Digital Workplace

With resignations and layoffs dominating trends post-Covid, HR leaders anticipate focus on employee engagement, hybrid work model and greater tech investment to improve efficiency

Shell and Microsoft announced a collaboration to impart digital skills to students in vocational education institutions as part of their joint commitment to equip workforce with future-ready skills.

As much as 95 per cent of business leaders in India said their employees are using unregistered devices to log into work platforms

A significant percentage of employees are demanding more flexibility in their working lives, and they are prepared to make compromises to get it, as per a report. According to the ADP Research Institute's People at Work 2022: A Global Workforce View, which surveyed almost 33,000 workers across 17 countries, more than 7 in 10 are seeking more flexibility in how they structure their working time. In India, 76.07 per cent of employees would prefer having control over their working hours, the report said, adding that they would take a pay cut to guarantee the flexibility of working remotely or have the opportunity to alternate between home and office. As per the report, around 76.38 per cent of employees in India would look for a new job if asked to return to work full-time. "Currently, there is a need for innovative alternative options to the traditional nine-to-five to keep employees satisfied at work. "Offering more flexibility and control over employees' work-life is worth conside

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Harappa founders cite huge scope as 82% Americans are likely to quit their jobs because of a bad manager, while 44% managers feel they are unprepared for their jobs

In the new Parliament House, with a soft launch this winter session (the full functionality will happen in January in the budget session), papers are supposed to disappear among other things

The company also launched 'Mail and Calendar Services' for those who do not have specialised IT services but are keen about privacy and security

Nasscom calls for firms to re-imagine engagement models

To address the challenges posed by a fast-evolving landscape, technology companies are bringing an integrated approach to digital transformation

Indian digital businesses are witnessing rapid growth, aided by stronger adoption of online services in diverse segments, especially in the fintech landscape

Unit will serve as a hub to test and validate new digital tech platform solutions and architectures to meet the workload-intensive demands of enterprises in a hybrid workplace environment

Modi said that India missed taking advantage of the first three industrial revolutions because it couldn't keep pace with the changing nature of work

Air India said it has chosen business communication platform Workplace from technology giant Meta so that there is a simple and effective way for all levels of the company to interact with each other

Meta-owned Facebook 'actioned' about 17.5 million content pieces across 13 violation categories in India during May, according to the latest monthly report by the social media giant. The content 'actioned' belonged to categories including bullying and harassment, violent and graphic content, adult nudity and sexual activity, child endangerment, dangerous organisations and individuals, and spam, among others. Facebook took action against about 17.5 million content pieces between May 1-31, 2022 across multiple categories, while Meta's photo-sharing platform Instagram 'actioned' nearly 4.1 million pieces of content across 12 categories during the same period, according to its recently-released India monthly report. "Taking action could include removing a piece of content from Facebook or Instagram or covering photos or videos that may be disturbing to some audiences with a warning," Meta's report said. Under the IT rules that came into effect in May last year, large digital platforms

A survey by Slack of over 2,000 Indian knowledge workers found 4 in 5 respondents desired flexibility, and would switch jobs if their employer didn't provide it

ABB is a leading global technology company that energises the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future

Among 19 countries, India has the Index's highest digital readiness score at 63 out of 100 (average global readiness score was 33 out of 100).

The company recently signed a deal with Swiss Re to help the latter build a more social and open digital workspace leveraging the cloud

The debate over whom to bring back to office, when and for how long has become complicated