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Updated on: Jan 2023

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Infosys attrition rate drops in Q, to hire , freshers by FY

Jan 13, 2023

Amazon staff furious on being forced to work after co-worker died

According to the media reports, an American technology company focusing on e-commerce, Amazon employ...

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Jan 11, 2023

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Tata Motors completes acquisition of Ford Indias Sanand plant

Tata Motors on Tuesday said the acquisition of Ford Indias manufacturing plant at Sanand thro...

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Jan 11, 2023

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Unacademy builds LinkedIn competitor NextLevel, people fired

In another round of layoffs, an Indian educational technology company, Unacademy will let go of arou...

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Jan 11, 2023

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Air India to implement employment policy after March

Recently, Indian Police arrested an Air India passenger after a complaint was filed by a woman on board for urinating on her. Shankar Mishra has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days. Regarding this incident, DGCA has instructed the TATA Group-owned Air India to establish a record of all passengers who have exhibited unruly behaviour and put them on […]

Jan 10, 2023

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TCS to hire over 1.25 lakh employees in FY24, total strength of 6 Lakhs

India’s largest IT major, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced its Q3FY23 results for the quarter ending on December 31, 2022. The company said that it will be hiring 1.25 lakh to 1.5 lakh employees in the financial year 2023-24 (FY24). Since the company posted a decline of 2,197 people in its employee base, TCS headcount […]

Jan 10, 2023

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Tata Group is close to taking over iPhone maker’s plant in India

An Indian multinational conglomerate, Tata Group is close to taking over the iPhone maker’s plant in India. Wistron is one of the three Taiwanese iPhone makers in India along with Foxconn and Pegatron Corp. As Wistron plans to exit iPhone manufacturing in India, its Taiwanese partners are expanding their iPhone production lines. According to the […]

Jan 10, 2023

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UK PM Rishi Sunak Plans New Law To Let Employers Fire Workers

The UK PM Rishi Sunak plans a new Law to let employers fire workers. This legislation will allow employers in essential sectors to terminate the employment of striking workers. The proposed legislation is already facing opposition in the House of Lords from Keir Starmer. The leader of the opposition Labour Party has warned that if […]

Jan 9, 2023

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How to prepare for recession despite Quiet Quitting & Moonlighting

In 2022 many companies laid off their employees, there have been Great Resignation, Moonlighting, and Quiet quitting and the recession has been a point of discussion. What is Quiet Quitting? Quiet quitting refers to doing the minimum requirements of one’s job and putting in no more time, effort, or enthusiasm than is necessary. As such, […]

Jan 9, 2023

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Over 30,000 lost jobs in Jan exceed December total in just 6 days

In 2022, over 1 lakh employees lost their jobs across various sectors. But in less than 9 days in January over 30,000 employees have lost their jobs. The layoff number has exceeded December in a few days. Data from the layoff tracker shows that a total of 30,611 people from 30 companies were laid off […]

Jan 9, 2023

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Shopify asked employees to just say no to meetings

A Canadian multinational e-commerce company, Shopify has announced that there is a rule that no meetings at all can be held on Wednesdays. Kaz Nejatian has shared the information through an official Twitter handle and said, “Meetings are a bug. Today, we shipped a fix to this bug at @Shopify. To start 2023, we’re canceling […]

Jan 7, 2023

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Microsoft to support space-tech startups in India; Apply

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Microsoft has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to fuel the growth of space-tech startups in India. The MoU seeks to empower space tech startups across the country with technology tools and platforms, go-to-market support, and mentoring to help them scale and become enterprise ready. The collaboration seeks to […]

Jan 6, 2023

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After 6 months of being sacked, employee shoots former boss in Noida

According to ET, After 6 months of being sacked a BPO employee (Anoop Singh) shoot his former manager in Noida. The condition of the manager is critical and is admitted to the hospital. Anoop Singh worked in BPO as a data entry operator in NSB BPO under Phase-1 in Noida Sector 2. The injured employee Sadrul […]

Jan 6, 2023

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‘Quiet Hiring’ will dominate the U.S. in 2023, says HR expert

According to CNBC Reports, The HR expert has said that ‘Quiet Hiring’ will dominate the U.S. in 2023 and everyone needs to be prepared for it. In 2022, employees’ stress and worry grew above even 2020 peaks:- In July 2022 Gartner survey was conducted on 3,500 employees. What is quiet hiring? Emily Rose-McRae, senior director […]

Jan 5, 2023

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Corporates focus on gender diversity, to hire more women in 2023

Corporate India has been hiring women professionals focusing on gender diversity. It is expected that companies will hire more women in 2023. According to a survey conducted by Burgundy Private, a private banking business of Axis Bank and Hurun India, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has more female employees than any company in India. This is the second edition […]

Jan 4, 2023

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India’s unemployment rate is highest for Dec in 16 months at 8.3%

As per the recent data released by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) India’s unemployment rate rose to 8.30% in December which is the highest in 16 months. Last month’s unemployment rate was 8.00%. The urban unemployment rate rose to 10.09% in December from 8.96% in the previous month. On the other end, the rural […]

Jan 3, 2023