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Indian Bank makes pregnant women 'temporarily unfit' for joining

This retrograde clause is highly discriminatory to women, the AIDWA said in its statement

LinkedIn settles with US Labour Department over alleged pay discrimination

The settlement affects nearly 700 women who worked in engineering, product or marketing roles from 2015 to 2017 at the company's offices in San Francisco and Sunnyvale, California

Many women plan to quit jobs within two years due to burnout: Report

According to Deloitte's 'Women@Work 2022: A Global Outlook' report, about 56 per cent of women say their stress levels are higher than they were a year ago, and almost half feel burned out

There is an unconscious bias in many industries, companies: Katrina Fotovat

Katrina Fotovat is looking to help support women entrepreneurs and women employees to help better shape their own and their community's economic future

Three top women execs and the challenges they face in their financial lives

Higher life expectancy, inadequate retirement planning and insurance, and risk aversion are some of the key issues they feel Indian women need to address

BS Number Wise: Jobs added for women, but gender disparity remains

In 2021-22, one female will hold a job for every four males employed. In 2020-21, the ratio was 1:5

Women are more employable in tech development jobs than men: Report

With the tech industry opening up more job opportunities in the wake of the ongoing pandemic, a report has shown that women are more employable in development jobs than men.

e-SHRAM portal: Female registration higher in all states, shows data

Only four states are lower than national avg

Urban Company starts 12-point plan to allay concerns of women partners

Women partners on the platform protested last Friday, demanding better layouts and safer work conditions; firm responds by cutting the commissions it charges on beauty products

After Covid-19, more women are considering scaling back at work: US survey

Women, the survey found, were more likely to report experiencing burnout than men - a gap that's widened in the last year, too

Nestle increasing number of female employees to increase gender diversity

FMCG major Nestle India is increasing the number of its women employees as part of its gender diversity efforts.

Taking steps towards building more diverse organisation: Grofers

The company has over 2,000 employees

TCS announces 'Rebegin project', its largest women recruitment drive

Rebegin is a TCS Careers Initiative intended to benefit women professionals who have taken a career break due to family or other commitments to help them return to the company

Women work in jobs of poorer quality with wide income variability

Women tend to be concentrated in manufacturing of apparels and textiles and in services like education and health, while men are concentrated in the trade and hotels sector

Women are overworked, underpaid, and more stressed: Deloitte study

The working hours have increased for women, and so has household responsibilities, says Deloitte Women@Work report. While Indian companies are doing enough to check-in, not enough to ensure work-life

EPFO office work overtime to clear all pending claims of women members

Retirement fund body EPFO's Delhi West office worked on last weekend to settle all pending claims of women subscribers marking International Women Day on Monday.

Time for women to play a proactive role in managing their family's finances

March 8 will be celebrated as International Women's Day. On this occasion, we've got three highly accomplished women from the corporate world to offer advice to their younger counterparts

ESIC takes steps to ease conditions for women to avail sickness benefit

The Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on Tuesday took steps, such as relaxing contributory conditions for insured women to avail sickness benefit

Zomato introduces 10 days of 'period leave' for employees per year

In a note for the male employees in the blog, Goyal said, "Our female colleagues expressing that they are on their period leave shouldn't be uncomfortable for us"

More action than noise on Women's Day?

The PM's clarion call acted as a starter gun for various governmental agencies, galvanising them to action