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Updated on: Jul 2020

Industry

TCS to start onboarding of all fresh recruits from mid-July

Jul 10, 2020

Tamil Nadu relaxes norms, IT staff can work from office

Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday relaxed a few norms for the intensified lockdown that is coming i...

Coronavirus

Jul 10, 2020

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Code on Wages may be implemented by September

Code on wages likely to be implemented by September, labour ministry circulates draft rules The Code...

Labour Law

Jul 10, 2020

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Labour office asked Capgemini to reinstate fired employees

Pune Labour Commissioner office asked Capgemini to reinstate fired employees during the lockdown...

Coronavirus

Jul 9, 2020

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Labour Law

Govt to pay EPF employees and employers share till Aug 20

Government to pay EPF contributions (entire 24%) of employees and employers till Aug 2020 PTI | The Union Cabinet on 8 July, Wednesday approved a proposal to extend the scheme for the payment of employers and employees’ PF contributions for three months until August 2020. Earlier, in May this year finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had […]

Jul 9, 2020

CHRO Move

Paramjit Singh Nayyar joins Bharti AXA as new CHRO

Paramjit Singh Nayyar joins Bharti AXA General Insurance as new CHRO, effective 7 July 2020 Paramjit Singh Nayyar joins Bharti AXA General Insurance as the Chief Human Resources Officer, effective 07 July 2020. Prior to this, most recently he was working as Chief HR Officer with HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Limited (formerly Apollo Munich Health Insurance) for […]

Jul 9, 2020

Coronavirus

Deloitte cuts more than 700 jobs in 8 days

Days after PwC announced it is slashing 700 jobs in Australia, Deloitte, the globe’s largest professional services firm and second-largest in Australia, has followed suit. A fallout of demand due to the Covid-19 induced economic crisis is hitting the revenues of the largest accounting and consulting firms. While the Big Four have to date been […]

Jul 9, 2020

Coronavirus

Future Generali announces Increments for all its Employees

Future Generali India Insurance Company Limited announces promotions, annual increments and variable payouts for all its employees Amidst the ongoing economic and COVID-19 crisis, Future Generali India Insurance Company Limited (FGII), the general insurance arm of the joint venture between retail giant Future Group and global insurer Generali, announced promotions, annual increments & variable payouts […]

Jul 8, 2020

Coronavirus

Capgemini rolls out wage hikes and promotions w.e.f July 1

Capgemini India rolls out wage hikes and promotions effective 01 July 2020 Admit the COVID-19 pandemic when most companies in India have withheld salary hikes and effected pay cuts, Capgemini has rolled out wage hikes and promotions for all its employees in India. The quantum of hikes is said to be in high single digits. In April, the […]

Jul 8, 2020

Coronavirus

COVID-19: ICICI Bank to reward 80k of its frontline staff

ICICI Bank to give 80k employees up to 8% pay hike for work amid COVID-19 According to a PTI report, The country’s second-largest private sector lender ICICI Bank has decided to reward over 80,000 of its frontline employees with a salary hike of up to 8 percent These employees form over 80 percent of its overall workforce […]

Jul 8, 2020

Industry

Nestle India launches 1000 “Nesternship” opportunities

Nestle India reaches out to Youth—launches 1000 “Nesternship” opportunities for young professionals, aims to enhance competence and employability At this stage of the Covid-19 pandemic and its devastating aftermath on the economy, India needs to protect its youth, to ensure that they do not lose opportunities to develop themselves professionally. As a humble, but heartfelt […]

Jul 8, 2020

Industry

PwC to announce deferred promotions & bonuses

Consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC India) has said it will announce promotions, compensation revisions, and bonus payouts for employees on October 1, 2020. The Company said, Performance scores for FY20 have already been shared with staff, and promotions and compensation changes will probably be introduced on October 1 and be efficient from that date. “Today we […]

Jul 7, 2020

Labour Law

Karnataka govt notifies ‘fixed-term workman’ and allows flexible hiring

Karnataka govt notifies ‘fixed-term workman’ and allows flexible hiring across industry Karnataka govt notifies ‘fixed-term workman’ on June 30, it has made changes to the Karnataka Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Rules 1961 to introduce fixed-term workmen (FTW) in the model standing orders. Earlier, only the apparel manufacturing sector was allowed to hire employees on fixed-term […]

Jul 7, 2020

Jobs

Haryana Govt approves 75% quota in private jobs for locals

Haryana Cabinet approves draft ordinance for 75% quota in private jobs for locals Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Monday said that the state Cabinet has approved the draft ordinance mandating 75% reservation in private jobs for residents from the state. The draft of the ordinance will be placed before the Council of Ministers […]

Jul 7, 2020

Coronavirus

Infosys brings back over 200 employees from the US

Infosys brings back over 200 employees from the United States The Bengaluru-based, India’s second-largest IT services company Infosys brings back over 200 employees and their families in a chartered flight from the United States as a safety measure amid surging cases of COVID-19 and Lockdown. The company’s chartered flight took off from San Francisco bringing […]

Jul 6, 2020

Coronavirus

Fujitsu plans permanent WFH, to launch satellite offices

Fujitsu announces permanent work-from-home plan and to launch satellite offices Japan’s Technology firm, Fujitsu Ltd said on Monday it would halve its office space in three years as it rewrites the way employees work under a “new normal” amid the coronavirus pandemic. The company said its roughly 80,000 group employees in Japan would work flexible […]

Jul 6, 2020