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Hyundai Motor India starts vaccination drive for employees, dependents

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Cognizant India Chairman Rajesh Nambiar replaces EVP Malcolm Frank

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Bird Group, Executive Director Ankur Bhatia Passed Away

Ankur Bhatia, the Executive Director of Bird Group died on Friday at the age of . Reports suggest ...

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EPFO

EPFO offers Non-Refundable advance to COVID-19 victims

EPFO: Members who have already availed of the first COVID-19 advance can now opt for a second advance also Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), has allowed its subscribers to avail of a second non-refundable COVID-19 advance under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) amidst the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Under this PMGKY scheme, […]

Volvo Cars India to set up its Digital Technology Hub in Bengaluru

Volvo Car India to expand its Digital Technology Hub in Bengaluru Volvo Car India has announced the setting up of a Digital Technology Hub in Bengaluru which will help strengthen the company’s presence on digital platforms. As part of the move, on Thursday, The company said it has appointed Jonas Olsson as the Head of its Bengaluru-based […]

International Spirits and Wines Association appoints Nita Kapoor as CEO

Nita Kapoor appointed as CEO of ISWAI (International Spirits and Wines Association of India Liquor industry body International Spirits and Wines Association of India (ISWAI) has appointed Nita Kapoor as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective June 3rd, 2021. ISWAI represents liquor companies like Diageo-United Spirits, Pernod Ricard, Beam Suntory, Bacardi, Brown Forman, Moet […]

Coronavirus

Edelweiss General Insurance rolls out WORK FROM ANYWHERE policy

Edelweiss General Insurance Permanent WFA Policy Insurance Tech startup Edelweiss General Insurance (EGI), has announced a policy change for all its employees across India. New policy Work from anywhere (WFA) is a Hybrid work model that aims to empower and enable employees with their choice of workspace while ensuring optimum work productivity. With the introduction […]

IMF HR Head Kalpana Kochhar to join Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a merging of the William H. Gates Foundation and the Gates Learning Foundation Indian economist Kalpana Kochhar, Head-HR, IMF (International Monetary Fund) will retire next month after serving for over three decades with the organization to join the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She has been with the IMF for three […]

Leela Palaces Hotels and Resorts ropes in new VP-HR from HDFC ERGO

Leela Palaces Hotels and Resorts ropes in Gautam Srivastava as new VP- Corporate HR from HDFC ERGO The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts appoints Gautam Srivastava as Vice President – Corporate HR. In his new role, he will drive and implement the people strategy of the company, as it embraces the next new phase of […]

Tata Group appoints Anand Shankar as SVP – Group Human Resources

Tata Group appoints Anand Shankar as SVP – Group Human Resources & Director TMTC/ Tata Tomorrow University Tata Group appoints Anand Shankar as Senior Vice President – Group Human Resources & Director TMTC (Tata Management Training Center) Tata Tomorrow University, effective from June 1, 2021. Anand is Global expert in Human resource, Future of Work, […]

Apple asks staff to return to office 03 days a week, effective Sept 2021

Employees also have the chance to work remotely for up to two weeks a year Apple employees are being asked to return to the office three days a week starting in early September. Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc sent out an email Wednesday informing staff of the change. “For all that we’ve […]

Procter & Gamble to set up a new manufacturing unit at Sanand, Gujarat

P&G to set up a new manufacturing unit at Sanand, plans to hire more than 30% women Procter & Gamble (P&G), American multinational consumer goods, plans to invest more than 50 billion rupees to set up a health and wellness product manufacturing plant in Sanand, Gujarat. The company will hire more than 30% of women […]

Labour Law

Govt forms panel for fixation of Minimum Wages and National Floor Wages

Government of India forms panel for fixation of Minimum Wages and National Floor Wages The government of India has issued an order and has constituted the Expert Group Panel to provide technical inputs and recommendations on the fixation of Minimum Wages and National Floor Minimum Wages. The Group has been constituted for a period of […]

Coronavirus

Reliance Industries announces COVID-19 bereavement support

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) announces COVID-19 bereavement support to the families of employees who lost their lives due to the COVID-19. The company’s support will help the families to rebuild their lives. RIL COVID-19 bereavement support includes: Financial Aid: RIL will pay the last-drawn salary to the deceased employee’s family for the next 05 years. One […]

TCS rolled out salary hike from April 2021, what is the percentage?

TCS is giving two salary hikes within 6 months, OCT 2020 and April 2021? India’s largest information technology (IT) firm, TCS, has announced a salary hike for its over 469,000 employees from April 2021. As per media reports, this was the second salary hike in six months by the company in FY22. TCS became the […]