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BharatPe appoints Jasneet Kaur as CHRO

BharatPe appoints Jasneet Kaur as Chief Human Resource Officer BharatPe, Indias largest merchant pa...

CHRO Move

Jobs

Ola Electric to hire 2,000 people, launch e-scooter soon

Ola Electric to hire 2,000 people globally, launch e-scooter soon Ola Electric Mobility (OEM) plans to hire 2,000 people globally, including engineers and for other roles, over the next six months and will introduce an electric two-wheeler soon, a note by Ola co-founder Bhavish Aggarwal said. In an email to employees on Tuesday, Aggarwal – […]

Jobs

Accenture layoffs target up to 25,000 low performers

Accenture layoffs target up to 25,000 low performers: Report Accenture is cutting as many as 25,000 jobs around the world as it seeks to pare down its nearly half-a-million strong workforce, according to a published report. The Australian Financial Review reported that a first round of cuts happened earlier this month and more are expected […]

CHRO Move

Meenakshi Priyam ex-CHRO of GSK India joins udaan.com

Meenakshi Priyam, ex-CHRO of GSK India joins udaan.com as Group Chief Human Resources Officer Meenakshi Priyam, a global Human Resources leader joins udaan.com, a Business-to-Business (B2B) e-commerce platform as Group Chief Human Resources Officer, effective from Aug 2020. Prior to this, most recently she has worked with (GSK) GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals India as Executive Vice President, […]

CHRO Move

Alight Solutions appoints Michael Rogers as CHRO

Alight Solutions appoints Michael Rogers as Chief Human Resources Officer Alight Solutions, a leader in technology-enabled health, wealth, and human capital management solutions, announced that Michael Rogers has been appointed as chief human resources officer. Rogers was most recently chief people officer of NGA Human Resources until the close of Alight’s acquisition of the business in late […]

Labour Law

ESIC to raise wage threshold to Rs. 30,000

ESIC to raise wage threshold to Rs. 30,000 from existing limit Rs. 21,000 In order to provide maximum relief during the corona crisis, the Government of India is planning to increase the wage limit for ESIC coverage to Rs. 30,000 from existing wage limit for coverage under the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation Act Rs. 21,000/ Month. The […]

Interview

WFH needs a complete rewiring of mindsets at both ends- Prabir Jha

Rendezvous with, Prabir Jha, CEO, Prabir Jha People Advisory Prabir Jha, an alumnus of St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, and XLRI Jamshedpur is the Founder & CEO of Prabir Jha People Advisory. Combining an impeccable academic and professional record, in his stint as a civil servant, he handled the entire gamut of HR & IR issues […]

Labour Law

Social security soon for Gig Workers/ Freelancers: Govt

Social security soon for Gig Workers/ Freelancers: Government of India Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has accepted the recommendation of the parliamentary standing committee on labour, and proposed setting up a Gig and Platform Workers’ Social Security Fund in the draft Code on Social Security (CoSS), 2020. The inclusion in the existing social security […]

Corporate Social Responsibility

Cognizant & Grundfos to fund the Sembakkam Lake project

Cognizant and Grundfos jointly investing Rs. 4.4 cr to restore Sembakkam Lake in Chennai Cognizant, one of the world’s leading professional services companies, and Grundfos, a global leader in advanced pump solutions and a trendsetter in water technology, today announced funding support for the restoration of the Sembakkam Lake in Chennai. Cognizant will contribute more than […]

Survey & Report

Avg salary hikes in India falls to 3.6% in 2020-21- Survey

Average salary hikes in India falls to 3.6% in 2020-21: Deloitte Survey Companies gave an average salary hike of 3.6% in 2020-21 compared to 8.6% in the previous financial year amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey. The survey by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP showed that timing and potential impact of Covid-19 were […]

Labour Law

EPFO links KYC with UAN, subscribers to get benefits online

EPFO Makes Significant Progress in Updating KYC of its Subscribers During July- 2020 Despite COVID Pandemic During the month of July 2020, EPFO has been successful in updating 2.39 Lakh Aadhaar’s, 4.28 Lakh Mobile numbers & 5.26 Lakh Bank Accounts’ in the UAN of its subscribers. As the country faces the unprecedented challenge of the […]

Jobs

Sterlite Technologies to hire 300-400 people in FY21

Sterlite Technologies to hire 300-400 people in FY21 Data network solutions provider Sterlite Technologies will hire about 300-400 professionals this fiscal for growth areas of 5G and wireless ecosystem and to support its plans to take services business global, Group CEO Anand Agarwal has said. The company will hire professionals with requisite experience as well as freshers […]

Culture & Behaviour

White-Collar Gig Economy is here- is HR fraternity ready?

White-Collar Gig Economy is here- is HR fraternity ready? The term gig economy has been used since 2009, ever since New Yorker editor Tina Brown coined it in 2009. There is a frenzy for every other HR conference or books being about how will gig economy impact, what are the changes that one needs to […]