ITC Hotels has launched ‘Project Nur’ to enable employment for marginalized groups. The project, which is implemented at the ITC Kohenur in Hyderabad, aims to provide enhanced employment and growth opportunities for women, people with disabilities, and the LGBTQIA+ community, according to reports by Hotelier India. The report quoted Shaariq Akhtar, General Manager, ITC Kohenur,

A new report on pay discrimination released by Oxfam has revealed a stark gender pay gap. While men earn Rs 19,779 on average, women earn only Rs 15,578, says the report released recently. The report has attributed 98% of the employment gap between men and women in the salaried class from urban areas to gender

The Apex Court has directed the Indian Government to devise a policy for opening job avenues for the transgender community. According to news reports, the SC observed that the 2014 judgment of the Supreme Court said transpersons comprised the third community. It had directed the job applications to have a separate column for the third

Signing up a partnership with the Indian Rugby Football Union, as the associate sponsor for Rugby 7s Women & Girls and the Rugby 7s Men & Boys teams, Capgemini will be involved in developing the sport across India. A press release from the organization said that it was part of their diversity and inclusion efforts.

Lauding the women engaged in the country’s dairy industry, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called them the real leaders of the sector. Highlighting their participation and contribution, PM Modi, who recently spoke at the International Dairy Federation World Dairy Summit (IDF WDS) 2022, said that they constituted 70 percent of the workforce in India’s dairy

The impact of Covid on the mental health of employees has an economic cost too. A report by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP (DTTILLP) has revealed that employee stress and fatigue leading to attrition has cost India Inc. $14 billion. The Business Insider quoted the ‘Mental health and well-being in the workplace’ report and noted

Automobile manufacturer Volkswagen has announced its first all-women outlet in Coimbatore. According to news reports the store is part of the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion measures, and it aims to support women’s workforce participation. News reports added that 35 women staff would be engaged in end-to-end, sales and after-sales operations at the outlet. The

47-year-old Liz Truss on Monday emerged victorious in the UK PM election, defeating Rishi Sunak by 81,326 votes to 60,399. Truss is the third woman Prime Minister of the country, after Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May. She is also the fourth PM from the Conservatives’ camp to assume office since the 2015 election. News reports

While several countries have witnessed a plummeting women’s workforce participation following COVID, Saudi Arabia has registered an opposite trend. A report released by the Small and Medium Enterprises Authority, also known as Monsha’at, has revealed that women’s workforce participation in the country has gone up to 33.6 % in the first quarter of 2022 when

Batting for flexible working and work-from-home options, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shared his vision for future workplaces. PM Modi, who addressed the ‘National Conference of Labour Ministers of all States and Union Territories’ via video conference on Thursday, stressed that these options would increase women’s workforce participation. He added that industries must ‘change as per changing