TalentSprint’s Women in Software Engineering (WISE) Program to groom 1,000 women tech graduates
Hyderabad: TalentSprint in collaboration with its partners has announced that within the next three years it will deploy its exclusive WISE program (Women in Software Engineering) to skill and empower 1,000 young women graduates who can aspire for advanced technical roles in the global IT sector. With universities and colleges striving to produce a reliable […]
Read More →Sunday Special: Know the Ten Best Companies for Women in India
Mumbai: Indian Inc is seeing rising percentage of adoption and surrogacy as 70% of studied350 companies in India offer an average of 4.7 months paid leave for adoptive mothers and 15% of studied 350 companies in India sponsor their women employees for infertility treatments. This was revealed by first edition of Best Companies for Women […]
Read More →At more than one lakh women employees with 33.8% gender diversity ratio, TCS is scripting diversity and inclusion story
Mumbai: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest IT exporter, has become one of the largest employers of women in the world and is weaving diversity and inclusion into organisational ethos through women-friendly policies and initiatives. When all over the world, workforce trends are changing and markets are becoming increasingly competitive, TCS has enjoys an edge […]
Read More →Sikkim at the top and Delhi at the bottom: Best Indian states for working women
Mumbai: Gender inequality in workplace is great a concern for Indian corporate houses. With a workforce that is only 24 percent female, India has one of the world’s lowest rates of female workforce participation. India is missing some portion of economic prosperity as a 2015 report by the McKinsey Global Institute estimates that India could […]
Read More →Rajya Sabha passes Maternity Bill, women to get 26 weeks of maternity leave
New Delhi: In a landmark move, the Rajya Sabha today (11 August 2016) has passed the much awaited Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2016. The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2016 seeks to increase Maternity Benefit from 12 weeks to 26 weeks for two surviving children and 12 weeks for more than two children. Hence, the working […]
Read More →Union Cabinet approves Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2016 that seeks to increase maternity benefit from 12 weeks to 26 weeks
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi today (10 August 2016), has approved the amendments to the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 by introducing the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 in the Parliament. Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2016 seeks to increase Maternity Benefit from 12 weeks to 26 weeks for […]
Read More →More than half of women in the start-up in India prefer working under younger bosses
New Delhi: Younger bosses are winning both heart and mind. Young bosses appear to more focusing on speed, agility and innovation in startup companies. According ‘The Younger Boss- Older Subordinate’ relationship research report by TeamLease, more than 52 percentage of women in the start-up sector are preferred working under younger superiors. Women mention younger bosses […]
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