Wellness & Health: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: May 2021
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Tech Mahindra creates a new role and appoints its first Wellness Officer
Appointments

Tech Mahindra creates a new role and appoints its first Wellness Officer

Tech Mahindra appoints Meghna Hareendran as Wellness Officer IT major, Tech Mahindra has announced the appointment of Meghna Hareendran as Wellness Officer with immediate effect. The new role has been created to institutionalize the holistic wellness of all associates and to ensure access to medicine, hospitals, and other medical supplies while maintaining the mental well-being […]

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Craft Your Own Personal Mindfulness Journey
New HR Trends

Craft Your Own Personal Mindfulness Journey

Long ago, a humble Indian prince named Siddhartha walked the path of Dhamma, in search of life’s meaning and bring an antidote to suffering millions. In the process, he became a fully enlightened one, the Buddha. He brought Dhamma back into the lives of millions of ordinary citizens and the elite alike. A lost science, […]

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HUL launches mental well-being initiatives for blue collar workforce
Jobs

HUL launches mental well-being initiatives for blue collar workforce

HUL launches mental well-being initiatives for blue collar workforce Hindustan Unilever, the country’s largest fast moving consumer goods maker, has put in place a well-being plan specifically aimed at its blue collar workforce on factory shop floors. From Covid insurance coverage, awareness generating initiatives, to connecting regularly with individual shop floor members and their families […]

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MakeMyTrip: How to be Happy at the Workplace
Culture & Behaviour

MakeMyTrip: How to be Happy at the Workplace

Yuvaraj Srivastava, Group Chief Human Resources Officer, MakeMyTrip, GoIbibo, and RedBus on Happiness at Workplace Responding to the query, How to be happy at the workplace, Yuvaraj said, Over a period of more than 20 years of Corporate career and last almost 15 years as HR lead of some fabulous organizations, I figured out 08 […]

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How Deloitte India drives Mental Wellbeing of employees
HR Practices

How Deloitte India drives Mental Wellbeing of employees

Nathan SV, Partner and Chief Talent Officer at Deloitte India on Mental Wellbeing of employees Well-being has perhaps been one of the most popular words over the past many months. What does it truly mean to be well? In the 2020 Millennial Survey by Deloitte, 54 % Gen Zs and 57% of millennials in India […]

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How TCS drives Employee Happiness at Workplace
Employee Engagement

How TCS drives Employee Happiness at Workplace

Milind Lakkad EVP and CHRO, Tata Consultancy Services on Happiness Quotient Answering how TCS drives Employee Happiness at work, Milind Lakkad EVP and CHRO of the company said, Reflecting over the past six months, we seem to be living in a whole new world. The way we live, work, and conduct business has transformed, and home-office […]

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Sony Pictures Networks introduces mandatory leaves
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Sony Pictures Networks introduces mandatory leaves

How Sony Pictures Networks solved for fluid days and stretched working hours in the New Normal Sony Pictures Networks introduces mandatory leaves and mandated zero hours for employees. The leaves and scheduled downtime were launched under a unified wellness umbrella, ACE. Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) announced the launch of its umbrella employee wellbeing brand, […]

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Diageo India gets Enhanced Wellness Policy for employees
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Diageo India gets Enhanced Wellness Policy for employees

Diageo India announces Enhanced Wellness Policy for all employees, effective July 2020 Diageo India has said that it has rolled out an enhanced wellness policy for all employees effective July 2020, as part of its commitment to promote an inclusive and diverse working environment. The policy will apply to all employees regardless of sexual orientation, […]

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Top 6 Allowances & Benefits for Work from Home Staff
Compensation & Benefits

Top 6 Allowances & Benefits for Work from Home Staff

Top 6 Allowances & Benefits for Work from Home Employees especially in times of COVID-19 Crisis Our world, a couple of months back, was so different from what it is now. COVID-19 has turned everything upside down, stirred things up, and given us a new normal with no option but to come to terms with it. People, […]

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Career Wellbeing While Work From Home, a new normal
Culture & Behaviour

Career Wellbeing While Work From Home, a new normal

Career Wellbeing While Work From Home, a new normal during COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown have proved to be disruptive for businesses across industries in India and elsewhere. Data shows that urban unemployment has risen 30.9% and the overall unemployment rate is at 23.4%. The few weeks of lockdown has […]

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Accenture wants “No late calls and fewer Friday meetings”
Coronavirus

Accenture wants “No late calls and fewer Friday meetings”

Accenture wants its employees less stressed, announces No late calls and fewer Friday meetings As the world in under lockdown and IT professionals are working from home, top IT services major Accenture feels that the employees are more stressed while being at home. According to a Bloomberg report, Accenture has asked people to end conference calls by around 5:30 […]

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IRDAI: Insurance guidelines for claims under coronavirus
Coronavirus

IRDAI: Insurance guidelines for claims under coronavirus

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has issued guidelines for the general insurer and health insurers on the handling of claims reported under coronavirus. Where coverage is granted for the treatment of hospitalization expenses, in order to alleviate the hardships that may be caused to the policyholders, all claims reported under coronavirus shall be handled as […]

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