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Updated on: Mar 2020

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ShareChat announces Refer A Sakhi program

Mar 7, 2020

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Mar 6, 2020

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Delhi Govt suspends biometric attendance in offices

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Mar 6, 2020

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Tech Mahindra bans travel amidst the Coronavirus Outbreak

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Mar 6, 2020

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TCS, Microsoft, and Wipro restrict travel due to Coronavirus

As the Coronavirus outbreak reaches Indian shores with at least 29 confirmed cases in the country, its effects have begun to be felt in many quarters. Companies and industries around the world are now contemplating their next move to contain the virus, safeguard employees and sustain the business. An Intel employee in Bangalore has potentially […]

Mar 5, 2020

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Paytm shuts its offices in Gurugram and Noida for two days

Paytm confirms one employee in Gurugram has tested positive for novel coronavirus, thus company shuts offices for two days and advised all its employees to work from home for the next couple of days while the Gurgaon unit gets sanitised. According to the spokesperson, the employee had recently returned from a vacation in Italy, one […]

Mar 5, 2020

Survey & Report

Millennials welcome revised income tax slab – Survey

TimesJobs survey on the impact of Union Budget 2020 reveals that most (56%) professionals welcomed that income tax slab revision, The announcements related to insurance policies were the biggest disappointment 39% of young professionals said that the Union Budget 2020 failed to introduce concrete plans on employment generation 41% of professionals said that the policies […]

Mar 4, 2020

Industry

Fin-Tech firm Loanwalle.com to invest 30 Crore in Punjab

Fin-Tech Startup; Loanwalle.com added another feather to its cap by expanding its operations in Punjab. Going ahead with its rapid expansion plan, the company invested INR 30 Cr in Punjab while focusing on key cities like Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Ambala, Jalandhar, and Amritsar. Ranked 14th on the GDP index, 46% of the population in Punjab comprises […]

Mar 4, 2020

CHRO Move

Ashok Kumar Kalra appointed as Director- HR, EIL

Ashok Kumar Kalra appointed as Director- HR, (EIL) Engineers India Limited. He replaces VC Bhandari who retires as Director- Human Resources. Engineers India Limited (EIL) is a design and engineering company in the field of petroleum refineries, petrochemicals, oil and gas processing, offshore structures and platforms, fertilizers, metallurgy, and power. Prior to this promotion, Ashok has […]

Mar 4, 2020

CHRO Move

Levi Strauss & Co. appoints new Chief Human Resources Officer

Levi Strauss & Co. announces the appointment of Tracy Layney as new Chief Human Resources Officer, effective April 20, 2020. Tracy brings over 20 years of experience in human resources and organization strategy, including deep experience in apparel and retail. Most recently, Layney was Senior Vice President and CHRO at Shutterfly, Inc. where she was […]

Mar 3, 2020

CHRO Move

Chandrasekhar Mukherjee joins Magic Bus India Foundation as CHRO

Chandrasekhar Mukherjee, former Chief People Officer of South Indian Bank, joins Magic Bus India Foundation as Chief Human Resources Officer. In his new role, Mukherjee will be heading the entire HR functions and reporting to the global CEO. Chandrasekhar is a senior HR leader with almost 3 decades of experience in Human Resources. Prior to […]

Mar 3, 2020

News

Jack Welch, former chairman and CEO of General Electric, dies at 84

Jack Welch, the former Chairman, and CEO of General Electric, whose business prowess catapulted the company to the most valuable in the world and made him a household name, has died on Sunday in New York City. He was 84. His death was confirmed on Monday by GE, and his wife Suzy told media the […]

Mar 3, 2020

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Google and Amazon curbs employees’ travel because of coronavirus fears

A Google employee in Switzerland has a confirmed case of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on Saturday. According to a report in the NPR, the Google employee was in its Zurich office “for a limited time” before showing COVID-19 symptoms. “We can confirm that one employee from our Zurich office has been diagnosed with the coronavirus. They […]

Mar 2, 2020

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Capgemini to hire up to 30,000 employees in India

Capgemini is looking to hire up to 30,000 employees in the country in 2020. The hiring will be evenly split between freshers and laterals. The Tech major Capgemini, which employs close to 1.15 lakh people in India, is looking to hire up to 30,000 employees in India this year, as it seeks to derive more […]

Mar 2, 2020

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Getting your workplace ready for coronavirus: Official updates by WHO

The coronavirus is a family of viruses that can cause a range of illnesses in humans including the common cold and more severe forms like SARS and MERS which are life-threatening. The virus is named after its shape which takes the form of a crown with protrusions around it and hence is known as coronavirus. […]

Feb 29, 2020

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Retirement age of Govt. employees reduced to 58 years in Punjab

In a major decision to boost job opportunities for the youth, the Punjab government has decided to reduce the retirement age of government employees from 60 to 58 years. The announcement was made by Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Badal on 28th Feb, Friday, who informed the Assembly that the retirement age of government employees has […]

Feb 28, 2020