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Updated on: Jan 2020

CHRO Move

Emcures President- HR, Prashant Parashar joins CleverTap as CHRO

Jan 14, 2020

Oyo lays off around , employees across India and China

According to a report innbspBloomberg, SoftBank-backed Oyo Hotels is in the process of handing out...

Jobs

Jan 13, 2020

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Walmart announces the layoffs of top executives across divisions

Walmart India is in the process of sacking around a third of its top executives based at local headq...

Jobs

Jan 13, 2020

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ITC Infotech presents PRARAMBH a learning platform to bridge the gap between Institutes and Industries

ITC Infotech presents Prarambh, a unique initiative that rapidly bridges the gap between edu...

Jobs

Jan 11, 2020

Latest news: ITC Infotech presents PRARAMBH a learning platform to bridge the gap between Institutes and Industries - SightsIn Plus

Labour Law

Millions of gig workers set to get health coverage and other benefits soon: PSC

The inclusion of “gig workers” in new labour laws, offering millions of informal workers of companies like Uber, Ola, Zomato, Swiggy, Dunzo, etc benefits such as health insurance and other schemes, is set to be okayed by Parliament’s standing committee on labour which concluded its discussions on 9th Jan 2020, Thursday. In its brief to the committee, headed […]

Jan 10, 2020

Strike

200 million workers to join a nationwide strike on January 8: Trade unions

Over 10 trade unions and more than 200 million workers from all sectors, including banking, coal, oil, defence, public sector enterprises, and transport, will join the general strike to protest against the Centre’s “anti-people” policies. The unions had in September last year adopted a declaration to go on a nationwide strike, seeking reversal of many […]

Jan 7, 2020

Labour Law

EPFO likely to reduce the interest rate by end-January 2020

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) may reduce the interest rate to its subscribers by 15-25 basis points, leading to lower returns for the financial year ending March 31, 2020. This comes in the wake of EPFO offering its subscribers an interest of 8.65% in 2018-19 fiscal after taking seven months to convince the finance ministry of […]

Jan 7, 2020

Jobs

PayPal India announces the ‘Adoption Assistance Program’ to enhance the parental support benefits for employees

PayPal India has announced a new Adoption Assistance Program where it is offering financial support of up to Rs 1 lakh per adoption for adoptive parents. This financial support will cover reimbursement of adoption expenses such as CARA registration, child placement, foster care and establishment of legal guardianship. The new program is effective from December […]

Jan 7, 2020

CHRO Move

Stryker India ropes in Rajiv Oza as Country HR Head

Rajiv Oza joins Stryker as Sr. Director- HR (Country HR Head) in India after managing multiple roles in GSK Pharmaceuticals where he was Regional HR Business Leader- South Asia for 4 years. At GSK, Rajiv was providing HR leadership to Global Manufacturing & Supply Organization in the areas of Leadership Development, Capability Development, Employee Engagement […]

Jan 6, 2020

Jobs

Bosch India to cut thousands of jobs as auto slowdown

Due to the ongoing slump in the auto sector, Bosch Ltd will cut its India workforce by “a couple of thousands” in the next four years, Soumitra Bhattacharya, Bosch India Managing Director, has said. The company would let go around 10 percent of the total workforce of 3,700 white-collar employees in India as part of the company’s […]

Jan 3, 2020

Jobs

Employment Trends in India, 2020

According to Economic Times report, due to the falling rate of economic growth in 2019, the job market may remain muted in the new year as well in terms of workforce expansion and salary hikes as more and more companies are expected to prefer the up-skilling of existing staff rather than hiring new ones, experts […]

Jan 3, 2020

CHRO Move

CenturyLink ropes in ex-Accenture Director HR Dhanya Rajeswaran as Country HR Director

Dhanya Rajeswaran joins CenturyLink as Country HR Director. Prior to this, she was working as Director & HR head for Accenture Digital, Consulting and Corporate Functions in India. CenturyLink, Inc. is a global technology company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana that offers communications, network services, security, cloud solutions, voice, and managed services. The company is a […]

Dec 31, 2019

Jobs

Honda Motorcycle denied wages revision of 1900 workers at Manesar plant as sales dip

Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) has denied revision of wages to its around 1,900 permanent workers at the Manesar plant until next year, citing the slowdown in vehicle demand and falling revenues as the primary reason, two people aware of the development said. The last wage revision happened in August 2015, under which the […]

Dec 31, 2019

Labour Law

Labour Ministry plans to launch ‘SANTUSHT’ portal in Jan for the speedy resolution of the grievances

The labour ministry plans to launch a new portal ‘Santusht’ in Jan 2020 for the speedy redressal of worker as well as employer grievances and ensuring effective implementation of labour laws at the grassroots level. Initially, Santusht (Hindi for satisfied) would monitor all services provided by retirement fund body EPFO and health insurance and services […]

Dec 30, 2019

Labour Law

Labour Ministry to enforce EPFO’s move to restore pension commutation from Jan 1, 2020

The labour ministry will enforce the retirement fund body EPFO’s decision to restore pension commutation, or advance part-withdrawal, under the Employees’ Pension Scheme from January 1, 2020, a move which will benefit 6.3 lakh pensioners, PTI reports. These 6.3 lakh pensioners had opted for commutation of their pension and got a lump sum amount at […]

Dec 30, 2019

Diversity & Inclusion

LGBT as part of the workforce? The focus is shifting in 2020

According to a 2015 report by the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and Biz Divas, a diversity and inclusion consulting firm, as many as 98% of companies surveyed said that they have not taken any concrete steps to make their workplace lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)-friendly—or hire people from the community. The report called “Inclusion in India Inc.” surveyed 21 companies—15 multinationals […]

Dec 27, 2019