FLEXIBLE WORK ARRANGEMENTS

About 30% of occupiers are expected to expand their use of flexible office space over the next 12 months, while 17% are likely to consolidate their offices into fewer locations, CBRE said in its latest ‘2024 India Office Occupier Survey’.

An IT professional, frustrated with his company's strict 'no work from home' policy, deleted Microsoft Teams and email from his phone to ensure he was unreachable after office hours. This defiant move garnered widespread support online after a scree...

The changing work culture is causing a gap between employer and employee expectations in hiring and retention. Companies struggle with mismatched salary expectations, required skills, and cultural fit issues. Nonprofits and FMCG companies face the m...

Corporate India is offering new-age benefits, realizing that attracting and retaining talent requires more than just high salaries. Cos offer new-age perks like cash for self-development, health insurance for siblings and pet care to woo talent

Providing convenience and flexibility for employees on one hand, cost-effectiveness, and asset-light models for employers on the other, coworking/managed spaces are booming. Demand for such spaces is soaring in large metros and Tier-2 cities alike a...

At a meeting on Tuesday, the Indian capital market regulator has told the accounting biggies in no uncertain terms to generate the mandatory 'confirmation certificate' overnight so that offshore funds managers can repatriate the money from the sale ...

Companies continue to embrace flexibility in 2024, with the trend towards more flexible working arrangements growing significantly, according to the survey findings. Solely on-site roles are declining by 15% and hybrid positions are surging by 52% f...

A survey by Marsh India Insurance Brokers revealed 70% of companies seek new-age benefits and 50% aim to cater to the multi-generational workforce, focusing on Generation Z. Employers are designing comprehensive benefits tailored to diverse needs, i...

As the market shifts from being an 'employees' to an 'employer's market', return to office calls have been getting louder, with some companies even penalising employees who don't toe the line. However, while expanded flexibility is discretionary, th...

Mother's day 2024: This year Mother's day is on May 12, 2024. If you are soon to be a mom or planning to be one in next year or so, then it is important to have a good financial plan. This is to ensure that as a woman you have financial security. Re...

Awfis had filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) in December 2023.

Hiring in India rose 3% sequentially in March, but fell 4% year-on-year, reflecting global economic uncertainties. White-collar gig hiring surged 184% year-on-year, led by the IT sector, which accounted for 46% of gig jobs. Metro cities like Delhi, ...

​The Vedanta group company has nine board members, of which five are women. Pointing out that there are barriers, including psychological, to inclusion of more women in the workforce, especially in male-dominated sectors of mining and manufacturing,...

It also plan to expand its presence in the New Delhi & NCR and Hyderabad markets. The company aims to have a presence across 10-12 cities in its portfolio over the next two years. It also plans to scale up its operations in Bangalore to over 50 cent...

Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) introduces a foster/kinship caregiver leave policy, offering up to 4 weeks of leave to employees for pre-adoption foster care or becoming legal guardians. The policy emphasizes diversity, family wellbeing, and compliance...

Amid the growing pressure for employees to return to the office, several companies are embracing greater flexibility and additional leave options. Many companies are implementing hybrid working models and offering various types of leave, including n...

The survey reached out to 7,721 employees in Asia Pacific (Australia, China, India and Singapore). Overall the global workforce view covers the views of 32,612 workers in 17 countries around the world, including over 8,613 working exclusively in the...

Jobs that demand availability at all times, were designed for men married to homemakers.

According to JLL, enterprises expanded their office space leasing activity significantly in FY23, going from 92,400 seats in FY22 to 139,000 seats across major cities in the country. The growth was particularly prominent in cities such as Bengaluru,...