Work From Home: News & Updates

Three years into the pandemic, businesses are dealing with a multitude of crises and are trying to remain productive and profitable. Hybrid work practices remain complex and both business leaders and employees are grappling to understand how to adjust business practices to meet the needs of employees. ‘The Workplace of the Future’ report published by the EPOS, […]

Information technology companies Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys are adhering to their hybrid business model even though the coronavirus epidemic is far from over and cases are still on the rise in India. Other IT companies employ a similar system. Recently, some businesses reopened their locations and called their employees back to work, but growing COVID-19 instances forced

Not long ago, the pandemic drove us in, forcing people to leave workplaces and begin accepting a new work culture. As the situation unfolded, everyone adapted to the new reality, not aware of what might happen the next day. As we look into stepping outside, and consider hybrid working, we look at the journey we

The labour ministry may soon allow employers to tweak the salary structure of existing employees who opt for work from home permanently. This could entail a reduction in the house rent allowance (HRA) component of the employees and an increase in reimbursement cost under the infrastructure component. A top government official told ET that the labour ministry

The government may come out with a comprehensive framework for work from home (WFH) that will define the liability of employers towards employees working from home. According to a report in the Economic Times, the Centre want to provide a legal framework for the new models of work that have emerged in the wake of the

Amidst the Omicron variant scare across the globe, countries after closing down borders, and flights are getting stopped from the nations where maximum cases are coming in. Infact, Govt of India has refused to resume normal international flights due to the same reason. But, ignoring these developments, a lot of IT companies in Pune and Maharashtra have

The COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a new era of workplace culture. The sudden restrictions and lockdowns made companies shift almost overnight to models where employees could now work from home. Remote working or work-from-home (WFH) models suddenly become the main way the employees would join their organisations, instead of being reserved for a particular subset

It may have been a saving grace in the face of a pandemic, but there are problems with remote work. Now that employees continue to work from home for more than a year, researchers and workplace experts say there are issues. And it hasn’t likely gone unnoticed by HR pros like you. “The landscape of

Procter & Gamble, Wipro, HDFC, Axis Bank, Yes Bank and Deloitte are among the top corporates getting ready to re-open their offices as the steel-and-glass symbols of shining India are scrubbed clean to play host to the first set of staff in about a year and a half. As the number of viral infections plummets and companies complete vaccination drives,