Indian origin World Bank employee shares shocking details of late co-worker's lonely death, urges followers to 'learn to care'Somya Bajaj, an Indian-origin economist at the World Bank, shared a heartfelt LinkedIn post about her colleague Anne's unnoticed passing, s...
03 Feb, 2025, 08.15 PM IST
5 minutes mourning for co-worker's death who worked for 5 years: Viral post sparks debateEmployees are often reduced to cogs in the corporate machine, as highlighted by a viral Reddit post on Indian Workplace. The post exposed h...
31 Dec, 2024, 11.26 AM IST
Big tech's hotbeds of employee activism quiet after Trump's victoryBut after this week's presidential election, the largely liberal workforces of tech's biggest companies were quiet. While the definitive na...
10 Nov, 2024, 04.40 PM IST
Internship application demanding to know job seeker’s sexuality sparks outrage on XAn internship application has stunned job seekers. The form, which asked candidates about their sexual orientation, has now gone viral onli...
28 Aug, 2024, 02.32 PM IST
What’s new in paw-some perks? Insurance, leaves & moreNew-age companies like WeWork, DriveU, InMobi, Simpl, and Bizongo are embracing pet-friendly policies and practices to accommodate employee...
20 Apr, 2024, 05.30 AM IST
How Sheryl Sandberg's 'Lean In' became a Bible & roadmap for women to corporate lifeThe book told women to embrace their ambitions and not to count themselves out.
04 Jun, 2022, 07.19 PM IST
Attacks bust government claim of normalcy, says People's Alliance for Gupkar DeclarationThe PAGD leadership led by Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti met a delegation of Kashmiri Pandits who expressed their concerns, fears and ...
15 May, 2022, 10.47 AM IST
Startup world in mourning; industry welcomes India's chip policyIt's the middle of the festive season but unfortunately we bring bad tidings today, as India's startup and investor communities lost two br...
27 Dec, 2021, 07.03 AM IST
Amid hardship, startups stand up to be countedSupport employees and their families, help with finances; some paying deceased staff’s salary to kin for up to 2 years
03 May, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
Lone gunman kills 59, injures hundreds, in Las Vegas concert attackAt least a dozen people were in critical condition at University Medical Center in Las Vegas, where all of the injured were taken, a spokes...
03 Oct, 2017, 06.56 AM IST
Schneider Electric announces new global family week policyIn formulating the policy, Schneider Electric has actively chosen to define “leave” and “family” in an inclusive way, recognizing that defi...
28 Sep, 2017, 02.11 PM IST
Firms give bereavement leave to help staff cope with lossAlong with providing time off, companies provide support to employees through counselling, if required, for their emotional well-being.
10 Sep, 2017, 03.42 PM IST
PepsiCo chief Indra Nooyi joins Donald Trump's strategic policy forumThe other corporate bigwigs to join the forum are Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, and SpaceX and Tesla chairman Elon Musk.
14 Dec, 2016, 08.57 PM IST
100 planes by 2023, finally, GoAir spreads its wings to take on rivalsLike IndiGo, Prock-Schauer acknowledges that placing big orders is smart since it leads to incentives and of course benefits on sale and le...
23 Aug, 2016, 05.08 AM IST
From Motown to notown: Detroit finally files for bankruptcy protectionIn 1971, a couple of realtors in Seattle put up a hoarding outside the city's Sea-Tac Airport that "Will the last person to leave Seattle p...
20 Jul, 2013, 06.32 AM IST
- Afghanistan remains a very violent place: US
Acknowledging that Afghanistan continues to be a very violent place, the US asserted that the war-torn country has made great progress in l...
09 Apr, 2013, 03.23 AM IST
- Just 'leave' your worries at office
HR Managers across industries are drafting flexible leave policies to cater to changing worklife.
13 Sep, 2006, 01.57 AM IST