aug 10, 2023
Best R&R Strategy to Engage Employees
Compensation & Benefits

Best R&R Strategy to Engage Employees

Employees are engaged when they, at a fundamental level, (a) are valued for their contribution (b) are learning and growing, manifested in their progress in their careers, and doing meaningful, increasingly larger and more complex assignments where they feel somewhat challenged (but not overwhelmed) (c) are aligned with the company’s value systems, and (d) adequately […]

Aug 4, 2023
Zomato gets Anmol Gupta as Chief Fitness Officer: His job role?
Appointments

Zomato gets Anmol Gupta as Chief Fitness Officer: His job role?

Zomato CEO announced the appointment of Anmol Gupta as the company’s first-ever Chief Fitness Officer on July 31. Deepinder Goyal, Zomato CEO, shared a Tweet sharing the information, “At @zomato, we’ve always been promoting the importance of physical and mental wellbeing for our employees.” “Announcing a paradigm shift in the constitution of our senior team. A […]

Aug 1, 2023
How to Re-Engage the Disengaged Employees
Employee Engagement

How to Re-Engage the Disengaged Employees

Employee disengagement is catastrophic for business, and its severity is often underestimated. A Gallup study, conducted prior to the pandemic revealed that 69% of employees were ‘actively disengaged’, while 51% were ‘not engaged’. In a subsequent study, these numbers worsened, with 74% being ‘actively disengaged’ and 55% not engaged. These statistics are alarming, especially when […]

Jul 26, 2023
Drivers of Employee Engagement in Organisations
Employee Engagement

Drivers of Employee Engagement in Organisations

Employee Engagement—An Overview Employee engagement refers to a mental framework of employees towards work and the workplace as they stay happy, positive, committed to the organisation, and feel a fulfilling experience while at work. Gartner’s ‘Leadership Vision for 2023’ discusses different employee surveys and reported that—52% employees said flexible work practices would affect their decision […]

Jul 25, 2023
EPFO adds 16.30 lakh net members during the month of May, 2023
EPFO

EPFO adds 16.30 lakh net members during the month of May, 2023

EPFO’s provisional payroll data released on 20th July, 2023 highlights that EPFO has added 16.30 lakh net members in the month of May, 2023. The data reveals that 3,673 establishments have extended social security cover of EPFO to their employees by remitting their first ECR during the month. The data indicates that around 8.83 lakh new […]

Jul 21, 2023
Policybazaar employees win houses, cars as new R&R initiative
Industry

Policybazaar employees win houses, cars as new R&R initiative

Policybazaar last week concluded Season 3 of Jeeto Apna Ghar (JAG), an award-winning employee-focused initiative. The company said that across three successful seasons, policybazaar’s Jeeto Apna Ghar contest has 23 houses and 8 cars given out till date – prize money of over 25 Cr. Amid overwhelmingly positive employee feedback, Policybazaar last week concluded Season […]

Jul 13, 2023
Side hustle, HR tried to have me work on weekends, but I quit
Social Media

Side hustle, HR tried to have me work on weekends, but I quit

The company’s HR department called him in for a meeting to discuss his weekend activities. When it became clear where things were headed, the worker decided he’d rather not work for that company anymore. The thread was shared on Reddit by the worker, u/InfiniteMaf. The exact post said, “Got called by HR one day after someone […]

Jun 19, 2023
Accenture to invest $3 bn in data, AI; to double its AI jobs to 80,000
Industry

Accenture to invest $3 bn in data, AI; to double its AI jobs to 80,000

Accenture announced a $3 billion investment over three years in its Data & AI practice to help clients across all industries rapidly and responsibly advance and use AI to achieve greater growth, efficiency, and resilience. “There is unprecedented interest in all areas of AI, and the substantial investment we are making in our Data & AI […]

Jun 14, 2023
Company replaced all Managers with Coaches, result in Happier Employees
Industry

Company replaced all Managers with Coaches, result in Happier Employees

Companies always work on employee engagement and increasing productivity. Recently, a company introduced a new innovative approach in order to boost productivity. After trending up in recent years, employee engagement in the U.S. saw its first annual decline in a decade — dropping from 36% engaged employees in 2020 to 34% in 2021. This pattern continued […]

Jun 13, 2023
Shocking incident company locks employees inside the Office
Industry

Shocking incident company locks employees inside the Office

A shocking incident has been reported when a company locks Employees Inside the Office. In a video, a watchman locked the office doors to prevent employees leaving from the office. The shocking incident video was shared by Ravi Handa on Twitter saying, “Indian edtech founders are now literally locking in their employees. Get the hell […]

Jun 5, 2023