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Boss continues paying employee who quit to care for son, says 'don't worry about money'An employer offered unwavering support to an accountant who resigned to care for his critically ill son. The company continued his salary f...
Love quote of the Day by German philosopher Walter Benjamin: "The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope"Quote of the Day: According to Walter Benjamin, authentic bonds emerge from selfless affection. However, many contemporary relationships st...
How a kid's accidental call with her father's boss led the company to introduce WFH option for all employees: 'I have not gone to school since my mom has been sick'Work-from-home policies remain a divisive issue as some companies embrace flexibility while others enforce rigid office rules, even during ...
Murshidabad’s forgotten crisis: Beedi workers struggle amid charged political debates, SIR deletionsIn Murshidabad's beedi belt, children work alongside mothers to meet daily targets. Families earn meager wages for rolling beedis. Contract...
Employee asked for leave to look after sick baby. Boss’s reply left her stunned: ‘It was an eye-opener….’A mother's request for leave to care for her sick toddler, who suffered a febrile seizure, was met with a supervisor's focus on team covera...
Australian parents voice concern over 'ridiculous' rule allowing schools to deny leave to children for holidaysAustralian parents are questioning school policies after influencer Sarah Stevenson, known as Sarah's Day, revealed her child's holiday abs...
Child's sickness not a valid reason for leave, we do not employ your children: Company sick leave memo sparks outrageA company's memo stating that employees cannot take leave to care for a sick child has sparked outrage online. Shared on Reddit, the memo i...
Centre amends rules to allow 6 months maternity leave for staff in case of surrogacyWomen government employees can now take 180 days of maternity leave if they have children through surrogacy, according to amendments to the...
Accenture India rolls out flexible leave policy tailored to employees' 'small and big' needsAccenture India has updated its leave policy, offering its employees the opportunity to take both "small and big time offs". The new policy...
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle to attend WellChild awards in LondonPrince Harry and Meghan Markle are expected to spend an emotional evening with seriously ill children in London on Thursday. They are on a ...
More sophisticated bill in future for paternity leave: Maneka Gandhi"I didn't actually say that. I said men already have sick leave. They need to use that when they have babies and then we will proceed on th...
Men will use paternity leave like a holiday: Maneka Gandhi"If men gave me one iota of hope by taking sick leave for child care, then yes, we can think of mooting a proposal for paternity leave," sa...
Sick leave for fertility treatment at Godrej IndustriesThe company has also changed its healthcare policy—previously limited to an employee’s spouse, children, and parents—to include domestic pa...
Narendra Modi government relaxes leave norms for surrogate mothersWomen employees who have disabled children would be allowed to take CCL of a total of two years at any stage of their service.
Cisco allows sick leave for taking care of an unwell family memberEmployees of Cisco India who need to care for their dependents during times of illness can avail themselves of sick leave.
Centre proposes change in child care leave policy for womenThe Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has decided to modify necessary service rules in this regard and sought all ministries comm...
Government decides to relax adoption conditions in certain casesThe Ministry of Women and Child Development has announced forming a committee to look into the cases of exceptions or relaxations in the re...
PSBs offer sops to bridge pay divide with private banks; new benefits include maternity leave through surrogacyThe banks will take insurance for employees from the four public sector insurers, with Rs 4 lakh cover for officers and Rs 3 lakh for the r...
Companies saying no to leave encashment in effort to make employees spend quality time off workFor the harried overworked executives, there's a new trend that is going to change the way they look at "work" and "life" or "work-life bal...
Government woman employees can now avail of child care leave for less than 15 daysSupreme Court had held that a Central govt employee could avail of uninterrupted child care leave for the stipulated two years, or 730 days.