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Updated on: May 2023
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Accenture and Persistent Systems open new centers. WFH Ends?
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Accenture and Persistent Systems open new centers. WFH Ends?

Since Covid-19 has taken the edge off, organizations are returning to conventional working patterns. IT and Tech companies want their employees back to office and have started calling back them 2-3 days a week to offices. To encourage employees and facilitate them, companies are also starting smaller offices in cities where they have larger ones […]

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Snapchat asked employees to work from office 4 days a week
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Snapchat asked employees to work from office 4 days a week

An American multimedia instant messaging app, Snapchat has asked its employees to work from the office employees starting in February. CEO Evan Spiegel called this policy a “default together”. This policy will be applied to all of Snap’s 30 offices around the world. “After working remotely for so long we’re excited to get everyone back […]

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Uber asks employees to return to office twice a week
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Uber asks employees to return to office twice a week

American mobility service provider company, Uber has asked its employees to come into the office twice a week. The company has announced Tuesdays and Thursdays as “anchor days”. On these particular days, all non-remote employees must work from the office globally. The policy will be effective from November 1. However, the company has added that employees […]

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Why do Leaders want employees to come to the office every day?
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Why do Leaders want employees to come to the office every day?

Covid-19 has changed the perspective of working for employees and organizations. Companies have come forward with different models of working including working from home, hybrid Model, and working from the office. A global leadership development and human resources consulting firm, Amogh Deshmukh, MD at DDI India said, “Most leaders feel that employees need to get […]

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Govt considering 100% WFH for employees in SEZ units
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Govt considering 100% WFH for employees in SEZ units

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday that the commerce ministry is considering to allow 100 percent work from home (WFH) for employees of units in special economic zones (SEZ). Currently, the Centre allows 50% of the overall staff of a company based out of a Special Economic Zones (SEZ) to work from […]

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Will TCS stop work from home after Nov 15? Nope, It’s a Hybrid…
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Will TCS stop work from home after Nov 15? Nope, It’s a Hybrid…

There are various media reports that are claiming that work from home will end at TCS after November 15, 2022, and creating an impression as the company is calling back all of its 6,06,331 employees by the deadline. But it’s not true… Last year, the company communicated to all of its employees to return to the deputed […]

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Apple has given a deadline for employees to return to office
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Apple has given a deadline for employees to return to office

Apple Inc. has given a deadline of September 5 for employees to return to office. The company is marking a key test of whether the tech giant can reestablish office life. The company is working on a plan to work at least three days a week. After Covid-19 the company faced a lot of delays […]

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BVC Logistics allows teams to work anytime, anywhere, any day
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BVC Logistics allows teams to work anytime, anywhere, any day

A distinguished market leader in providing Secure Logistics for the Diamond & Jewellery value chain, BVC Logistics has rolled out a new policy. This policy eliminates the traditional culture of working only from the office, during 9-6 pm and 6 days a week. As COVID has changed the working pattern of organizations and they have introduced […]

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35% companies see offices back in almost full swing, Report
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35% companies see offices back in almost full swing, Report

As per a C-Suite Survey conducted by Colliers and Awfis, about 35% of the companies have seen a majority (75-100%) of employees returning to offices. Key highlights of the report include: Telecom and Consulting sectors see the highest (75-100%) rate of return to office. 74% of companies are looking to opt for distributed workspaces. About […]

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Swiggy has announced permanent work from anywhere policy
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Swiggy has announced permanent work from anywhere policy

India’s leading on-demand delivery platform with a tech-first approach, Swiggy has announced its permanent work from anywhere policy for most of its roles. The policy applies to the majority of its employees. The company said in the statement that under the new policy, the corporate, central business functions and technology teams will continue to work […]

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TCS to create eight new centres that can seat 10,000 staffers each
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TCS to create eight new centres that can seat 10,000 staffers each

India’s largest IT services firm, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced that is in the process of setting up eight new large office spaces. The new centres will focus on tier two presence in non-metro cities. The capacity of the centre will be more than 10,000 employees. The campuses are part of large cycle projects that […]

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Govt amends SEZ norms, 50 employees can work from home
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Govt amends SEZ norms, 50 employees can work from home

The Government of India has amended Special Economic Zones Act, 2006 to fix the Work From Home norms for employees in SEZ. According to amendments, a Unit may permit its employees, including contractual employees, specified in sub-rule (2), to work from home or from any place outside the Special Economic Zone in accordance with this […]

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