Workplace: News
28 Apr 2022
LifestyleWhy are young Indians quitting the workforce?
Unemployment data from research firm CMIE, revealed that the overall labor participation rate (LPR) of our country fell from 46% to 40% between 2017 and 2022.
11 Apr 2022
Mental HealthHow to deal with toxic people
Identifying a toxic person is easier when you focus on how they make you feel instead of what they do or say.
04 Apr 2022
Mental Health5 ways to beat the Monday morning blues
The weekend is over and the Monday morning blues are already draining us emotionally.
21 Mar 2022
Holi5 ways to tackle Holi hangover
Are you still singing Holi songs to yourself and thinking of all that fun you had during this long weekend?
12 Mar 2022
Lifestyle5 offbeat careers that also pay well
Are you looking for a profession that isn't restricted to set working hours and lets you be creative?
09 Mar 2022
Lifestyle5 ways to increase productivity
Are you someone who strives to finish tasks timely, but ends up getting distracted?
15 Feb 2022
LifestyleTop 7 skills you must mention in your resume
Writing a resume can be quite daunting when you have to keep it precise but informative.
21 Jan 2022
Karnataka5 places in India to enjoy a work vacation
While working from home sounds like an exciting idea, it isn't all that fun.
29 Dec 2021
Lifestyle5 signs that you are stuck in a toxic workplace
An international survey has revealed that 42% of US employees left their job on account of working in a toxic environment.
14 Dec 2021
Health & Wellness5 tips for effective time management
We all have 24 hours in a day. But while some people are able to navigate multiple tasks in a day, others struggle to get theirs done.
01 Nov 2021
LifestyleHow to declutter your workspace? Here's an easy guide
Do you feel exhausted and unsatisfied as soon as you begin your office work?
01 Nov 2021
LifestyleWant to ace work from home routine? Follow these tips
Ever since the coronavirus pandemic forced lockdown globally, the work from home culture has become the new normal.
10 Sep 2021
COVID-19WFH or WFO? Which is more preferable
Numerous companies shifted to the work-from-home (WFH) mode after the COVID-19 pandemic forced lockdowns worldwide.
01 Aug 2021
Lifestyle#HealthBytes: Top reasons why standing desk is good for you
"Sitting is the new smoking," goes a saying and we couldn't agree more.
23 Jul 2021
Health & WellnessA few tips to maintain the right posture while sitting
Most of our jobs demand us to be at our desks throughout the day and this can increase our risks of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, back injury etc.
21 Jul 2021
Health & Wellness#HealthBytes: How to benefit from a standing desk
Standing desks are becoming highly popular and improve your health as well as productivity.
10 Jan 2021
GoaPandemic special: Some scenic Work From Home destinations in India
It's almost a year since the pandemic began and a year since the majority of the workforce made workstations out of their homes.
15 Apr 2020
Ministry Of Home AffairsSit 6-feet apart, no large meetings: Lockdown guidelines for offices
The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday issued a lengthy list of guidelines for the extended nationwide lockdown in India.
23 Oct 2019
BusinessEY instructs women employees on how to act around men
It's been two years since the #MeToo movement forced people to view workplaces with a feminist lens, uncovering everyday sexism and sexual abuse, however, the issue remains rampant.
13 Aug 2019
TechnologyNow, you can practise firing employees in virtual reality
One of the biggest challenges for a manager is to break it to their employees that they are being relieved from their duties.
18 Nov 2018
India#MeToo-impact: NCW thinks better law to address workplace-harassment is needed
In what can be seen as the aftermath of #MeToo movement which swept India in October, the National Commission for Women is mulling creation of a separate law or policy to address all forms of gender bias at workplaces.
27 Jul 2018
SlackWork messaging wars: Slack acquires rivals, wins the battle
In a surprise announcement, work messaging platform Slack has announced that it has acquired rival HipChat from enterprise software giant Atlassian.
