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WFH 2.0 in Gurgaon? Haryana wants companies to adopt work from home to beat traffic, save fuelHaryana urges private firms to embrace work-from-home and staggered schedules to combat traffic congestion and rising fuel costs. This init...
In 1907, a lawyer worried about shared water cups helped push a disposable paper cup into daily American lifeA simple invention, the disposable paper cup, transformed public hygiene in the early 1900s. Lawyer Lawrence Luellen's idea offered a safe ...
Quote of the day by Nelson Mandela: 'There is nothing more dangerous than a...' Life lessons on human nature, anger and shame by first Black president of South AfricaQuote of the Day by Nelson Mandela highlights the impact of humiliation on human behavior. The quote explains how shame, rejection, and los...
ED's Parimatch heat reaches Zepto; SPC's India deeptech pushZepto has come under the ED's scanner as part of its probe into Parimatch. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
Indian IT pack falls; MeitY’s e-gaming rulebookIndian IT stocks suffered on Wednesday after HCLTech’s weak Q4 numbers. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
In 60 days, Trump loses three women from the Cabinet: Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi, and now Lori Chavez-DeRemer resignIn just 60 days, three women leaders left Trump’s Cabinet, including Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi, and Lori Chavez-DeRemer. The exits came due to...
CA shares real incident. As company bans WFH, employee uses it as an excuse to refuse urgent work beyond office hoursA Gen Z employee in Mumbai has cleverly navigated his company's strict no work from home policy. When asked why he ignored an important cli...
Want to use mobile phone during work? You need permission from HR. Netizens react: ‘Worse than jail…’A Mohali-based software firm is under scrutiny. The company implemented strict rules on mobile phone usage during work. An internal memo le...
Big tech's hotbeds of employee activism quiet after Trump's victoryThe heads of most of the country's leading tech employers didn't acknowledge the election results to their staffs, though many of them post...
Air India bans smoking, consumption of intoxicating substances at workplace: CHROThe CHRO's communique to employees on Wednesday said, "We as a responsible organisation completely prohibit smoking and consumption of any ...
California sues Cisco for bias based on Indian caste systemCalifornia regulators have sued Cisco Systems, saying an engineer faced discrimination at the company's Silicon Valley headquarters because...
Mask-wearing, social distancing should be enforced strictly: MHA on lockdownIn her daily briefing to the press, Joint Secretary in the ministry Punya Salila Srivastava said it should be ensured that five or more per...
Co-working spaces take steps to handle sexual harassmentWith co-working offices, the issue becomes a bit tricky because they are not typical workplaces and there is no employer-employee relations...
#MeToo: India Inc redefines code of conduct, forbids romantic relationships between senior and subordinateCompanies are also busy taking action against the offenders.
Legislation to ban high heels in the workplace is an uphill taskThe idea is to follow in the footsteps of the BC government and amend the Workers’ Compensation Act to ensure that employers do not force s...
Godrej partners UN initiative for LGBT employeesCompanies have a strong business and economic case for tackling discrimination against LGBTI employees, and must adhere to international hu...
No cologne, no beard: Bizarre workplace bans across the worldPhilippines recently banned the rule forcing women to wear high heels to work.
UK overturns ban on Sikh turbans in workplacesA new clause into the Deregulation Bill 2015 extends the existing exemption in the Employment Act to all workplaces.
- Employer to pay if you smoke at work
Your employer may no longer take kindly to your smoking in office, and may even go to the length of forcing you to quit smoking altogether!
- K'taka bans night shifts for women
The IT capital gets protective about women, wants them back home before 8 pm or quit work.