This city is India’s most gender-inclusive city for womenBengaluru has emerged as India’s top city for women, overtaking Chennai, in the third edition of the ‘Top Cities for Women in India’ (TCWI)...
India’s five big IT firms see net exit of 25,000 women in FY24The data analysis by staffing firm Xpheno revealed that five of India's top IT services companies - Infosys, TCS, Wipro, LTI Mindtree, and ...
Companies are taking steps to boost gender diversityCompanies are taking various measures to increase the gender diversity numbers. These include hiring more women from campuses, offering fle...
Workplace, social enablers key to create sustained employment for women, says Avtar group studyAvtar group has found that career enablers like flexi-timing and remote working are crucial for women's workforce participation. However, w...
Applications open for fourth edition of Google's DigiPivot programThe company said that this year, the program is expanding its eligibility to entry-level women professionals, whilst continuing to invite a...
Women line up for firms offering WFHAt RPG Group, there's been a 15-20% jump in the number of women applying for jobs, which the company said will help it reach its diversity ...
Vedanta building pipeline of women CXOs across groupVedanta has linked gender diversity goals to the top management’s KPI (key performance indicator) with an aim to catapult women to the grou...
In the aftermath of COVID-19, women find it hard to return to the officeAccording to data put together for ET by the Avtar Group, four out of every 10 women surveyed by the diversity and inclusion consulting fir...
Tier 2 and 3 cities will be the post-Covid hubs of gender diverse hiring: Saundarya RajeshIndia’s women’s labour force participation is at an all-time low of 21%, down from 25%, due to the increase in the number of jobs lost by w...
Women in India Inc: 19% in 2016, 26% nowThe report is based on data from across 353 companies that employ more than 10 lakh women.
Many NSE-listed companies yet to appoint women independent directorCorporate governance experts and board members attributed this to sheer inertia on part of companies in meeting the mandate. Some also said...
Myntra recognized as one of the 100 Best Companies for Women in IndiaMyntra has been recognized for its work culture, policies for recruitment, retention and advancement, flexible work and added benefits prov...
HR roles need high EQ to boost diversity at workThe incident of bias and discrimination that forced Tech Mahindra to sack its head (training) brings to the fore serious challenges compani...
Walmart India recognised among 100 best companies for womenThe list includes companies with the most favourable policies and practices in promoting employment, retention and increasing participation...
Most companies in India introduced initiatives for young mothers at workplace: StudyThe study further reveals that 86% of companies have introduced paternity policies at workplace as an aid for Young working mothers.
Proportion of women at senior management level shrinking dramatically: StudyWomen’s participation at senior levels is about 18%, nearly half the number at middle management (5-10 years of experience).
- Housewives in demand for banking, IT, retail jobs
Housewives are now in great demand in the job market as firms are realising that this particular class of employees is more stable in natur...