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IndiGo, India’s private airlines, has announced today to lay off 10% of its workforce due to COVID-19 pandemic, CEO Ronojoy Dutta said. “From where things stand currently, it is impossible for our company to fly through this economic storm without making some sacrifices, in order to sustain our business operations,” Dutta said in a statement. […]
Indeed has told thousands of its employees to work from home until July 2021 Indeed, an Austin-based job search engine has told thousands of its employees that it won’t require them to go into any of its offices before July 2021. “The pandemic is still impacting many countries around the world and many states in […]
HCL Technologies suspends wage hikes for FY21, hiring to continue in coming quarters based on need Speaking on the Q1 result announcement, Prateek Agarwal, CFO, HCl Technologies said “the company has decided to suspend wage hikes for the year due to the pandemic.” “We hired 2,000 laterals and on-boarded 1,000 freshers in Q1 and will […]
American Airlines to furlough 25,000 employees in this year October 2020 American Airlines will issue notices to 25,000 employees that they face potential furloughs on October 1, two tops executives said in a memo. The federal bailout for the airline industry, which will be lifted on October 1, prohibited layoffs, involuntary furloughs or pay cuts for employees, reports Xinhua news […]
Siemens to let staff “Work From Anywhere” permanently where they are most productive Reuters| Germany’s Siemens (SIEGn.DE) has decided to let its employees work from wherever they want for two or three days a week, in the latest example of how the coronavirus is making major companies re-think how and where their staff work. The […]
Amazon extends corporate work from home policy to 8 January 2021 Like tech majors Facebook and Google, Amazon has also has extended the work-from-home order for its corporate workforce until January 8 next year. “We continue to prioritize the health of our employees and follow local government guidance. Employees who work in a role that can effectively […]
Air India to send some employees on compulsory leave without pay for up to 5 years Air India board of directors have approved on July 7 leave without pay (LWP) scheme for its permanent employees for a period of six months to two years, which is extendable to upto five years, in a bid to […]
SBI to roll out Work-From-Anywhere policy soon for its employees, hopes to save Rs 1,000 crore India’s largest public-sector Bank SBI plans to roll out work-from-anywhere infra and expects to save Rs 1,000 crore from this measure. “Following global best practices, SBI will institute work from anywhere infrastructure to facilitate work from any location…taking care […]
Chubb launches Work from Home Insurance for the Asia Pacific Region SINGAPORE – Chubb announced today the launch of Work from Home (WFH) Insurance, a market-first in Asia Pacific. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the traditional office environment has increasingly become the home, as work from home becomes the new normal. As businesses […]
Tech Mahindra to organise COVID-19 testing of 20,000 vendors, employees Tech Mahindra is rolling-out phase-wise testing for its third-party vendors, employees, customer, and partner ecosystem. The company is arranging the COVID -19 testing of around 20,000 third-party vendors including people working in pantry, sanitation, and security amongst others informed Harshvendra Soin. In an interview with […]
Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday relaxed a few norms for the intensified lockdown that is coming into force in Chennai from Friday. The Tamil Nadu Government has also acceded to the demand from the IT industry and allowed up to 10% of its employees to work from the office. This development will benefit large IT […]
Pune Labour Commissioner office asked Capgemini to reinstate 300 fired employees during the lockdown French IT services major Capgemini has been asked by the Pune Labour Commissioner office to immediately reinstate 300 employees who were fired during the lockdown. According to a trak.in report, during the lockdown, Capgemini had terminated around 300 employees in Pune, Maharashtra. […]
