
Centre extends work from home for employees in SPZ till Dec 23
Earlier, work from home in the special economic zone was allowed for only one year for 50% of the total workforce of any company.
Earlier, work from home in the special economic zone was allowed for only one year for 50% of the total workforce of any company.
80% of employees in India say they need a better reason to go into the office besides company expectations.
The Centre is considering the industry's demand to allow work from home for all employees of SEZ units.
Under the policy, the corporate, central business functions and technology teams will continue to work remotely.
Work from home may be extended to maximum 50% of total employees including contractual employees, says Commerce Ministry.
Daisy Chittilapilly, president at Cisco India, believes flexibility, choice, work from anywhere will continue to be relevant long after Covid becomes endemic.
Among other initiatives for employees, Rentomojo has done away with daily attendance tracking. Except for people working at warehouses, it follows the ‘work from anywhere’ concept.
Even before Covid-19, Fractal had an unlimited work from home policy, says Singh. The company is now building on this.
Paytm parent One97 Communications has allowed employees in certain roles, who don’t need to come to the office at all and would like to work from home, can do so.
Work for eight months a year or 12 hours a week, or be a part-time CMO or CFO — flexible employment models are becoming efficient retention tools for India Inc.