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Updated on: Jun 2020

Coronavirus

Renault India gives hike promotions despite crisis

Jun 5, 2020

Cognizant to pay .m in the class-action suit

Cognizant has agreed to pay . million compensation to former employees for underpaid overtime hou...

Jobs

Jun 4, 2020

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Ola Electric appoints Vithal Acharya as Head- HR

Ola Electric Mobility OEM has onboarded Vithal Acharya as its new Head -Human Resources, effective...

CHRO Move

Jun 4, 2020

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Atlas Cycles shuts down Sahibabad unit, laid off all workforce

After years of losses incurred from its Sahibabad factory in Uttar Pradesh, Atlas Cycles has decided...

Industry

Jun 3, 2020

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Coronavirus

Motilal Oswal announces bonuses and promotions to staff

Motilal Oswal Financial Services has announced the payment of bonuses and performance-linked variable pay to the entire 6,000-plus employees of the group. Sudhir Dhar, Executive Director – Group CHRO at Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd said, “It gives immense satisfaction and comfort that we’ve been able to announce the bonus and promotions even during this lockdown.” He also […]

Jun 3, 2020

Industry

Dixon Technologies plans to hire 2,500 in 9 months

Dixon Technologies plans to invest Rs 250 crore and hire 2,500 people in the next 8-9 months under Product Linked Incentive (PLI) Dixon Technologies plans to invest Rs 250 crore and hire 2,500 people in the next 8-9 months to expand operations to take advantage of the Product Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme. On April 1, the […]

Jun 3, 2020

Coronavirus

COVID-19: GMR Group cuts employees’ salaries up to 50%

GMR Group cuts employees’ salaries by up to 50% due to Covid-19, The reduction in compensation is maximum at the highest level. Battling against COVID-19 pandemic, diversified conglomerate GMR Group has revised downwards employees’ salaries by up to 50 percent with effect from May 2020. The reduction in compensation is maximum at the highest level. The Bengaluru-based […]

Jun 3, 2020

CHRO Move

Visa ropes in AirAsia India Pawan Setty as Head-HR

Visa appoints Pawan N Setty as Vice President – Head of HR APAC. In his new role, he will oversee the Technology side of the business. His appointment is effective from May 2020. Prior to this, Pawan was working with AirAsia India as Head of People & Culture for almost 2 years. In early 2018 […]

Jun 2, 2020

Coronavirus

MakeMyTrip is laying off about 350 employees

MakeMyTrip announced that it is laying off about 350 employees due to the global travel ban because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gurugram based, online travel aggregator MakeMyTrip is laying off around 350 employees, or 10% of its workforce, citing business slowdown due to the global travel restrictions to combat the spread of COVID-19. Group Executive […]

Jun 2, 2020

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How ITC Infotech is fighting with Coronavirus Pandemic

In an exclusive conversation with Suchismita Burman, Chief Human Resources Officer, ITC Infotech India Limited on Talent Strategy during COVID-19 Suchismita Burman is the Chief Human Resources Officer of ITC Infotech India Limited. She brings in 21 years of experience working across Consulting, Corporate HR, CoE, and Talent Business advisory roles across industry sectors. She […]

Jun 2, 2020

CHRO Move

EORTV Media appoints Nishkal Vaidya as CHRO

Mumbai based, LGBTQ-focused OTT media platform, EORTV has appointed Nishkal Vaidya as the new Chief Human Resources Officer. He joined the company in Feb 2020 on his new job role. Prior to this appointment, he was actively working with media company exchange4media as the senior manager, HR for the last three years. Talking on his […]

Jun 1, 2020

Jobs

Infosys to cut senior-level roles to flatten the structure

Infosys to cut senior-level roles to flatten the structure in a staggered manner in order to ensure faster decision making and flatten the organization. According to a TOI report, Infosys would trim the workforce at senior levels of job level (JL) 7 and above as well as those in the ranks of delivery managers, AVPs, […]

Jun 1, 2020

Coronavirus

Zomato brings out Talent Directory to help its laid-off employees find a new job

After global firms like Uber, Airbnb, homegrown food delivery major, Zomato brings out a unique Talent Directory to help its laid-off employees find a new job. Talent Directory is a live list of the laid-off employees to assist the recruitment agencies, hiring managers to browse some of the talented individuals who have worked with Zomato through […]

Jun 1, 2020

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Tata Steel to honour all job offers to new hires

Tata Steel has confirmed that it will honour all job offers made to new hires. The company has conducted online onboarding of 96 officers, including management trainees over the months of April and May. “We have ensured that all the candidates that accepted their offers for jobs were on-boarded on the date committed to them,” […]

May 31, 2020

Coronavirus

Unlock 1: MHA issued new guidelines of lockdown 05

Lockdown 05: Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued new guidelines to fight COVID-19 and for phased re-opening of areas outside the Containment Zones, on 30th May 2020. The guidelines would come into effect from June 1, 2020 and would be effective till June 30, 2020. The current phase of re-opening, #Unlock1, will have an economic […]

May 31, 2020

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Accenture gives bonuses & promotions to its staff

Accenture has paid bonuses and given promotions to a large section of its employees The time when several industries have deferred or suspended pay hikes and promotions, IT and professional services company Accenture has paid bonuses and given promotions to a large section of its employees. According to an ET report, the payouts have been made over the past few weeks to more than […]

May 30, 2020