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Updated on: Nov 2020

Jobs

IATA urges Centre to support Indian airlines to tide over COVID crisis

Nov 26, 2020

HCL has successfully completed Women Lead initiative in the Nordics

HCL has successfully completed Women Lead initiative in the Nordics HCL Technologies HCL, a lead...

Diversity & Inclusion

Nov 26, 2020

Latest news: HCL has successfully completed Women Lead initiative in the Nordics - SightsIn Plus

MHA issues new COVID- Guidelines, effective December

COVID- MHA issues new Guidelines for Surveillance, Containment and Caution Ministry of Home Affai...

Coronavirus

Nov 25, 2020

Latest news: MHA issues new COVID- Guidelines, effective December - SightsIn Plus

GE plans of more job cuts in aviation business

GE plans of more job cuts in aviation business Reuters General Electric Co on Tuesday warned of mo...

Jobs

Nov 25, 2020

Latest news: GE plans of more job cuts in aviation business - SightsIn Plus

Jobs

Deutsche Bank plans 40% permanent work from home policy

Deutsche Bank considering 40% permanent work-from-home policy Deutsche Bank AG is reportedly considering a new policy that would allow almost 40% of employees to permanently work from home two days a week. Germany’s largest lender has been discussing the changes for several months and the two-days rule has emerged as the preferred scenario, people familiar […]

Nov 25, 2020

Strike

Toyota halts operations at Karnataka plant again as union strike continues

Toyota halts operations at Karnataka plant again as union strike continues Toyota Motor Corp again halted operations at its car plant in India from Monday, as the majority of members of its workers’ union continued a sit-in strike, the automaker said. Both the Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) factories in the industrial hub of Bidadi, Karnataka, had […]

Nov 25, 2020

Labour Law

Govt notifies draft rules on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

Govt notifies draft rules on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has notified the draft rules under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 on 19.11.2020 inviting objections and suggestions, if any, from the stakeholders. Such objections and suggestions are required to be submitted within […]

Nov 24, 2020

Strike

10 Trade Unions call for ‘Bharat Bandh’ on 26 Nov 2020

10 Trade Unions call for ‘Bharat Bandh’ on 26 November 2020 Bharat Bandh 2020: All trade unions in the city will join hands to make the November 26 strike a success. This was decided at a gate meeting outside a public sector undertaking, here on Monday. CPI (M) State Secretariat Member Ch. Narasinga Rao said that […]

Nov 24, 2020

Diversity & Inclusion

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 Major, Cognizant said that company will implement diversity goals from 2021. Under this initiative, more women will be assigned leadership roles and the inclusion of people of different ethnicities will be given priority. Currently, out of the 2,83,100 global […]

Nov 24, 2020

Jobs

Danone to cut upto 2,000 jobs globally to revive profitability

Danone to cut upto 2,000 jobs globally to revive profitability Danone will cut as many as 2,000 jobs, including one in four positions at its global headquarters, as the world’s largest yogurt maker attempts to revive profitability after getting hit by the coronavirus pandemic harder than other rivals. The company said Monday it’s considering moving […]

Nov 24, 2020

Jobs

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 […]

Nov 24, 2020

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. […]

Nov 23, 2020

Jobs

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 […]

Nov 23, 2020

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 […]

Nov 23, 2020

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, […]

Nov 23, 2020

Jobs

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 […]

Nov 22, 2020