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Updated on: Feb 2023
Amazon asks employees to work from office thrice a week
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Amazon asks employees to work from office thrice a week

Feb 18, 2023

Happiest Minds mandates work from office for employees

As the COVID cases have declined many companies have already started working from the office. Accord...

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Jan 31, 2023
Happiest Minds mandates work from office for employees

TCS modifies its appraisal process to make employees WFO

As per Businesstoday reports, an Indian multinational IT services and consulting company, Tata Consu...

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Jan 20, 2023
TCS modifies its appraisal process to make employees WFO

A female staff to pay Lakh to ex-Employer for wasting office time

A British Columbia company recently found a female staff wasting time during work from home and fire...

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Jan 17, 2023
A female staff to pay Lakh to ex-Employer for wasting office time
Will TCS rule out 100% remote work & employees to WFO?
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Will TCS rule out 100% remote work & employees to WFO?

According to Financial Express reports, An Indian multinational IT services, and consulting company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) encourages its employees to come to the office. As per the Financial Express reports N Ganapathy Subramaniam, chief operating officer at TCS, said in an interview, “There is a greater realisation that by coming to offices, more things […]

Jan 14, 2023
New trends in employee behaviour in India: Reports
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New trends in employee behaviour in India: Reports

As the year ends the new survey has defined new trends in employee behaviour. According to the survey, a significant percentage of employees are demanding more flexibility in their working lives. Rahul Goyal, MD, South East Asia & India, ADP said, “Currently, there is a need for innovative alternative options to the traditional nine-to-five to keep […]

Dec 27, 2022
Companies may reconsider WFH option due to Covid-19 4th Wave
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Companies may reconsider WFH option due to Covid-19 4th Wave

Earlier, Covid waves changed the working pattern of companies around the globe from working from the office to Working from home. However, in the last couple of months companies have shifted from remote to Hybrid or allowing employees to work from the office at least a few days a week. Current Working Pattern Current Scenario […]

Dec 26, 2022
Meesho ends the work-from-anywhere policy
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Meesho ends the work-from-anywhere policy

India’s fastest-growing internet commerce company, Meesho has announced that the company has adopted a flexible model of working and will be ending its work-from-anywhere model from June 1 next year. Meesho said, “Starting June 1, 2023, Meesho will adopt a flexi-office model combining the flexibility and convenience of remote work with the energy and enthusiasm of periodic […]

Dec 17, 2022
Work from office: Pregnant techie ends life due to loss of job
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Work from office: Pregnant techie ends life due to loss of job

As per TOI reports, A woman techie committed suicide after the software company terminated her for not working from the office. The women employee, Nakkala Shravani, 22 years old, was asked to work from the office but she had requested to work from home due to her eight-month pregnancy. Nakkala Shravani lived in the Nellore […]

Dec 17, 2022
SEZ rules allow WFH to all IT/ITes till December 31, 2023
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SEZ rules allow WFH to all IT/ITes till December 31, 2023

The government has allowed information technology (IT) firms operating in special economic zones (SEZs) to permit 100 per cent work from home (WFH) or any place outside such zones till December 31, 2023. The government permitted the Work From Home (WFH) options under certain conditions on Thursday, December 8. The commerce ministry said in a notification, “A unit may permit its […]

Dec 9, 2022
Accenture and Persistent Systems open new centers. WFH Ends?
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Accenture and Persistent Systems open new centers. WFH Ends?

Since Covid-19 has taken the edge off, organizations are returning to conventional working patterns. IT and Tech companies want their employees back to office and have started calling back them 2-3 days a week to offices. To encourage employees and facilitate them, companies are also starting smaller offices in cities where they have larger ones […]

Dec 7, 2022
Elon Musk ends remote work in his first email to Twitter employees
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Elon Musk ends remote work in his first email to Twitter employees

An American communications company, Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk said remote work will no longer be allowed and employees will be expected to be in the office for at least 40 hours per week, subject to exceptions by his approval. According to the email reviewed by Bloomberg News, Elon Musk emailed his workers for the […]

Nov 11, 2022
Company is fined for firing employee who switched off webcam while WFH
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Company is fined for firing employee who switched off webcam while WFH

Recently, a US company fired an employee for switching off the webcam while Working from Home (WFH). A Dutch court has ordered a US company to compensate a sacked employee for $72,700 after the employee was fired for turning the webcam off while working from home The termination of the employee had a significant negative impact. […]

Oct 17, 2022
Infosys didn’t mandate return to office, will continue flexible working
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Infosys didn’t mandate return to office, will continue flexible working

India’s second-largest IT service provider Company, Infosys CEO Salil Parekh said that the company will continue its flexible approach, Infosys is not setting any days for employees to work from the office s the current work model has worked well for the company. Currently, the company does not favor calling employees back to the office. CEO Salil […]

Oct 15, 2022
Uber asks employees to return to office twice a week
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Uber asks employees to return to office twice a week

American mobility service provider company, Uber has asked its employees to come into the office twice a week. The company has announced Tuesdays and Thursdays as “anchor days”. On these particular days, all non-remote employees must work from the office globally. The policy will be effective from November 1. However, the company has added that employees […]

Oct 5, 2022
Wipro asks employees to return to office three days a week
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Wipro asks employees to return to office three days a week

Bengaluru-based, India’s IT services provider company Wipro has asked its employees to work from the office for at least three days a week. The company will be operating its campuses four days a week from October 10. In its statement, Wipro said it has adopted a flexible and hybrid approach in its return-to-work policy. “Starting […]

Oct 5, 2022