India Inc embraces gender-neutral parental leave policies for inclusive work environmentIndia Inc revamps parental leave policies to support changing family structures and foster inclusion. Companies like Colgate-Palmolive and ...
18 May, 2024, 11.10 PM IST
Big companies in India Inc ramp up hiring of transgender workersSeveral companies have begun hiring and revising their policies as they look to be more inclusive. Some are also skilling trans employees, ...
29 Mar, 2024, 09.35 AM IST
Women are queueing up for a second innings at workJobs portal HerKey revealed a 58% YoY increase in the number of female professionals registering for returnee programmes in Q1 2021. The pl...
13 Aug, 2023, 07.53 AM IST
Volvo Group rolls out gender-neutral programme for new parents within workforceVolvo Group India has introduced a gender-neutral parental leave programme, which allows 26 weeks of leave for primary caregivers either pa...
03 Aug, 2023, 11.46 AM IST
Companies coming out in support of gender transitioning staffCompanies such as HUL, Tata Steel, Accenture, Deloitte, KPMG, Zomato, Vedanta, Cummins India, Good Glamm and Publicis Sapient are providing...
01 Jul, 2023, 11.54 PM IST
Diversity and Inclusion the top driver for benefit strategies in India: SurveyOrganisations are planning or considering various steps around the well-being of their employees across the four pillars of well-being – ph...
30 Mar, 2023, 12.28 PM IST
MSD pharma likely to participate when govt floats tender for vaccine against cervical cancerThe Serum Institute's made-in-India vaccine against cervical cancer, CERVAVAC, was launched last month. Prakash Kumar Singh, Director of Go...
15 Feb, 2023, 06.24 PM IST
Companies helping employees 'step-in' professional space after long breaksCompanies in India have also come up with second-career programmes. These schemes have been developed for female employees with right exper...
12 Jan, 2023, 02.12 PM IST
Marico launches gender-neutral second career programmeThe programme respects individuality and welcomes candidates that may have taken a break to prioritise their health, fulfil their aspiratio...
01 Dec, 2022, 05.30 PM IST
Marico rolls out gender-neutral programme to welcome professionals with career breaksThe gender-neutral second career programme 'Phoenix' is a career transition programme that will offer opportunities to professionals who ha...
01 Dec, 2022, 11.49 AM IST
Actor Emma Corrin hopes to witness gender-neutral categories at OscarsActor Emma Corrin, who self-identifies as non-binary, hoped to see gender-neutral categories at future Oscar ceremonies.
26 Nov, 2022, 12.33 AM IST
Amazon India dedicates month to LGBTQIA communityTo support the needs of this community, the company offers a same-gender partner coverage programme, which helps employees enrol their same...
10 Jun, 2022, 05.13 PM IST
Companies help workers get back to work after breakOrganisations like John Deere, UBS and Deutsche Bank have second career programmes for both men and women.
19 Apr, 2021, 10.04 AM IST
Infosys awarded UN award in 'climate neutral now' categoryEvery year, the United Nations honours outstanding achievements in combating climate change through the Climate Action Awards.
11 Dec, 2019, 02.56 PM IST
Navy to double aircraft fleet to 500 in next decade: Sunil Lanba"We have a plan in place... in a decade's time this Naval air wing will grow to close to 500 aircraft of different types," Lanba said at a ...
14 Jul, 2018, 12.49 PM IST
Appropriate anti-sexual harassment laws in place at DU?DU's Gender Studies group has claimed the university does not have proper rules in place to deal with complaints of sexual harassment
28 Jun, 2015, 10.36 AM IST
- Fair enough: PC puts money where his heart is
Generous budgetary allocations and women-specific schemes can help give women more control.
01 Mar, 2006, 01.29 AM IST