12 Jul 2018
Health & Wellness#HealthBytes: 5 simple exercises for people stuck with desk jobs
Stuck in a 9-to-5, in-office, desk job? You're not alone.
12 Jul 2018
IndiaWhy are women paid less than men? Here we decode
It is common knowledge that women, in India and elsewhere, are paid substantially lesser than men. This disparity has persisted since antiquity, across sectors and geographies. Unfortunately, this pay parity exists even today.
12 Jun 2018
AmazonPoor working conditions in Amazon: Isolated incident or a pattern?
A report by New York-based labor watchdog, China Labor Watch (CLW), revealed terrible working conditions at a Foxconn-owned Amazon facility in Hengyang, China, and understandably the e-commerce giant has come under fire.
24 Mar 2018
South KoreaSouth Korea to shut down computers to regulate work hours
South Korea has come up with an innovative idea to prevent employees from working overtime. Starting March 30, on every Friday, it'll shut down computers of all government staff in Seoul at 20:00.
20 Mar 2018
WorldWhy men, not women are seen as effective leaders?
If asked to draw an effective leader, what would you draw? A man? Or a woman?
09 Jan 2018
GoogleFormer employee sues Google for "extreme" discrimination against male employees
A former Google employee, fired by the tech giant in August, is suing the company over its alleged discrimination against white men.
02 Jan 2018
HollywoodTime's Up: New Hollywood initiative to fight harassment at workplace
Women in Hollywood have hit back at sexual harassment and pay disparity once more. This time, however, they stand fiercer, more united.
23 Dec 2017
Sexual HarassmentMiss America suspends CEO Sam Haskell for encouraging misogyny, harassment
Miss America Organization (MAO) suspended CEO Sam Haskell on Friday after 49 former beauty queens appealed for leadership change.
14 Dec 2017
HollywoodManeka Gandhi urges Bollywood to ensure safe workplaces for women
Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister for Women and Child Development, wrote letters on Wednesday to 24 top Bollywood production houses, urging them to enforce the sexual harassment act.
04 Dec 2017
FacebookIt's the power, stupid: Sheryl Sandberg on workplace sexual harassment
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's 48-year-old COO, has once again ignited the debate on sexual harassment at workplace. She shared her personal experiences in a lengthy FB post on Sunday.
26 Oct 2017
FacebookFacebook releases "Workplace Chat" app for desktop/mobile with game-changing features
A year after launching Workplace, the business-focused social networking platform, Facebook is now releasing "Workplace Chat" desktop and mobile apps, which have Workplace's existing messaging functionality.
26 Jul 2017
United States of AmericaThis American company embeds chips in employees to track them
It is not uncommon for employers to compete in order to provide various perks and lure employees, but one US-based company is now offering $300-worth "free microchipping" to its employees.
25 Jul 2017
IndiaCentre launches 'SHe-box' to address sexual harassment at work
There are 34 lakh central government employees in India, and women constitute 11% of the total force.
25 Jun 2017
Sexual HarassmentSilicon Valley investor steps down after admitting to sexual harassment
Justin Caldbeck, the co-founder of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Binary Capital, announced that he would take an indefinite leave from the company after several allegations of sexual harassment came in against him.
04 May 2017
IndiaThe insidiousness of mental health issues at the workplace
The walls of shame around mental health are breaking globally. However, when we address it in terms of the workplace, the issue becomes even more complicated: a wrong move on the part of the one suffering might affect their entire career.
25 Apr 2017
FlipkartGet rid of bosses to create an equal working environment
A new kind of organizational structure, dubbed Decentralized Autonomous Organization, aims to revolutionize the way companies work.
19 Apr 2017
FacebookFacebook showcases its next big leap at F8 meet
Two billion users of Facebook are to witness yet another developed version of the social media platform following the annual developers' meet at San Jose.
18 Apr 2017
Sexual HarassmentTimesJobs Survey: 70% women dissatisfied with workplace friendliness
Women's equality is said to have made major strides in the past many decades. This is manifested through the increasing number of women employees across various fields.