In a major announcement, the Department of Commerce on Tuesday notified a new rule, namely Rule 43A - Work from Home in Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006 across all Special Economic Zones.
Employees entering physical workspaces still must either be fully vaccinated or have an approved accommodation.
Soon after the spread of Covid-19 during the third phase this year, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension had issued a direction to all the Central Ministries and Departments to reduce the office attendance by 50 per cent.
The Minister advised all the officers and staff to ensure strict compliance of Covid-appropriate behaviour like frequent washing of hands, sanitisation, wearing a face mask, face cover and observing social distancing all the time.
IT major Wipro recently shared the details about its future model of working and said it plans to embrace a hybrid work culture for its employees.
On one end, many companies are planning to return to the offices, while on the other many are tweaking their work from home policies to meet the employee demand for flexibility. Global tech giant Apple is all set to end work from home option for its employees worldwide, next year.
As India reopens and the COVID-19 pandemic is visibly on a declining trend, many companies are planning to end work from home. Offices are gearing up to call their employees back to the desks.
According to the global cybersecurity company Kaspersky, the extensive use of non-corporate communication services enables better connections but increases the level of risk from unmonitored IT resources
After almost two years of remote work, India's most valuable IT company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) reopened its doors to welcome its employees to office campuses again. According to a report by a national media (News 18), the IT giant has decided to end the work from home and requested its employees to come back to their base location by November 15 (Monday).
The work from home (WFH) concept had taken the front seat in the corporate sector after the Covid-19 pandemic forced companies to send employees home last year. Now, with new infections subsiding and vaccinations rising, companies want to get employees back to office complex again.
Recently, a survey conducted by the IT industry apex body, NASSCOM stated that both employees and employers are equally interested in making a comeback to the workplace.
It's already been over a year now, when most of the corporate sector shifted to a work from home (WFH) plan following the pandemic outbreak. But now, companies want to get employees back to the office desks again.
After almost one and a half years of remote work, several IT companies including Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, Wipro, and others are gearing up to call back employees to the offices. But, the second most-valuable internet company, Paytm said that it will not force people to come to the office.
Now, after spending over one and half years working remotely, many companies including big IT firms such as Tata Consultancy Services or TCS, Infosys, Wipro, and others are planning return to the old normal.
After almost one and a half years of remote work, the corporate sector is slowly gearing up to return to the offices. The top Indian IT companies such as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, and Wipro are also following the same path as vaccination is picking pace and Covid cases continue to decline in the country.
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