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Relief for Telecom Employees Cabinet gives nod to a two-year moratorium on spectrum payments

In a major relief to Telcos, the government has approved years moratorium on spectrum payment. The...

Industry

Relief for Telecom Employees Cabinet gives nod to a two-year moratorium on spectrum payments

Union Cabinet approves the Industrial Relations Code Bill,

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for introd...

Labour Law

Union Cabinet approves the Industrial Relations Code Bill,

Cognizant starts upskilling 5,000 employees

IT Major Cognizant starts to identify executives from its mid and top tiers for re-skilling and re-training, following plans to optimize the workforce to reduce costs and improve margins. Karen McLoughlin, Chief Financial Officer said, “The Company is in the process of selecting mid- and senior-level resources among the planned 5,000 employees who will be […]

Hyderabad: A woman techie commits suicide after job loss

A woman software employee committed suicide on Tuesday night by hanging herself in the hostel room. Allegedly she was depressed after being told that she would not be needed for work anymore. The young victim, identified as 24-year-old girl Pogaku Harini was working for a software firm in the Gachibowli area and staying in a […]

Labour Law

The Government of Karnataka allows women to work in night shift

The Government of Karnataka on Wednesday issued an order to scrap the law that bans employing women in night shifts in factories, subject to certain security conditions. The order issued by the government says that women can work during night shifts (between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m.) in places registered under the Factories Act, 1948. […]

BSNL VRS: Employees to get lumpsum retirement package, the highest payout at Rs 90 lakh

The ‘BSNL Voluntary Retirement Scheme – 2019‘, that was roll out recently, will remain open till December 3, 2019. Under this VRS Scheme, employees above the age of 50 years are eligible to opt for retirement. At least 63 percent or 1 lakh BSNL employees are eligible to opt for retirement under the scheme. According […]

Employer Branding

Employee Value Proposition: The Best Practices

I was recently reading a book, “The War for Talent” by McKinsey & Company consultants Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones, and Beth Axelrod where they have put forth their thoughts after five years of in-depth research on how companies manage leadership talent which includes surveys of 13,000 executives at more than 120 companies and case studies […]

CHRO Move

PepsiCo appoints Pavitra Singh as new Head- Human Resources for India

Beverage and snacks maker PepsiCo elevates Pavitra Singh as Chief Human Resources Officer for India. She takes over this position from Suchitra Rajendra who recently resigned from PepsiCo to join a new company. Prior to this Pavitra has been working as Director HR at PepsiCo, India, and Head of Talent Acquisition – Asia, Middle East […]

Nov 20, 2019

CHRO Move

ViacomCBS Announces New Head- Human Resources

ViacomCBS has announced the appointment of Nancy Phillips as a new Head- Human Resources. She will serve as Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer. Nancy will be responsible for driving the company’s human resources strategy and delivering global programs to create a positive employee experience and a culture of high performance. In this role, she […]

Nov 20, 2019

Strike

Striking Honda workers vacate Manesar plant’s premises

Close to 1,500 contractual workers who have been staging a sit-in at the company premises since November 5 to protest the retrenchment of their colleagues, vacated the premises and continued their strike outside the premises, after the management agreed to work towards reaching a resolution soon, said Workers’ Union President. The tussles between workers’ union […]

Nov 20, 2019

Press Release

EdCast launches the first edition of the EdCast Learning Health Index (LHI) Research 2019 in India

EdCast has launched the first edition of the EdCast Learning Health Index (LHI) Research 2019 in India with an aim to identify areas of excellence and opportunities for improving learning health within organizations. LHI scores would help benchmark the organisation vis-a-vis its comparators. The LHI is based on a framework built on eight primary dimensions of […]

Culture & Behaviour

Factors Influencing Companies’ Growth Culture

Culture is so important these days that without a good culture, an organization may fail to innovate, develop trust and respect and be not able to clearly communicate its vision to its stakeholders. In today’s context developing a culture of growth becomes all the more necessary to stay competitive and to keep employees happy. Before […]

CHRO Move

SAR Group of Companies Appoints New CHRO

Religare’s Ex- Global HR Head Ashish Anand Joins SAR Group of Companies as Chief Human Resources Officer. SAR Group of companies is a diversified business group into Energy & Energy Storage, Water, Purity & Smart Home Appliances, E- Vehicles, Cleantech, & Venture Capital. Businesses are done under Livguard, Livpure, Livgreen, Lectrix, LIvFin, Lockthedeal, and few […]

Tata Steel plans to cut up to 3,000 jobs

Tata Steel plans to cut up to 3,000 jobs across its European operations, the company said on Monday, as the sector wrestles with excess supply, weak demand, and high costs. The announcement came after weeks of speculation that the steel giant, which employs 11,000 workers in the Netherlands, would cut thousands of jobs to tackle […]