Coronavirus: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Jul 2020
Infosys brings back over 200 employees from the US
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Infosys brings back over 200 employees from the US

Infosys brings back over 200 employees from the United States The Bengaluru-based, India’s second-largest IT services company Infosys brings back over 200 employees and their families in a chartered flight from the United States as a safety measure amid surging cases of COVID-19 and Lockdown. The company’s chartered flight took off from San Francisco bringing […]

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Fujitsu plans permanent WFH, to launch satellite offices
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Fujitsu plans permanent WFH, to launch satellite offices

Fujitsu announces permanent work-from-home plan and to launch satellite offices Japan’s Technology firm, Fujitsu Ltd said on Monday it would halve its office space in three years as it rewrites the way employees work under a “new normal” amid the coronavirus pandemic. The company said its roughly 80,000 group employees in Japan would work flexible […]

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Bajaj Auto not to shut unit even after 250 workers tested +ve
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Bajaj Auto not to shut unit even after 250 workers tested +ve

Bajaj Auto NOT to shut unit even after 250 workers tested COVID-19 Positive Workers at Bajaj Auto, India’s biggest exporter of motorbikes, are demanding the temporary closure of one of its plants after 250 employees there tested positive for COVID-19, its unions said on Saturday. But the Bajaj Auto Management and Unions were unable to […]

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OYO makes all staff shareholder, grants discounted ESOPs
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OYO makes all staff shareholder, grants discounted ESOPs

OYO makes all staff shareholder in the company by granting them discounted ESOPs Covid-19 impact: In a letter to staff, Oyo Hotels and Homes said it’s making every employee a shareholder in the company, providing them with deeply discounted ESOPs (Employee Stock Ownership Plan). The hospitality major Oyo also noted that the COVID-19 pandemic has had […]

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Uber closed down Mumbai office permanently as cost cuts
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Uber closed down Mumbai office permanently as cost cuts

Uber has closed down Mumbai office permanently as part of a global cost-cutting measure COVID-19 Impact: The ride-hailing app Uber has closed down its Mumbai office as part of a global cost-cutting measure. Uber has wind up as many as 45 offices around the world as part of global cost cuts. According to media reports, The […]

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Accenture cuts up to 900 jobs as Covid-19 hits demand
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Accenture cuts up to 900 jobs as Covid-19 hits demand

Accenture cuts up to 900 jobs in UK as Covid-19 pandemic hits demand Consulting firm Accenture is cutting up to 900 jobs, or 8% of its UK workforce, as the coronavirus pandemic prompted a sharp slump in demand for its advisory work. Demand for consultants has dropped during the financial downturn caused by the pandemic, […]

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Amdocs to lay off hundreds of employees: Report
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Amdocs to lay off hundreds of employees: Report

Amdocs to lay off hundreds of employees worldwide, including senior positions Israeli telecom systems IT solutions provider Amdocs Ltd is set to lay off hundreds of employees in Israel and around the world due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. According to a report published in Israeli-based website Calcalist, Amdocs’s quarterly earnings is around $1 […]

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Infosys to adapt a hybrid workplace model
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Infosys to adapt a hybrid workplace model

Work from home: Infosys to adapt hybrid workplace model The country’s second-largest IT services firm, Infosys is looking at a hybrid model, where some portion of the employees will work from home (WFH) and office in the coming months, said UB Pravin Rao, COO, Infosys. According to a Monycontrol report, speaking at the 39th Infosys AGM, […]

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upGrad extends WFH till Dec 31, reverses salary cuts
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upGrad extends WFH till Dec 31, reverses salary cuts

upGrad extends Work From Home till 31 Dec 2020, reverses salary cuts PTI | Education technology firm upGrad on Wednesday announced that it will continue work from home for employees till the end of this year and pay back salaries deducted during the lockdown period. upGrad will not start work from office even if the […]

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Accenture wants “No late calls and fewer Friday meetings”
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Accenture wants “No late calls and fewer Friday meetings”

Accenture wants its employees less stressed, announces No late calls and fewer Friday meetings As the world in under lockdown and IT professionals are working from home, top IT services major Accenture feels that the employees are more stressed while being at home. According to a Bloomberg report, Accenture has asked people to end conference calls by around 5:30 […]

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The role of HR Analytics in New Normal
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The role of HR Analytics in New Normal

The COVID-19 pandemic has turned into a global health crisis of our time impacting severely our day to day life. With the industry growth rates projected to be the lowest in many years/decades, Business Continuity from a workforce management perspective will take precedence and HR teams will be required to track, measure, and pre-empt what can […]

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JSW extends WFH option to 50% of Ballari plant workforce
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JSW extends WFH option to 50% of Ballari plant workforce

JSW steel extends work from home option to 50% of its Ballari plant workforce JSW Steel is trying to maintain capacity utilization at its main steel plant at Ballari in Karnataka even as it has extended Work From Home option to 50% of its workforce amid the growing number of COVID-19 cases. It has set […]

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