Some US MNCs may slow DEI efforts, but Indian companies not to let up momentumDonald Trump's executive orders targeting DEI programmes are impacting US MNCs with Indian entities, with some pausing or modifying their i...
11 Feb, 2025, 12.32 AM IST
Where are the women? Men dominate 81% of India Inc's corner officesIndian women occupy just 19% of C-suite positions, lagging behind the global average of 30%, according to Avtar. Work-life integration chal...
27 Jan, 2025, 05.07 PM IST
Mahindra Group to launch ‘second career’ programme for women wanting to return to workforceThe group has designed structured support policies including sensitisation of hiring and line managers, mentorship and upskilling initiativ...
17 Jan, 2025, 08.39 AM IST
Chennai among top 3 Indian cities for women's Social and Industrial inclusion: StudyChennai is ranked second in a study on social and industrial inclusion for women, with Bengaluru leading as the top city for working women ...
12 Jan, 2025, 02.14 PM IST
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)...
08 Jan, 2025, 11.08 PM IST
Fewer women are getting promotions compared with men, shows studyWomen are also getting a smaller chunk of the promotion budget. Of the entire promotion budget that companies have, women are paid Rs 88 fo...
28 Feb, 2024, 10.43 PM IST
There is bias in healthcare, insurance coverage for underrepresented groups: Plum60% of the platform's customers have opted for new-age insurance coverage, demonstrating a growing demand for comprehensive healthcare.
31 May, 2023, 10.51 AM IST
It's 2023 but job interview biases continueAn analysis of 3,000 virtual job interviews revealed that 42% women and 33% men were asked personal questions that had potentially no conne...
01 Jan, 2023, 07.30 AM IST
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...
29 Sep, 2021, 09.09 AM IST
Companies now look to check harassment during work from homeUse of inappropriate language or gestures during virtual meetings, making sexually coloured remarks, and unwarranted requests for video cal...
26 Aug, 2020, 09.56 AM IST
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.
08 Mar, 2020, 11.17 AM IST
Glass ceiling: Pay gap between women and men CEOs doublesExperts attribute this to the strong bias against women CXOs, affecting career growth and promotions.
08 Feb, 2020, 07.54 AM IST
Companies struggle to fill talent gap in event of women employees' maternity continuumCompanies face big challenges in such cases with women workforce as they find it difficult to arrange alternative resources to replace with.
13 May, 2018, 06.10 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi to hand over dossier on activities of radical Sikhs in UKPM Modi is likely to take up the activities of radical Sikh groups in the UK during his meeting with British PM David Cameron.
13 Nov, 2015, 01.55 AM IST
HC seeks response from Centre, J&K in Chattisinghpora Sikhs massacre caseDavid Headley is said to have identified an LeT militant named Muzzamil as part of the group which carried out the killings.
20 Oct, 2014, 06.39 PM IST
Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee to write to PM Narendra Modi over attack on Sikhs in USMakkar said SGPC will soon write to Modi, asking him to take up the issue with the US and other foreign countries to prevent recurrence of ...
10 Aug, 2014, 02.36 PM IST
New company law gives a big push to gender diversity at workplaceThe new company law mandates women on boards, while companies hire more women across hierarchies. But there’s still a long distance to cove...
24 Dec, 2013, 04.28 AM IST