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Cognizant plans to have more women in leadership roles

Cognizant plans to have more women in leadership roles Brian Humphries Brain Humphries, CEO of IT M...

Diversity & Inclusion

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Danone to cut upto , jobs globally to revive profitability

Danone to cut upto , jobs globally to revive profitability Danone will cut as many as , jobs...

How TCS builds Diverse Inclusive Workplace Culture in new normal

In Conversation With Dr. Ritu Anand Chief Diversity Officer Tata Consultancy Services Dr. Ritu Anand...

Human Resources

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TCS to use vacant office space for laboratories and R&D

TCS to use vacant office space for laboratories and R&D facilities As TCS reduces the office-going workforce to 25 per cent by 2025, TCS looks to use the vacant real estate space to house its laboratories and Research and Development (R&D) facilities, besides using it as modern-day workplaces for its employees. The company has 4.5 […]

Partnership

Infosys and ATP extend digital innovation partnership

Infosys and ATP extend digital innovation partnership Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, and the ATP, have today announced the renewal of their highly successful partnership for a further three years. The agreement will see Infosys continue as Global Technology Services Partner and Digital Innovation Partner of the ATP, through 2023. […]

Period leave: Decide in time-bound manner, Delhi High Court tells authorities

Period leave: Decide in time-bound manner, Delhi High Court tells authorities The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the authorities to treat as representation — a Public Interest Litigation seeking directions to the Centre and the Delhi government for granting paid leaves to women employees during the menstruation time. The petition filed by Delhi Labour […]

Survey & Report

Recruiting & Hiring is HR People’s top challenge for 2021

HR professionals view recruiting and hiring are the most challenging issue for 2021 Recruiting and hiring is HR professionals’ top concern for next year, according to 563 US employers responding to XpertHR’s Survey of HR Challenges for 2021. The survey asked participating organizations to rate how challenging 12 major workplace issues might be in 2021 […]

Industry

Tech Mahindra announces the launch of WORKSPACE NXT

Tech Mahindra announces launch of WORKSPACE NXT – Integrated Digital Workplace Solution Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions, announced the launch of WORKSPACE NXT (Workplace as a Service), the latest version of its next-generation integrated digital workplace solution for enterprises globally. The digital workplace solution brings together VMware, […]

Compensation & Benefits

HR Budgeting in the midst of Covid-19 pandemic

HR Budgeting in the midst of Covid-19 pandemic Budgeting has always been a complex and laborious annual exercise. It requires examining various scenarios and going through multiple iterations. There is a bit of a crystal ball gazing as well. However, this year it is even more challenging with increased uncertainty and economic turmoil. It is […]

Capgemini: Highly Successful 7th Employee Share Ownership Plan

Capgemini has announced the significant oversubscription of its seventh employee share ownership plan Capgemini has announced the significant oversubscription of its seventh employee share ownership plan, which amounted to 3 million shares representing approximately 1.8% of the Group’s share capital. This transaction will be carried out without diluting existing shareholders since the recently executed share buyback […]

Blue-collar jobs on recovery path led by delivery segment

Blue-collar jobs on recovery path led by delivery segment: Placement firm report After witnessing an overall dip in blue collar jobs due to the coronavirus induced lockdown, there has been a sharp recovery led by delivery segment, including food and grocery, according to start-up placement firm Vahan. The demand for blue-collar workers is back to […]

Government proposes 12 working hours in new draft rules

The Labour Ministry has proposed maximum 12 working hours in a day, including intervals under the draft rules on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSH) Code 2020 passed earlier this year by Parliament. However, the weekly working hours limit has been fixed at 48 hours (six days X eight hours, with one weekly off) […]

Govt freezes Dearness Allowance hike for CPSE employees

Govt freezes Dearness Allowance hike for CPSE employees till June 30 The Government of India has decided to freeze the hike in dearness allowance (DA) for employees of central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) drawing salaries as per the industrial dearness allowance (IDA) pay guidelines from October 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021. “In view of […]

EPFO

EPFO adds 14.90 lakh net subscribers in September 2020

EPFO adds 14.90 lakh net subscribers in September 2020 The provisional payroll data of EPFO has been released on 20th November, 2020. It reveals that EPFO has added 14.90 lakh net subscribers in the month of September, 2020 thereby increasing the subscribers’ base of EPFO by around 30.92 lakh during the first two quarters of current financial […]

Partnership

Cognizant, XPRIZE launch Pandemic Response Challenge

Cognizant, XPRIZE launch Pandemic Response Challenge As COVID-19 rates continue to surge in countries around the world, XPRIZE, the world’s leader in designing and operating incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges, in partnership with Cognizant, one of the world’s leading technology and professional services companies, today launched the Pandemic Response Challenge. The competition aims to harness the […]