By: ISHIKA RATNAM (Maurya)

Roll no: 2024PGDM076

ARTICLE SOURCES: PEOPLE MATTERS
ARTICLE 1: Cure.fit announces gender-neutral parental leave.
 One of the core values at Cure.fit is doing the right thing.
 Male, female, and non-binary parents to get six months of paid leaves.
 Employees who are opting for parenthood through natural birth, surrogacy, or
adoption will be eligible to avail of the parental break, regardless of their gender.
 The leave programme from Cure.fit strikingly differs in terms of equalising the
benefits for all parents.
 After a paid leave of six months, it is followed up with flexible working models for
those who’d like to opt for a longer break.
 Once the employee is back, they can choose to continue the previous project that they
were working on or be mapped to new projects.

ARTICLE 2: How upskilling and reskilling can lead to higher

employee retention.

 The opportunity to learn and develop one’s skill can help employers build & retain
their staffs.
 63% people likely to stay with their current organization if they were given better
opportunities to learn.
 Remote, hybrid, and part-time staff often do not have the same opportunities as their
regular, office-based counterparts.
 7 out of 10 full-time workers were more likely to be satisfied with their employer’s
support.
 Also, 14% of remote workers, 8% of full-time workers, and 7% of hybrid workers
were not satisfied with the career advancement opportunities.

ARTICLE 3: How a slow recruiting process may lose you talent?

 Slow response time from recruiters is the top reason candidates lose interest in job
opportunities and quit applying for a job.
 Faster response time from recruiters was ranked as the top way for companies to
improve the candidate experience.
 27% of candidates said the job search/application process has become more
complicated.
 Salary/benefits (57%) and career advancement/upskilling opportunities (32%) were
ranked highest when looking for a job.
 An overwhelming majority of candidates (76%) are looking to change
careers/industries.
 The survey also found differences between genders when it comes to looking for new
job opportunities.