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8 ways India’s Labour Codes can help build a modern, expanding, and increasingly diverse workforceBy streamlining the old laws, the government has signalled its intent to align India’s regulatory framework with the demands of a $5 trilli...
Office health check-up detected cancer; high-performing manager forced to quit now pushing for anti-discrimination lawA senior manager discovered he had thyroid cancer during a company health check, only to be terminated weeks later. After battling illness ...
Employee jokingly tells boss he has a disease, gets fired the next day - could this be wrongful termination?A workplace dispute shared online has gained attention after an employee was fired because of a misunderstood joke about having the immune ...
Elon Musk sued: Did SpaceX fire an employee over frequent bathroom usage due to Crohn's disease?A former employee at Elon Musk-led SpaceX has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit alleging the company eventually fired him for using th...
Ex-TikTok executive claims she was fired for reporting sex, age biasKatie Puris said in a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court that her 2022 firing was the culmination of a series of incidents where sh...
US court spikes caste bias case against Cisco employeesWhile the CRD has voluntarily sought the dismissal of the case against the two Indian-American employees of Cisco, it is still processing t...
Procter & Gamble extends medical, workplace benefits to partners of LGBTQ+ employeesPartners of LGBTQ+ employees will now be covered under Procter & Gamble’s medical plan that provides hospitalisation coverage to employees ...
Reversing Trump, US restores transgender health protectionsThe action by the Department of Health and Human Services affirms that federal laws forbidding sex discrimination in health care also prote...
Frame human centric policies for employees returning to work: ILOAccording to the guidance, the needs of workers at higher risk of severe illness should be taken into account; including older workers, pre...
India Inc opens doors to transgender employeesKPMG, Infosys, Accenture, Nestaway, Sodexo and others have policies have introduced policies as well as hiring plans to ease the transition...
Corporates to frame, amend LGBTQ policyThe likes of Infosys, IBM and Google that already have policies on LGBTQ inclusion are now on the leading edge of change.
No clarity on how Uber exec obtained rape survivor’s medical reportsThe woman has sued the cab aggregator in the US for illegally obtaining her medical records and said this was done as part of an attempt to...
India's best workplaces of 2016: The key indicators of great workplacesThere were some specific queries that we put to employees to gauge which workplaces should get the pride of place in our comprehensive list.
- Bombay High Court ruling mirrors United States law on employment
Bombay HC's ruling that no one in India can be compelled to declare his religion appears a step towards the American practice.
- HIV testing at BPOs may be illegal
Adopting a tempered stance, the government says there is no public health rationale for mandatory testing of a person for HIV/AIDS.
- 'Treat HIV patients with dignity at work places'
Most persons suffering from HIV-AIDS have done nothing wrong to get infected with the disease and should be treated like humans, especially...
- HIV testing at BPOs may be illegal
It opened a can of worms in what is fast becoming one of India’s most controversial and sensitive labour law issues.