Dubai launches citywide 4 day work week for government employees: Will the private sector follow?Dubai government employees will enjoy a four-day work week starting July 1, 2025. The ‘Our Flexible Summer’ initiative aims to boost work-l...
27 Jun, 2025, 09.29 PM IST
Building a people-first culture at Namdev Finvest: Where wellbeing meets recognitionNamdev Finvest is setting new standards in the financial sector by prioritizing its employees. The company has implemented paternity and me...
15 May, 2025, 02.23 PM IST
The Great Skills Shift: Building a workforce for India’s future, todayIndia's burgeoning workforce faces a critical skills gap, hindering economic progress despite a demographic advantage. A significant portio...
10 Apr, 2025, 12.45 PM IST
Employee wins $ 8,19,000 lottery from employer, but company withdraws ticket, sparking debateIn March 2019, a company in Ningbo, China asked an employee to return a 7 crore lottery win to distribute among all attendees. This led to ...
18 Jan, 2025, 11.09 AM IST
US-based techie says Indian managers are 'the worst', reveals he plans to resign after first salaryA Kerala-born techie shared on Reddit his contrasting experiences with Indian managers versus American and Canadian ones. He praised his fo...
14 Jan, 2025, 08.43 AM IST
India Inc, employees think green as AQI worsensDiwali celebrations and stubble burning have worsened air quality in Delhi NCR and Mumbai. Companies like Deloitte, Acer, and DS Group are ...
02 Nov, 2024, 09.29 AM IST
'Birthday Plus One' leave introduced by founder to improve employee work-life balanceAbhijit Chakraborty, founder of Alphanumero, has introduced an innovative "Birthday Plus One" leave policy that grants employees two extra ...
22 Sep, 2024, 05.48 PM IST
Coffee badging, office peacocking — the new tools being used in return-to-office mandatesCoffee badging refers to the act of making a brief appearance at the office for a few hours before promptly heading out. Those working in a...
31 Oct, 2023, 11.32 AM IST
Festive fervour back in corporate India, companies celebrating festivals in physical modeSeveral companies such as EY, Myntra and The Good Glamm are planning employee gifts centred around wellness, flexi-time and recharge leaves.
06 Oct, 2022, 07.20 AM IST
This Mother’s Day skip chocolates & gifts. Celebrate moms by sharing work, advocating equalityDo a chore that mum hates and hold onto it ... forever.
07 May, 2022, 07.34 PM IST
View: India Inc’s Women’s Day gift could well be de-stigmatising and incentivising WFHWith Covid vaccination on, India eagerly waits for ‘business as usual’ — schools and colleges restarting, offices with full attendance, and...
07 Mar, 2021, 11.34 PM IST
Bold, inspiring, talented: Emma Watson is everything a new-age actress should beAs the actress turns 29, here's everything that she's doing to make a difference to the world.
15 Apr, 2019, 03.51 PM IST
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's decision to discontinue flexitime policy triggers a heated debateEarlier in the week Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer announced the discontinuance of its policy on flexitime & working out of home.
03 Mar, 2013, 01.07 PM IST
Best Companies To Work For 2011: How companies create and celebrate fun at workAs employees increasingly spend a significant portion of their waking hours in the workplace, the onus is on the company to ensure that it ...
24 Jun, 2011, 12.00 PM IST
- Best companies to work for 2011: Letter from the editor
CEOs need to be closely involved in the process of building talent pipelines and creating a culture of meritocracy, learning and trust. In ...
24 Jun, 2011, 02.40 AM IST
- Tweet, but with caution: Cos nudge staff
The craze of social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, Orkut and Hi5, and the risks they could pose through indiscriminate posting by...
10 May, 2010, 03.09 AM IST
- Celebrating Xmas could be tricky, finds UK, Inc.
Mode of celebration could hurt sentiments, may even come under purview of anti-discrimination law.
02 Dec, 2006, 01.04 PM IST