FLEXIBLE WORK POLICIES

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...

This year, 797 women candidates contested the general elections, constituting 9.6% of the total 8,337 candidates. Only 74 of them won a seat in the 18th Lok Sabha - four fewer than the number of women in the 17th Lok Sabha. This comes less than a ye...

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is introducing work flexibility and agility for over 55,000 employees, with plans to hire over 1000 entry-level workers in FY25. The aim is to attract Gen Zs, retain talent, and increase productivity. SAIL int...

Infosys, India's second largest IT company, has embraced a flexible approach to returning to office post-pandemic. Employees leveraged remote working options in FY24, as per the ESG report. In FY24, 84% of Infosys employees worked remotely, compared...

Indian workers are demanding higher salaries to cope with rising living costs and to feel valued. Flexibility is another key concern, as per Michael Page India's Talent Trends 2024 report. Employers need to focus on broader aspects like workplace cu...

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

Internal leadership development programmes, followed by flexible working policies, most effective in helping retain and secure diverse talent, finds ManpowerGroup Diversity Outlook Survey

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...

India Inc revamps parental leave policies to support changing family structures and foster inclusion. Companies like Colgate-Palmolive and Hindustan Unilever introduce gender-neutral initiatives. Volvo Group and Standard Chartered enhance parental l...

IT firms are implementing measures to encourage office attendance post-pandemic, curtailing the flexibility granted during COVID-19. Employees face compliance pressure, risking consequences for non-adherence. Cognizant introduces a roster app, while...

Right from power, railways, PSU banks, sectoral lenders to oil and gas there are many sectors which have made a comeback in the last 10 years. Comeback both in the real business sense, where the operating matrix and fundamentals of the sector have i...

In India, women face significant barriers in the workplace, from the burden of unpaid care work to the gender pay gap. Despite anti-harassment policies like the POSH Act, compliance remains a challenge, contributing to the "leaky pipeline" where wom...

Several companies in India are implementing flexible work practices for white-collar workers, particularly those in sales and field-related roles, to protect them from the extreme summer heat and maintain efficiency. With the Indian Meteorological D...

Insurance companies in India are adjusting their policy terms, conditions, clauses, and wordings to provide customers with more flexibility in tailoring coverage. This change is expected to be visible in July or October renewals, as it will take tim...

​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,...

Dell's remote work promotion halt reflects WFH-WFO shift. Companies push in-office work due to constraints. Market rebound may prompt job changes. Remote work value highlighted.

The survey discovered that there has been a surge in women's participation in the workforce after the COVID-19 pandemic. While 57% of the respondents confirmed a rise in women participation, 38% of respondents say the percentage of women has remaine...

Moody's Analytics reports that India and the Philippines have seen the largest reduction in the gender gap in labor force participation post-pandemic. The narrowing gap since 2019 has added $1.5 trillion to global income, with almost half coming fro...