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Google’s head of Human Resources, Eileen Naughton is stepping down later this year amid rising tensions between the company's top executives and rank and file employees. Eileen Naughton has been at the company for 14 years, four of which have been as Vice President of People Operations, has had to deal with intensifying employee anger over the company’s alleged handling of sexual harassment...
Cognizant Technology aims to hire more than 20,000 technical graduate students, equipped with digital skills from campuses in India this year, said, Brian Humphries, chief executive officer (CEO), Cognizant. “With more and more university students becoming digitally ready, we have decided on a 30% increase in our hiring of engineering and science graduates for 2020," Humphries said in an...
Rajasthan High Court Order on sexual harassment in the digital era
The Supreme Court has refused to entertain an appeal seeking protection for complainants and witnesses in sexual harassment-at- workplace cases from victimisation or retaliation by accused persons or organisations involved. A Bench of Justices R. Banumathi and A.S. Bopanna disposed of the special leave petition filed by Sunita Thawani highlighting the issue that the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace...
Fairness (fɛːnəs): “Treating people equally” or “impartial and just treatment or behaviour without favouritism or discrimination” Over the last few years, we have seen many polarizing arguments where people have vociferously debated the relevance of Performance Appraisals, more so around the performance ratings that follow this exercise. While at the core it seems like a legitimate debate, one area where little debate is...
Knock, Knock! Future of Work, At Your Doorstep!
As I walked down memory lane, quite literally when I visited my college for a guest lecture, my footsteps took me to the library which was one of my favorite hangouts back then! My glance fell on a book “Its not how good you are, its how good you want to be”, by Paul Arden. As old habits die hard, I started to...
Wipro plans to set up Digital Innovation Hub in Düsseldorf, Germany
According to ComplyKaro Services, India Inc https://inc42.com/ study & report, Indian companies reported more cases of sexual harassment in FY19 compared to a year earlier. Data shows a 14% increase in reports of sexual harassment complaints in FY19. Wipro, India’s third-largest software services exporter, was on the top of the list with 116 reported cases. The facts based on this report- IT...
Walmart Global HR Plans & Priorities for 2021: A Clear Focus to Make a Big Impact
Walmart Inc ropes in Donna Morris from Adobe as Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer. In her new role, Donna is responsible for attracting, retaining and developing talent for one of the world’s largest private employers. Donna has nearly 20 years of leadership experience in delivering innovative people solutions, developing and managing teams that operate in an agile...
Rethinking Performance and Rewards in the New Normal
It is common knowledge that performance management often fails. But it still matters - for important talent decisions, business outcomes and impact. Numerous high profile organizations viz., Deloitte, Accenture, Gap, Adobe, Microsoft, GE, eliminated the annual performance review and replaced it with a more dynamic and engaging process of on-going feedback and coaching. However, the demise of performance management is greatly exaggerated. Most organizations still...
Dr. Tanaya Mishra Global CHRO, Essar Projects on HR Challenges in 2021
Dr. Tanaya Mishra has joined Essar Projects Ltd. (EPL), Dubai as Head-Human Resources. In her new role, she will be responsible for re-imagining leadership and talent practices to create the most thriving work culture for the project portfolio. Tanaya is a seasoned HR professional with over 25 years of rich and diverse experience, having worked across industries like Manufacturing, Retail,...
Infosys cuts carbon emissions by nearly half of in FY21
Liberty Global plc, one of the world’s leading converged video, broadband, and communications companies announced that it has selected Infosys as the strategic partner to ensure business continuity in the company’s transfer of approximately 300 roles across operations management and service delivery. Following the completion of the sale of its operations in five markets over the past two years, Liberty...