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New Delhi [India] July 19 (ANI): Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said that over 76,000 startups in India today are led by women, many from Tier 2 and Tier 3 towns, generating more than 17 lakh jobs. Addressing the conference Viksit Bihar: Envisioning a Developed Bihar through Women Participation, Singh emphasised that women-led development is at the heart of India journey toward becoming a developed nation by 2047. Organised by the Department of Rural Development, Bihar Government, i ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Hilti India, the global leader in providing innovative and cutting-edge construction solutions to the industry, has been recognized as one of India's Best Companies to Work For in 2025 under the Large Organizations category by Great Place to Work® (GPTW). This prestigious honour follows Hilti India's consistent track record of being certified a Great Place to Work® for the eighth consecutive year, reflecting the organization's continued focus on building a high-trust, high-performance ...Read More >
Cuttack, Jul 3 (PTI) Rejecting a writ appeal of the state government, a Division Bench of Orissa High Court here has recently upheld a three-year-old judgment passed by a single-judge Bench stating that maternity leave and associated benefits cannot be denied to a woman employed by the state on contractual basis. In a recent ruling, the Division Bench of Justices Dixit Krishna Shripad and Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo affirmed the August 2022 decision of a single-judge Bench, which had ruled in favour ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: In a significant verdict advancing employee rights, the High Court of Orissa has ruled that maternity benefits must be granted to female employees regardless of their employment status -- whether permanent, temporary, or contractual. A division bench of Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad and Justice Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo upheld a previous single-judge order in favour of Anindita Mishra, a contractual employee with the state's Health and Family Welfare Department. The court came down hea ...Read More >
CUTTACK: In a landmark ruling that reaffirms the rights of women employees irrespective of their employment status, the Orissa High Court has upheld the grant of maternity leave to a contractual worker and dismissed the state government's appeal challenging the same. Anindita Mishra, engaged as a young professional under the Health and Family Welfare department since May 20, 2014, had been serving on a contractual basis with regular extensions based on her performance. In August 2016, followin ...Read More >
Jamshedpur, Jun 28 (PTI) Commemorating a decade of MOSAIC, the diversity and inclusion initiative, private steel major Tata Steel on Saturday said it aimed to have 20 per cent diversity in its workforce across the group by 2028. For Tata Steel, the commitment to diversity goes beyond policy implementation. It actively seeks to redefine norms in typically male-dominated sectors, the company said in a statement. Tata Steel's progressive HR policies offer equal benefits for LGBTQIA+ partners, gen ...Read More >
Hyderabad - Synchrony is a leading consumer financial services company providing customers with innovative savings and premium credit solutions. Synchrony has been ranked #2 among India's Best Companies to Work For™ 2025 by Great Place to Work®, the global authority on workplace culture. This prestigious recognition, revealed at the awards ceremony on June 25, 2025, solidifies Synchrony's standing as a top employer of choice in India, underscoring its ongoing commitment to creating a high-trust, ...Read More >
The government has formed a committee to suggest a framework for providing social security and welfare benefits to gig and platform workers, the Parliament was informed on Monday. The government has formed a committee to suggest a framework for providing social security and welfare benefits to gig and platform workers, the Parliament was informed on Monday. Gig workers and platform workers have been defined for the first time in the Code on Social Security 2020, which has been enacted by the P ...Read More >
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