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Labour Law

EPFO added a new online feature to make Transfer and Claim process simpler

Jan 23, 2020

Hindustan Coca-Cola appoints Melvin Tan as new Chief Financial Officer

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages HCCB announced Melvin Tan as its new chief financial officer, who wi...

C-Suite Move

Jan 23, 2020

Hindustan Coca-Cola appoints Melvin Tan as new Chief Financial Officer

Armaan Seth resigned from Philips to join Syngenta as Head-HR Asia Pacific

Former Head-Human Resources, Philips India, Armaan Seth joins Syngenta as Head-HR Asia Pacific and h...

CHRO Move

Jan 23, 2020

Armaan Seth resigned from Philips to join Syngenta as Head-HR Asia Pacific

Buddy A Friend at the Workplace

A wedding ceremony signifies the culture, traditions, and customs of a community. The wedding proces...

Culture & Behaviour

Jan 22, 2020

Industry

Samsung to set up India’s 1st mobile display manufacturing plant in Noida

Samsung is investing $500 million to set up a new plant in Delhi/NCR for manufacturing smartphone displays. The company finally got the green light from the Indian government and will proceed with the investment in April 2020. The new plant will be worth $500 million and will be located in Noida – close to Samsung’s […]

Jan 22, 2020

Leadership

New challenges of Gig Economy in 2020

With the increasing acceptance and adoption of gig workers, there will be different challenges and trends that may be seen in 2020. The technological era has caused a major shift in the way we work. Online platforms, social networks, aggregators, has created more than ever demand to outsource, contracting, and freelancing. This means both, high […]

Jan 22, 2020

Merger & Acquisition

Zomato acquires Uber Eats

Food apps Uber Eats announced that Zomato has acquired the app and they will no longer function in India. As per a report published on Bloomberg, the deal has been valued at 172 million dollars and Zomato will give Uber 9.99 per cent ownership. Announcing the acquisition of the official handle of Uber Eats tweeted, […]

Jan 21, 2020

Jobs

Data science jobs in India to increase to 1.5 lakhs in 2020

India is set to witness 1.5 lakh new openings for data science this year, which is an increase of about 62% from last year, according to a report prepared by Great Learning, ed-tech company. The majority of these jobs, 70% of total postings in this sector are for Data Scientists with less than five years […]

Jan 21, 2020

Survey & Report

IMF cuts India’s FY20 growth forecast to 4.8%

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 20th Jan 2020, Monday revised downward India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth projection to 4.8 percent for the financial year 2020 (FY20) and to 5.8 percent for FY21. The global financial institution attributed the current slowdown in the country to stress in the non-bank financial sector and weak rural […]

Jan 21, 2020

Survey & Report

Global talent crunch, 54% companies face talent shortage- Report

Attracting and retaining skilled workers has rarely been more challenging as 54% of companies globally report talent shortages – the highest in over a decade. More than half of companies around the world cannot find the skills they are looking for – almost double what it was a decade ago. To find, build and sustain the […]

Jan 21, 2020

Psychology & NPL

Being Smart isn’t Enough at Work, be Emotionally Intelligent

Emotional Intelligence is a crucial determinant of an individual’s ultimate success or failure. Human beings are gifted with this amazing ability to think and solve problems. The human brain consists of multiple Intelligences and Neurons. While all individuals possess these intelligences, we differ from each other, for genetic, upbringing, cultural, environmental reasons. Hence, we all […]

Jan 21, 2020

Labour Law

Contractual employees are entitled to the benefit of Provident Fund -Supreme Court

The benefits of the provident fund should be extended to contractual employees, the Supreme Court has held in a recent judgment. A Bench of Justices U.U. Lalit and Indu Malhotra has held that employees who draw wages or salaries directly or indirectly from a company are entitled to provident fund benefits under the Employees Provident […]

Jan 20, 2020

Jobs

Gig Workers may soon have to register under GST

The government is planning to get services professionals such as plumbers, electricians, and beauticians listed on online platforms into the Goods and Services Tax Network. According to an Economic Times report, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade ( DPIIT) is considering making it mandatory for online marketplaces such as UrbanClap, HouseJoy, and […]

Jan 20, 2020

CHRO Move

Vodafone Idea’s SVP HR Ranjan Mishra joins Diebold Nixdorf

Diebold Nixdorf appoints Ranjan Mishra as Director- Human Resources, India. He will assume the position from Feb 18, 2020. In his new role, Ranjan will be responsible for all people operations, encompassing commercial business, shared services, and global delivery centre. Prior to this, Ranjan was associated with Vodafone Idea as EVP-Human Resources, taking care of […]

Jan 20, 2020

Transformation

Changing Role of HR Managers to Great HR Leaders

When we look at today’s most successful organizations, the CHRO is an integral member of the leadership team – and as a unit, they drive business and organization growth. It had not always been this way for HR, in the past (and it still sadly happens in some organizations today), HR was viewed as an […]

Jan 20, 2020

Jobs

Amazon to create 10 lakh new jobs in India by 2025

Amazon announced that it is planning to create 1 million new jobs in India by 2025 through continued investments in technology, infrastructure, and logistics network. This comes three days after company founder and CEO Jeff Bezos visited India. According to Amazon press statement, the jobs will be created both directly and indirectly across industries, including […]

Jan 17, 2020