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Updated on: Nov 2022
India’s labour ministry sends notice to Amazon; hearing on Nov23
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India’s labour ministry sends notice to Amazon; hearing on Nov23

Labour Ministry of India has sent a notice to Amazon concerning a complaint filed by Nascent IT employees senate Amazon’s public policy manager asked to attend a hearing on Nov 23. A Anjanappa, the deputy chief labour commissioner has summoned the company regarding the Voluntary Separation Program (VSP) and directed it to attend this […]

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Companies discussing labour shortage up by 28% in 2022, Report
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Companies discussing labour shortage up by 28% in 2022, Report

A leading data analytics company, GlobalData revealed that The number of companies mentioning labor shortage in their filings globally increased by 28% in 2022 compared to 2021, continuing an uptrend that was witnessed in recent years, while sentiment fell by 20%. According to GlobalData’s “Company Filings Analytics – Trends & Signals Q3 2022,” labour is […]

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Lenskart is hiring for various roles, check details to apply
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Lenskart is hiring for various roles, check details to apply

India’s fastest-growing eyewear company and largest eyewear company online, Lenskart is hiring for various profiles globally and in India. Commenting on the page the company said, “At Lenskart, we obsess over our customers and teams. This has served us well. Our purpose is to transform the way people see and experience the world. We do this […]

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AWS launches infra region in Hyd, to support 48,000 full-time jobs
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AWS launches infra region in Hyd, to support 48,000 full-time jobs

Amazon Web Services (AWS), part of Amazon.com Inc. company announced the launch of its second AWS infrastructure Region in India—the AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region. The developers, startups, entrepreneurs, and enterprises, as well as government, education, and nonprofit organizations will have greater choices for running their applications and serving end users from data centers located […]

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Day One Ventures to pay around Rs. 81 lakh to sacked employees, Apply
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Day One Ventures to pay around Rs. 81 lakh to sacked employees, Apply

An early-stage venture capital firm, Day One Ventures has introduced a program where it will pay $100,000 (around Rs. 81 lakh) to the laid-off employees. This step comes after a number of companies have laid off many employees. Most recently, Meta announced that the company is laying off more than 13% of its staff, or more than 11,000 […]

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PM Modi to virtually distribute about 71,000 appointment letters
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PM Modi to virtually distribute about 71,000 appointment letters

Under Rozgar Mela, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will distribute about 71,000 appointment letters to newly inducted recruits on 22nd November at 10:30 AM via video conferencing. Prime Minister (PM) will also address these appointees on the occasion. The Rozgar Mela is a step towards the fulfillment of the commitment of the Prime Minister to […]

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L&T onboards more than 3,000 fresh engineers
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L&T onboards more than 3,000 fresh engineers

An Indian multinational conglomerate company, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has hired more than 3,000 graduate and postgraduate engineering trainees in the current financial year. The onboarding of the engineers is more than three-fold rise as against 1,067 trainees last fiscal. Executive Vice President & Head, Corporate Human Resource of L&T Group, C Jayakumar said, “It is […]

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HCLTech announces the launch of Sustainability School
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HCLTech announces the launch of Sustainability School

HCLTech, a global technology company, announced that it has launched the HCLTech Sustainability School and its first comprehensive climate literacy learning series. The series, developed by Axa Climate, has been designed to raise awareness of the impact of climate change among HCLTech’s 220,000+ employees. The HCLTech Sustainability School aims to build sustainability champions amongst its […]

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Amazon layoffs are illegal, NITES says to labour minister
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Amazon layoffs are illegal, NITES says to labour minister

The Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) has approached the Labour Ministry concerning the layoff of Indian employees at amazon. “The law of the land is above Amazon policies,” Harpreet Singh Saluja, President, NITES said in a mail. “As per the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act the employer cannot, without prior permission from the […]

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Cognizant: No off-campus hiring of freshers
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Cognizant: No off-campus hiring of freshers

As per TOI, Cognizant, an American multinational information technology services and consulting company is freezing the off-campus hiring for the freshers. The company has communicated this through an email to the applicants. The company was hiring fresher candidates from batches 2020, 2021 & 2022. The actual reason is that Cognizant has a volatile environment for […]

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Google to empower women-led start-ups with Karnataka Govt
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Google to empower women-led start-ups with Karnataka Govt

An American multinational technology company, Google, and the Karnataka government have signed an MoU. The MOU aims to empower women-led start-ups as well as upskill underserved youth, in collaboration with the Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society (KITS). C.N. Ashwath Narayan, Minister for Higher Education, IT, BT, Science and Technology and Skill Development, Government of Karnataka said, […]

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#RIPTwitter Trends on Twitter amid reports of mass resignations
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#RIPTwitter Trends on Twitter amid reports of mass resignations

Twitter employees on Friday started a ‘#RIPTwitter’ trend as hundreds of the company’s employees are estimated to be leaving the company. The hashtag “RIPTwitter” started trending on Twitter where users shared hilarious memes and posts while highlighting that the platform might soon shut down. Elon Musk issued employees an ultimatum saying that stay with the […]

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