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Zomato to give female employees up to 10 days of “period leave
“There shouldn’t be any shame or stigma attached to applying for a period leave,” Zomato chief executive Deepinder Goyal said in an email to staff on Saturday.
“You should feel free to tell people on internal groups, or emails that you are on your period leave for the day.”
Search for work from home jobs up 442% in India during Feb-July:Report
“Flexibility has always been a vital aspect of job opportunities for job seekers, especially millennials, who today make up over half of India’s working population,” Indeed India Managing Director Sashi Kumar said.
California scrutinising Amazon’s treatment of workers during Coronavirus outbreak
The lawsuit alleges unsafe practices such as having workers share equipment such as freezer suits and failing to allow extra time for safe social distancing.
Siemens to roll out flexible working app for 100,000 staff
Staff worried about COVID-19 infections among fellow workers can also use a contact tracing feature on the app created under a partnership with U.S. software developer Salesforce.
It can also block desks in an area if information is received about a person suspected of having the virus, said Siemens, which already sells the app to external customers.
U.S.companies fear workplace coronavirus precautions do not address airborne risk
Neal Mills,chief medical officer at healthcare benefits group Aon, began fielding questions last week about the WHO’s decision to investigate aerosol transmission, and said employers were slowing the return of remote workers back to their offices.
“They are doing due diligence around how are you going to reduce the transmission of the virus in light of the proposed aerosol nature of COVID-19,” Mills said.
UK Supreme Court to consider landmark Equal-Pay case against Walmart’s Asda
The fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has put renewed pressure on equality in the labor market. But British firms have made mixed progress to narrow the pay gap since the government forced companies to disclose wage data in 2018. On average, men make about 14% more than women.
Google ties more work tools into Gmail, aiming to get ahead of Microsoft
Google has been trying for more than a decade to catch up with Microsoft Corp’s Office, which dominates the global market for corporate email and document-editing tools.
Both companies have been adding video-calling features and other collaboration tools to attract new business from companies operating from home during the pandemic.
India has now less stunted children but more obese adults
More Indian adults became obese between 2012-16, the report said.
The number of adults (18 years and older) who are obese grew from 25.2 million in 2012 to 34.3 million in 2016, growing from 3.1 per cent to 3.9 per cent.
’58 Indian-origin executives employ over 3.6 mln globally, account for $1 trillion in revenue’
Indiaspora said that many of these diaspora executives have led their companies in advancing social change by addressing racial injustice, climate and sustainability justice, and the disproportionate effects of COVID-19 through policy and financial commitments.
IRDAI forms panel to explore possibility of an “Indian Pandemic Risk Pool”, to address BI risks arising out of a Pandemic event
There is a need to examine long-term solutions to address the various risks which have been triggered by the current pandemic and offer protection in case of a future similar crisis.Some of the risks like Business Interruption losses without concurrent material damage loss,loss of employment would result in huge losses much beyond the capacity of government /insurers /reinsurers, said IRDAI.
The panel will examine the the need for setting up a Pandemic Risk Pool giving rationale for the same,recommend the structure and operating model for the Pool within eight weeks. .