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Updated on: Apr 2020

Demise

BMW India CEO Rudratej Singh passes away

Apr 21, 2020

Tech Mahindras top leaders NOT to take variable payout

According to a TOI report, In the current situation, Tech Mahindras top executives forego their bon...

Jobs

Apr 20, 2020

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Capgemini asked to revoke forced leaves

Labour commissioner has issued notice to Capgemini, warning of action if it fails to revise its deci...

Jobs

Apr 20, 2020

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LD List of what will remain open across India from April

The Government has released a list of the services that will remain functional across the country fr...

Coronavirus

Apr 19, 2020

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Coronavirus

LD2: Guidelines for workplaces that open up from 20th April

The Centre has issued a fresh set of guidelines for the Lockdown 2,0, which list a number of relaxations that will come into force post-April 20. The government has said that it will allow agriculture, construction, Information Technology, industrial units in the SEZs and rural areas to function if they follow lockdown guidelines to a […]

Apr 18, 2020

Coronavirus

COVID-19: Wipro defers hiring, promotions, and increments

IT giant Wipro has deferred annual increments and scheduled promotions for the month of June for most of its employees and postponed campus hiring amid the coronavirus pandemic. Abidali Neemuchwala, CEO, Wipro said, “There has to be a trade-off, which will be in hiring, salary increases, and sub-contracting costs.” Saurabh Govil President and CHRO, Wipro said […]

Apr 17, 2020

Coronavirus

Labour Ministry to collect data on layoffs, pay cuts, report to PM

EPFO and ESIC have been advised to collate the data on job losses and wage cuts. As soon as information is collated a report can be introduced to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). This labour ministry initiative comes as stressed economic situation has raised fears of widespread layoffs/salary reductions in India’s organized sector and in […]

Apr 17, 2020

Coronavirus

TCS not to lay off employees, freezes salary hikes

MUMBAI:Largest Indian software exporter TCS on Thursday said it will not retrench any of its nearly 4.5 lakh employees, but has decided not to give any salary hikes this year. The Tata group company said it will honour each of its commitments on new hires by taking all the 40,000 people who have been given offers […]

Apr 17, 2020

Coronavirus

Accenture-built platform connects firms with laid-off people

Accenture and Verizon launches People + Work, B2B platform to match laid-off workers with open positions As unemployment surpasses record highs due to COVID-19, a group of leading companies from multiple industries has formed People + Work Connect, an employer-to-employer initiative that brings together companies laying off or furloughing people with those companies in urgent […]

Apr 16, 2020

Coronavirus

Vistara again announces compulsory leave without pay for senior employees

Vistara CEO Leslie Thng on Wednesday announced that senior employees will be going on compulsory leave without pay for up to three days between April 15 and April 30 as a measure to further conserve the airline’s cash flow amid the lockdown to combat the coronavirus threat. On March 27, the airline had also introduced […]

Apr 16, 2020

Coronavirus

LD-02: List of activities that will be allowed from 20th April

The Ministry of Home Affairs in its revised lockdown guidelines allowed several services to remain operational from April 20. The MHA said in its directive ‘to mitigate hardship to the public‘, select additional activities have been allowed which will come into effect from 20 April 2020. These limited exemptions will be operationalized by States, UTs, district administrations based […]

Apr 16, 2020

Labour Law

EPFO extends challan filing date for employers

Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation has extended the date of filing Electronic Challan Cum Return (ECR) for wage month March 2020 extended up to 15.05.2020 from 15.04.2020, The EPFO also decided to waive off any interest liability and penalty in this extended period. This would give some relief to employers stuck with closed establishments following a nationwide […]

Apr 15, 2020

Coronavirus

Capgemini announces increments for 84,000 employees

Capgemini India announces the single-digit salary hike to 70 percent of its staff or 84000 employees in India, effective April 1, 2020. The company has 1.2 lakh employees in India, of which 70% or 84,000 employees will be benefitted from this decision. The rest of the employees of Capgemini India will get their increments in […]

Apr 15, 2020

Labour Law

ESIC Further Extends Period for Filing ESI Contribution

The country is dealing with a very challenging situation due to COVID-19 Pandemic. Many establishments are temporarily closed and workers are unable to work. In line with the relief measures being extended by Government to business entities and workers, Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has undertaken following relief measures for its stakeholders specially Employers and […]

Apr 15, 2020

Jobs

Here’re companies hiring right now in India

According to a recent survey by Naukri JobSpeak, the job market across cities registered a drop in hiring activity, the index revealed that the decline was led by metros wherein- Delhi declined by 26 percent Mumbai declined by 25 percent Chennai declined by 24 percent Hyderabad declined by 18 percent The Naukri JobSpeak is a […]

Apr 15, 2020

CHRO Move

Philips names Vishpala Reddy as new Head- HR

According to ET Report, Philips has hired Vishpala Reddy as its new Head- Human Resources for the Indian subcontinent, replacing Armaan Seth who has recently joined Syngenta. She is likely to join Philips next month. With almost 20 years of experience in HR, currently, Vishpala leads Human Resources for Uber across the Asia Pacific mega-region […]

Apr 15, 2020