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Updated on: Jun 2020

Survey & Report

IBM Rolls Out Free Digital Learning Platform to Help Job Seekers in India

Jun 25, 2020

Tata Group plans layoffs to save fixed costs as profit dips

Tata Group plans layoffs to save fixed costs as profit dips- Report According to The Times-News Netw...

Coronavirus

Jun 25, 2020

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GoDaddy announced restructuring, impact employees

GoDaddy announced restructuring plan, says to impact employees Web hosting company GoDaddy Inc o...

Coronavirus

Jun 25, 2020

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Landmark Group appoints new President- Group HR

Landmark Group appoints Sandeep Batra as President- Group HR, he replaces Venkatramana B who is supe...

CHRO Move

Jun 25, 2020

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Coronavirus

Cognizant started laying off bench employees

Cognizant started laying off bench employees, the number could reach up to 18,000 employees Cognizant has started terminating its bench employees, the process is simple– move to the bench and induced resignation after 41 days. Moneycontrol also reports, the terminations are happening at the associate level, mostly mid-level employees, and above, those employees who are […]

Jun 25, 2020

CHRO Move

Capgemini appoints Anne Lebel as new Group CHRO

Anne Lebel joins the Capgemini Group as Chief Human Resources Officer Capgemini announced today, 24 June the appointment of Anne Lebel as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and Group Executive Board Member, effective July 20, 2020. Anne brings to the Group over two decades of experience in leadership development and talent management on a global […]

Jun 24, 2020

Jobs

How US H1-B visa suspension will impact Indian IT giants

US President Donald Trump issued a proclamation to suspend issuing of H-1B, H-2B, J, L, and other temporary work permits for immigrants until December 31, 2020. The proclamation comes into effect from 24 June. Trump said, “it is aimed to provide employment opportunities to more than 20 million Americans who have lost their jobs in […]

Jun 24, 2020

C-Suite Move

Tata Sons N Chandrasekaran appointed on RBI board again

The Central Government has re-nominated Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran as a part-time non-official director on the RBI’s central board Tata Sons’ Chairman N Chandrasekaran has been again nominated as a part-time non-official director of the RBI central board. His re-nomination is for two years from March 3, 2020. An announcement to this effect was […]

Jun 23, 2020

Survey & Report

TCS, Infosys, HCL, and Microsoft on Productivity in WFH

Top IT Companies’ Observations on “Productivity in Work From Home Setting” Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most IT companies have given permission for professionals to work from home. IT and Tech majors are keen on making work from home seamless, engaging, and developing trust between their employees in a remote working environment. The expectation from […]

Jun 22, 2020

Jobs

MobiKwik plans to hire 100 people in this fiscal

MobiKwik plans to hire 100 people in this fiscal including for product and engineering functions. Fintech major MobiKwik on Sunday said it expects to get back to growth trajectory around August-September as digital transactions pick up at offline retailers, and demand in categories like travel returns. The company also plans to hire about 100 people […]

Jun 22, 2020

Coronavirus

BMW to lay off 10,000 contract workers- Report

BMW has confirmed that the German manufacturer is looking at axing at least 10,000 contract workers, in an effort to reduce its capacity due to the coronavirus crisis and help mitigate growing costs. According to Reuters to The Munich-based company said earlier on Friday it had reached an agreement with the works council for a […]

Jun 22, 2020

Survey & Report

Wipro’s Delaporte to be highest Paid CEO in IT Industry

Wipro’s Thierry Delaporte to be highest Paid CEO in IT Industry Thierry Delaporte, CEO and MD designate of Wipro Limited could be the highest Paid executive ever to be hired by an Indian IT services firm. He will be paid an annual pay package of up to 4.45 million euros (about Rs 37.9 crore), according […]

Jun 20, 2020

Coronavirus

Air India offers Work for 3 Days a Week at 60% Pay

Air India on Friday introduced a “shorter working week scheme” under which its permanent employees, except pilots and cabin crew members, can opt to work for three days a week at 60 percent salary, said, senior airline officials. This measure has been introduced in order to improve the airline’s cash flow position amid the coronavirus […]

Jun 20, 2020

Industry

IBM to reduce office space by nearly half in India

IBM is planning to reduce its office space in India by half, as the work-from-home model gains popularity after the COVID-19 outbreak. American IT giant IBM is planning to reduce its office space in India by half, as the work-from-home model gains popularity after the COVID-19 outbreak. The company plans to discontinue lease agreements at half of […]

Jun 19, 2020

Coronavirus

33% of Infosys Workforce to Work From Home permanently

33% of Infosys Workforce to Work From Home permanently only 66% to come to the office According to a report published in Trak.in, Richard Lobo, Executive Vice President, Head HR, Infosys said in a media interaction that in the long term, around 80,000 Infosys employees will never come to the office, they want 33% of […]

Jun 19, 2020

Jobs

HSBC to reignite its prior plan for a massive 35,000 job cut

HSBC to reignite its prior plan for a massive 35,000 job cut which it had put on hold after the coronavirus outbreak On 17 June, Wednesday, HSBC, international bank, announced it will reignite its prior plan for a massive 35,000 job cut, which it had put on hold after the coronavirus outbreak. The layoffs were […]

Jun 18, 2020