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Updated on: May 2020

Coronavirus

Cognizant has deferred joining dates of all campus offers

May 13, 2020

Flipkart, Wipro, and Maruti Suzuki reopen offices cautiously

India Inc is resuming back to its offices. Few companies have already started calling back one-third...

Coronavirus

May 12, 2020

Axis Bank to adopt WFH as an integral part of work culture

Axis Bank will continue with the Work-From-Home WFH culture even after the coronavirus crisis ends...

Jobs

May 12, 2020

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Pune Labour Office has issued notice to Tech Mahindra

Tech Mahindra gets labour department notice over alleged complaints of salary cuts Punes Labo...

Industrial Relations

May 11, 2020

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Coronavirus

New Leadership Capabilities to Anchor – Volatile Moments

We live in the age of the ‘Black-Swans’. All organizations are vulnerable to events that are neither predictable nor are these events within their realms of control. The difference between the world we experienced and the world we anticipate to live in the future is contrasted by the presence of the ‘black swan’ events. ‘Black […]

May 11, 2020

Industry

Infosys returns back to offices with 5% of its staff

Bengaluru-based information technology (IT) major Infosys Ltd is reopening its offices in a staggered manner, with necessary precautions like temperature checks, sanitized office vehicles, alternate seating arrangements in official transport, & compulsory masks, etc. Infosys confirmed in a tweeted on 7 May “As lockdowns begin to ease across India, our CEO Salil Parekh, along with […]

May 11, 2020

Coronavirus

Noida authority grants permission to around 850 companies, projects to resume work

The companies operating in Noida are gearing up to resume to their work after due permission was granted by the city authorities. Noida authority has given permission to around 850 eligible companies to operate with around 57,000 staff/ labour. Talking to ANI, Ritu Maheshwari, Chief Executive Officer of Noida Authority said that companies including Samsung, […]

May 10, 2020

Coronavirus

Facebook and Google extend work from home till 2020 end

Two of the biggest tech companies Facebook and Google have said they will let employees continue working from home for the rest of the year. According to a CNBC report, both the companies have announced plans to reopen their offices soon but they are going to take a call on which employees are absolutely needed […]

May 9, 2020

Coronavirus

HCL Tech to hire 15,000 freshers, lateral hiring on hold

HCL Tech to hire 15000 freshers, but lateral hiring on hold amid COVID-19 in 2020 On 07 May 2020, C Vijayakumar, Chief Executive Officer, HCL Technologies said the company is expected to get 15,000 freshers onboard in 2020 but it will be placing lateral hiring on hold. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many customers have […]

May 8, 2020

Jobs

30% workforce of Tech Mahindra may WFH till March 21

Tech Mahindra will be giving the liberty to 25-30% of its workforce to work from home till March 2021. Tech Mahindra said that it is in discussions with its clients to allow 25-30% of its employees to work from home (WFH) at least till March 2021. But amidst all these, one of the most crucial factors is data […]

May 8, 2020

Labour Law

Government plans to merge CMPFO with EPFO

The Centre Government plans to merge Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation (CMPFO) with the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), as a large asset-liability mismatch is imminent in the CMPFO’s pension fund. The Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation has been entrusted with the responsibility of administering the Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provision Act, 1948, […]

May 7, 2020

Jobs

Uber to layoff 3,700 employees, CEO foregoing his salary

Uber said Wednesday, that it is laying off 3,700 employees, or about 14% of its staff, as the ride-hail giant reels from the pandemic and an ongoing battle over worker protections. And CEO Dara Khosrowshahi will also forgo his base salary for the rest of the year, which was $1 million in 2019. The company said […]

May 7, 2020

Merger & Acquisition

Cognizant to acquire Collaborative Solutions

Cognizant has entered into an agreement to acquire Collaborative Solutions, a privately-held global consultancy specializing in Workday enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2020, subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions, including regulatory clearance. The financial details were not disclosed. The acquisition […]

May 6, 2020

Jobs

Govt has issued notice to Wipro for benching employees

The Labour Commissioner has issued a notice to IT giant, Wipro after reports of the company benching 300 employees surfaced. The notice issued states that no employer can reduce the salary or cannot terminate employees during the lockdown period as per the notification issued. The notice instructs Wipro to take necessary steps, else legal action will be […]

May 6, 2020

Jobs

Hero MotoCorp to start production in 03 facilities from tmw

India’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer Hero MotoCorp said that it will start operations in a graded manner at three of its manufacturing plants —Gurugram and Dharuhera- Haryana, and Haridwar-Uttarakhand, and additionally the Global Parts Center (GPC) at Neemrana in Rajasthan. These manufacturing plants reopened on Monday and production at these facilities will commence from Wednesday. The […]

May 5, 2020

Labour Law

Employers can deduct pay for voluntary absence of workers

The Aurangabad bench of the High Court of Bombay said since Maharashtra has partially lifted the lockdown in some industrial areas, workers would be expected to report for duty, but if they voluntarily remain absent, the management would be at liberty to deduct wages. A Single-Judge Bench of Ravindra Ghuge said this while hearing a […]

May 5, 2020