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employees feel org culture has improved since the start of pandemic

According to EY Work Reimagined Survey, of employees say the organizations culture has imp...

Survey & Report

employees feel org culture has improved since the start of pandemic

PwC opens new office in Bhubaneswar, to create , additional jobs

Global consulting and audit firm PwC India has announced the opening of its new office in Bhubaneshw...

Hiring

PwC opens new office in Bhubaneswar, to create , additional jobs

How to Shape Hybrid Work Experience for Employees

A few weeks ago, we welcomed Infoscions back to the Global Education Center at Mysore, our learning ...

Culture & Behaviour

How to Shape Hybrid Work Experience for Employees

Jobs

Agniveers: 10% job reservation opportunities galore

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday announced that it has decided to reserve 10% vacancies for recruitment in CAPFs and Assam Rifles, for Agniveers. The development comes amid protests against the Agnipath scheme, done by Defense aspirants across parts of India. Apart from the 10% reservation, there will also be an age relaxation of […]

Hiring

Accenture India is hiring for various roles, including freshers & HR

Information Technology and Consulting company Accenture is on a hiring spree and inviting applications from experienced people and freshers for various positions open in the country. Currently, the company has over 3,00,000 employees in India. According to media reports, the company has hired more than 1.62 lakh employees globally and 70,000 employees in India, in this financial year […]

Labour Law

Maternity Benefit Act: Experts Recommend Extending Paternity Leaves

The National Commission for Women (NCW) has organized the final Law review consultation on Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, and the 2017 amendment. Some of the important suggestions made by the panellists are: Extend the paternity leaves so that the burden of raising the child is shared equally between both the parents Incentivising employers. Sensitization of […]

Survey & Report

14% of Indian enterprises have no paternity policy

An online career platform for women JobsForHer has conducted a survey. According to a new diversity survey of 300 companies around 14 percent of Indian companies, including large enterprises, SMEs, and start-ups, don’t have any paternity policy. Survey findings on paternity policy 31 percent of SMEs and start-ups offer paternity leave. 57 percent of large […]

Layoffs

Social commerce Citymall lays off 191 employees

The Gurugram-based Social commerce CityMall is slashing 191 jobs as it looks to better navigate the sharp reversal in the markets. The layoff impacts at least 30% of the three-year-old startup’s workforce. The startup said two months ago that it had over 500 employees. The Company said on Layoffs, “191 of our employees will be parting […]

Leadership

How to Reinvent Yourself in Modern-Day Corporate Organizations

Amidst the development discourse that has continued since advent of modern-day corporate organizations, a strong trend has gained momentum in recent times which has profound impact on Careers, employment, and livelihood of large segment of professionals. Classic Career model of one cycle of early education and lifetime of professional engagement is anyway under severe pressure […]

Layoffs

Unacademy lays off 150 employees from its PrepLadder team

The Edtech platform, Unacademy has recently fired a small fraction of its workforce which is 150 employees (2.6% of the workforce). The workforce has been asked to leave as part of a performance improvement programme (PIP). These layoffs currently affected the PrepLadder team that is based out of Chandigarh. This is the company’s second round […]

ESIC

ESI Scheme to be implemented in whole country by end of year 2022

ESI Corporation under the Chairmanship of Shri Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Labour & Employment, Environment, Forest & Climate Change, in its 188th meeting held on June 19 has taken significant decisions to augment the medical care and service delivery mechanism across the country. It has been decided that ESI Scheme will be implemented in the entire […]

Hiring

Capgemini is hiring for various roles, WFH jobs & freshers can also apply

Capgemini, a French multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company planning to hire 60,000 new employees in India this year which is higher than it did in the year 2021. The demand for digital-led solutions has raised, Capgemini India chief executive officer Ashwin Yardi has said. Capgemini has grown faster in India than the reported growth for the group in the year 2021. Since […]

Appointments

Mahindra Group appointments Abanti as Chief Group Public Affairs Officer

Mahindra Group has announced the appointment of Abanti Sankaranarayanan as Chief Group Public Affairs Officer effective July 1, 2022. In this role, Abanti will lead Group Public Affairs (India & international), Group Sustainability, and the Group Risk & Economist functions. Abanti will be a part of the Group Executive Board reporting to Dr. Anish Shah, […]

Appointments

Wipro subsidiary Topcoder appoints Doug Hanson as CEO

Topcoder, a Wipro company and the world’s leading open talent platform for developers, designers, data scientists, and QA enthusiasts announced the appointment of Doug Hanson as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In his new global role, Doug will be responsible for the success of Topcoder and its customers and partners. Subha Tatavarti, Chief Technology Officer, Wipro […]

Industry

Infosys increases internal promotions and ESOP coverage to retain talent

India’s second-largest IT service provider company, Infosys in order to retain the talent has increased its internal promotions by 3.5 times compared to last year. The company has also come forward to double the employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) coverage over the last two years. Infosys has also strengthened its Bridge Programme that helps to meet […]