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The TOI had an article about the Centre rolling out some heavy duty sops for all mothers in government service. In an order effective 01-Sep-08, maternity leave has been increased from 135 days to 180 days per child for upto two children. Secondly, they are also entitled for paid leave for two years during their career for [...]

The ET carried a story today about the Government allowing employees of call centres / BPOs and other service providers to work from home. According to a recent memorandum issued by the Department of Telecom (DoT), the concept of work-from-home agents has been introduced for companies registered under other service providers (OSPs) category which would have to pay [...]

Given the talent crunch that almost all companies are facing, a lot of them are trying novel means to retain their employees. This is even more prevalent in the BFSI sector, with the stock markets taking a tumble. Clients, especially the HNIs, are drying up, and the once hefty bonuses, incentives and commissions are now becoming scarce. India’s [...]

An employment tribunal has awarded £30,000 as compensation to estate agent Julie-Anne Reed of Exeter, Devon after she was repeatedly criticised by her boss for her 36 DD chest size. He is also alleged to have told her on several occasions to “either reduce the size of her breasts or get some new blouses.”, which induced bouts of depression [...]

The Business Standard reports that Tata Consultancy Service (TCS) has terminated services of almost 20 employees at its Kolkata centre after a background check revealed these employees had faked their resumes.  This is not all that surprising as there have been several such instances recently, not just in India but even abroad. Secondly, this is not restricted to the junior-middle level management, [...]

A peon working in a department of the Sales Tax office would never have imagined that forging her salary slip to obtain a bank loan would get her a 2 year rigorous imprisonment term. According to the TOI, the peon, one Asha Jawa, had forged her salary slip to get a loan from the Janseva Co-operative Bank, Ramwadi [...]

The Supreme Court, in a landmark ruling, has said that Som Mittal, who is currently Chairman of NASSCOM, should be prosecuted for not taking measures to ensure the safety of employees while he was heading Hewlett Packard. In December 2005, one of the employees, Pratibha Srikant Murthy was raped and murdered by a cab driver who was an employee of [...]