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Who pays for the toilet paper? The big questions of the work-from-home era
Of course, the 2 euros a day is for an average worker with average costs, but can be tweaked depending on measures such as home heating and water costs, or the quality of insulation.
It does not cover new furniture, computers, phones, or other equipment which NIBUD says employees should receive from their employers if necessary for their work.
Indian CEOs less confident about economic growth; 62% took pay cuts: KPMG Survey
The CEOs have already seen accelerated progress in digital transformation during the pandemic and are likely to prioritise investments in new technologies to become future-ready, and 89 per cent of them plan to invest more on technology, the survey noted.
Working from home can feel like sleeping at work: Microsoft’s Satya Nadella
He also said remote work misses some of the benefits of the office. “Video meetings are more transactional,” he said. “Work happens before meetings, after meetings.”
Safety of employees, customers, and quality of loan book top priorities for new SBI chief
At a time when the Indian banking system is hamstrung by the pandemic, SBI is witnessing credit growth of around 6-7% while business is “70-80% back to pre COVID-19 levels,” for the bank, Khara said in a press briefing after taking over the reins on Wednesday.
IRDA allows portability of group health insurance schemes within the same bank
“It is hereby clarified that only the IRDAI registered insurance companies, or their authorized agents and intermediaries registered by IRDAI can sell insurance products. Individuals who avail such services from unauthorized persons or entities shall be doing so at their own risk,” said the IRDAI..
9 in 10 Indian workers seek robots to support their mental health
“There is a lot that can be done to support the mental health of the global workforce and there are so many ways that technology like AI can help. But first, organizations need to add mental health to their agenda,” said Emily He, senior vice president, Oracle Cloud HCM.
Single-day spike of 61,267 COVID-19 infections, 884 fatalities: Health Ministry
The fatality rate due to the coronavirus infection was recorded at 1.55 per cent.
According to ICMR, a total of 8,10,71,797 samples have been tested until October 5 with 10,89,403 samples being tested on Monday.
Covid-19 is changing global claims trends, risk exposures for companies and their insurers:Allianz
Going forward, many businesses are expected to review and de-risk their supply chains and build in more resilience. This could involve some reshoring of critical production areas because of disruption caused by the pandemic. Such a move would likely impact frequency of claims and the costs of any future business interruptions.
COVID-19 vaccine may be ready by year-end, says WHO’s Tedros
Nine experimental vaccines are in the pipeline of the WHO’s COVAX global vaccine facility that aims to distribute 2 billion doses by the end of 2021
U.S. FDA safety guidelines likely to push COVID-19 vaccine authorization past election
The White House could still force authorization of a vaccine without that additional safety data. Doing so would put it in open disagreement with the FDA and its career scientists, and add to the perception that politics was playing a role in pushing out a vaccine.
If the agency follows its own guidelines, it is unlikely to authorize a vaccine before sometime in late November. It wants two months of data from half of a trial’s volunteers.