India's gender budgeting progress: Are we truly empowering women?India's gender-responsive budgeting has increased allocations but lacks the necessary systemic reforms and mandatory frameworks across gove...
31 Jan, 2025, 10.53 PM IST
Only 70 lakh women in 7.1 crore workers employed in Indian real estate: ReportThe Indian real estate sector, despite employing 71 million workers, has only 7 million women, leading to a low Female Labour Force Partici...
20 Jan, 2025, 08.09 PM IST
India needs 400 million more women in workforce to contribute $14 trillion to economyIndia needs to nearly double its female labour force participation rate to 70% by 2047 to add USD 14 trillion to the economy, according to ...
24 Aug, 2024, 03.45 PM IST
MSMEs should build support fund for women to encourage their participation: Lohit Bhatia, Indian Staffing FederationMSMEs should work towards increasing female workforce participation by making structural changes to their ecosystem, says Lohit Bhatia, Pre...
27 May, 2024, 09.58 AM IST
How apprenticeships can serve as a vital vehicle to address low women labor participation in IndiaIndia's apprenticeships signal shifting gender attitudes, with progress in compensation parity and inclusivity efforts. Addressing systemic...
27 Mar, 2024, 11.49 AM IST
Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi among cities with strong intent to hire in FMCG sector: ReportA new report highlights Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, and Hyderabad as the top five Indian cities showing strong hiring intent in the ...
29 Feb, 2024, 02.46 PM IST
Slowdown & Covid hit labour market but pay gap narrowing: Azim Premji University reportAccording to the ‘State of Working India 2023’ report, gender-based earnings disparities have narrowed in India since 2017 with salaried wo...
21 Sep, 2023, 12.55 AM IST
Growth slowdown, Covid has impacted labour market since 2018: Azim Premji University ReportThe Azim Premji University's report, State of Working India 2023, highlights how the growth slowdown and the Covid-19 pandemic have impacte...
20 Sep, 2023, 03.00 PM IST
It pays to fix gender wage disparitySome of these factors are addressed by the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) scheme that acted as a ballast d...
19 Mar, 2023, 11.06 PM IST
Most female blue collar employees in India confident about equal pay: SurveyThe research was conducted by Censuswide on behalf of Indeed with 508 employers and 1,001 employees in the blue collar segment. The survey ...
24 Feb, 2023, 07.12 PM IST
Equal Pay: Need of the hour for India’s powerful diverse workforceIndia is being recognized as a talent hub that must be leveraged to mitigate the impending talent crunch around the globe. As a nation, we ...
16 Dec, 2022, 02.49 PM IST
How GoI's proposal to push back the legal age of marriage for women is in sync with 'Beti bachao, beti padhao' campaignEarly marriage and, subsequently, early motherhood have an adverse impact on the health of the mother as well as the child. India's MMR is ...
19 Dec, 2021, 11.11 PM IST
Bridging the gap for women in science and technologyWe have learned that broadening access to education entails more than setting up the infrastructure, the school, classes, materials, and tr...
08 Mar, 2019, 12.17 PM IST
Adobe India almost achieves gender parity in salariesThe company also anticipates that there will remain no wage gap between white and non-white employees in the US. Adobe's US and India emplo...
09 Sep, 2017, 03.48 PM IST
SAP India unveils programme to bring women back to workforceEach assignment will last for a maximum of six months and work will take place onsite or virtually depending on the nature of the project.
04 Nov, 2016, 03.41 PM IST
90% employees complain about salary disparity: SurveyIndia Inc is being blamed for playing favourites when it comes to pay packages, as 90 per cent of employees feel there is no pay parity.
07 Sep, 2015, 03.38 PM IST
90 per cent employees feel there is no pay parity in organisations for same role: JobBuzz surveyDespite all the talk about pay-for-performance, India Inc. is being blamed for playing favorites when it comes to pay parity at same level.
07 Sep, 2015, 03.30 PM IST