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Coronavirus

LD Guidelines for workplaces that open up from th April

Apr 18, 2020

COVID- Wipro defers hiring, promotions, and increments

IT giant Wipronbsphas deferred annual increments and scheduled promotions for the month of June fo...

Coronavirus

Apr 17, 2020

COVID- Wipro defers hiring, promotions, and increments

Labour Ministry to collect data on layoffs, pay cuts, report to PM

EPFO and ESIC have been advised to collate the data on job losses and wage cuts. As soon as informat...

Coronavirus

Apr 17, 2020

Labour Ministry to collect data on layoffs, pay cuts, report to PM

TCS not to lay off employees, freezes salary hikes

MUMBAILargest Indian software exporter TCSnbspon Thursday said it will not retrench any of its ne...

Coronavirus

Apr 17, 2020

TCS not to lay off employees, freezes salary hikes

Coronavirus

Accenture-built platform connects firms with laid-off people

Accenture and Verizon launches People + Work, B2B platform to match laid-off workers with open positions As unemployment surpasses record highs due to COVID-19, a group of leading companies from multiple industries has formed People + Work Connect, an employer-to-employer initiative that brings together companies laying off or furloughing people with those companies in urgent […]

Apr 16, 2020

Coronavirus

Vistara again announces compulsory leave without pay for senior employees

Vistara CEO Leslie Thng on Wednesday announced that senior employees will be going on compulsory leave without pay for up to three days between April 15 and April 30 as a measure to further conserve the airline’s cash flow amid the lockdown to combat the coronavirus threat. On March 27, the airline had also introduced […]

Apr 16, 2020

Coronavirus

LD-02: List of activities that will be allowed from 20th April

The Ministry of Home Affairs in its revised lockdown guidelines allowed several services to remain operational from April 20. The MHA said in its directive ‘to mitigate hardship to the public‘, select additional activities have been allowed which will come into effect from 20 April 2020. These limited exemptions will be operationalized by States, UTs, district administrations based […]

Apr 16, 2020

Labour Law

EPFO extends challan filing date for employers

Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has extended the date of filing Electronic Challan Cum Return (ECR) for wage month March 2020 extended up to 15.05.2020 from 15.04.2020, The EPFO also decided to waive off any interest liability and penalty in this extended period. This would give some relief to employers stuck with closed establishments following a nationwide […]

Apr 15, 2020

Coronavirus

Capgemini announces increments for 84,000 employees

Capgemini India announces the single-digit salary hike to 70 percent of its staff or 84000 employees in India, effective April 1, 2020. The company has 1.2 lakh employees in India, of which 70% or 84,000 employees will be benefitted from this decision. The rest of the employees of Capgemini India will get their increments in […]

Apr 15, 2020

Labour Law

ESIC Further Extends Period for Filing ESI Contribution

The country is dealing with a very challenging situation due to COVID-19 Pandemic. Many establishments are temporarily closed and workers are unable to work. In line with the relief measures being extended by Government to business entities and workers, Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has undertaken following relief measures for its stakeholders specially Employers and […]

Apr 15, 2020

Economic Slowdown

India Inc Needs Skilling, Reskilling, Upskilling in Recession

In weak economic times, firms typically focus on efficiency and put high scrutiny on hiring numbers. Hence, the young talent labor market specifically at entry levels is more likely to be at the receiving end of unemployment/temporary jobs. Essentially, there is clear evidence that shows the impact on young talent due to slowdown. Research on […]

Apr 15, 2020

Jobs

Here’re companies hiring right now in India

According to a recent survey by Naukri JobSpeak, the job market across cities registered a drop in hiring activity, the index revealed that the decline was led by metros wherein- Delhi declined by 26 percent Mumbai declined by 25 percent Chennai declined by 24 percent Hyderabad declined by 18 percent The Naukri JobSpeak is a […]

Apr 15, 2020

CHRO Move

Philips names Vishpala Reddy as new Head- HR

According to ET Report, Philips has hired Vishpala Reddy as its new Head- Human Resources for the Indian subcontinent, replacing Armaan Seth who has recently joined Syngenta. She is likely to join Philips next month. With almost 20 years of experience in HR, currently, Vishpala leads Human Resources for Uber across the Asia Pacific mega-region […]

Apr 15, 2020

Jobs

TCS, Cognizant, HUL to honour job offers made to campus hires

Amidst the Coronavirus Pandemic, a lot of companies are doling out pink slips to employees or cutting salaries, there are a select few that are keeping their promises to new campus hires even in difficult times. According to a Times of India report, The big companies as TCS, Google, Wipro, Capgemini, Hindustan Unilever (HUL), Godrej, Pepsi-Co, Biocon, […]

Apr 14, 2020

Jobs

Grofers is looking at hiring 5,000 employees

Online grocery platform Grofers is looking at hiring 5,000 employees to ramp up its capacity to meet the spike in orders amid the nationwide lockdown. The company has also partnered with resident welfare associations (RWAs) of over 100 societies across metros to make essentials available to a larger number of people amid the 21-day lockdown […]

Apr 14, 2020

Coronavirus

Twitter: HR Veterans on COVID-19 Pandemic

Coronavirus global pandemic has affected every workplace, in one way or another. The employers have closed their doors temporarily due to lockdown and asked their employees to work from home, Companies have given extra paid or special paid leave or unpaid leave to employees with health concerns. While the worst of the coronavirus outbreak will […]

Apr 14, 2020