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Updated on: Mar 2021

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ACC, Ambuja to support employees with COVID- vaccination

Mar 31, 2021

Volkswagen will not change its name to Voltswagen after all, says it was all a Joke

April Fools Day came early this year! Volkswagen of America will not be rebranding to ...

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Mar 31, 2021

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Grofers to cover COVID- vaccination cost for employees, families, contractual staff

Grofers to cover COVID- vaccination cost for employees, families, contractual staff Online grocery...

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Mar 31, 2021

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TCS unveils new brand statement Building on Belief

TCS unveils new brand statement Building on Belief Indias largest IT services f...

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Mar 30, 2021

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Cognizant launches a Returnship Programme for technology professionals

Cognizant launches a Returnship Programme for technology professionals Today, IT services major Cognizant has announced a 12-week paid ‘Returnship Programme’ for technology professionals wanting to restart their careers. Announcing the Returnship Programme Rajesh Nambiar, chairman, and MD, Cognizant India said, “A break in a professional’s career can give an opportunity to reflect, find areas of focus, and return stronger […]

Mar 30, 2021Read Story

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Volvo Cars gives all employees six-month paid parental leave

Volvo Cars gives all employees six-month paid parental leave Swedish automaker Volvo Cars said Tuesday it would give its 40,000 employees worldwide the right to six-month paid parental leave in a bid to increase gender equality and attract talent. As of April 1, employees who have worked for the carmaker for at least one year will be entitled to the benefit […]

Mar 30, 2021Read Story

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Xiaomi to invest Rs. 100 crore in India, will create 10,000 jobs

Xiaomi to invest Rs. 100 crore in India, will create jobs for 10,000 people Smartphone maker Xiaomi India on Thursday announced a Rs 100 crore fund to support expansion of its retail reach in the country. Under the new initiative — Grow With Mi (GWM) — the company plans to double the number of its […]

Mar 28, 2021Read Story

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Accenture, PwC, and KPMG gives a thank you bonus

Accenture, PwC, and KPMG gives a thank you bonus to all employees Technology consultancy Accenture last week announced it was giving a pandemic-related “thank you” bonus to its global staff, up through the associate director level. The bonus – which is likely aimed at boosting retention and recruitment efforts – amounts to one week of […]

Mar 27, 2021Read Story

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Capgemini completes the acquisition of RXP Services

Capgemini completes the acquisition of RXP Services Capgemini announced that it has completed the acquisition of RXP Services, an IT service management company based in Australia. With the addition of more than 550 professionals, the deal expands Capgemini’s operations in Australia. The acquisition by way of scheme of arrangement was approved by the requisite majorities of […]

Mar 27, 2021Read Story

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Govt approves 45 projects related to food processing, to create jobs for over 37K people

Govt approves 45 projects related to food processing, to create jobs for over 37K people The government on Friday approved about 45 food processing-related projects including setting up of two mega food parks and cold chains that will benefit farmers and generate thousands of jobs. A decision in this regard was taken in the inter-ministerial approval committee […]

Mar 27, 2021Read Story

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Amazon begins on-site COVID-19 vaccinations for front-line employees

Amazon is rolling out on-site COVID-19 vaccination events for front-line employees, starting in Missouri, Nevada, and Kansas In a blog, Amazon said, “Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the health and safety of our employees, partners, and customers have been our top priority. We built a COVID-19 testing program from scratch when the pandemic began, to ensure […]

Mar 27, 2021Read Story

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ThyssenKrupp offering free Coronavirus self-tests to employees

ThyssenKrupp offering free Coronavirus self-tests to employees In Germany ThyssenKrupp has offered its workforce in Germany free coronavirus self-tests, from the beginning of April the group of companies will provide employees at all German locations with an initial set of five antigen self-tests, which can be ordered online for delivery to the employee’s home address. […]

Mar 25, 2021Read Story

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Tata Sons Restores Pay and Offers Salary Hikes from April

Tata Sons Restores Pay and offers Salary Hikes from April 2021 Tata Sons, the holding company of Tata Group has restored staff salaries to the pre-Covid levels and is likely to announce pay hikes from April 2021. Remarkably, the top executives of Tata group companies’ had taken around 20% pay cuts in 2020 to keep costs low […]

Mar 25, 2021Read Story

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SKF India to cover the cost of COVID-19 Vaccination for all employees

SKF India to cover the cost of COVID-19 vaccination for all employees and their immediate family members In its commitment to ensuring employee health and well-being, SKF India announced cost coverage for COVID-19 vaccination drive for all employees and their immediate family members as per the guidelines by the Government of India. Through this drive SKF intends […]

Mar 24, 2021Read Story

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India’s largest IT firm, TCS is looking for ‘Talent on Cloud’

Tata Consultancy Services is looking for ‘Talent on Cloud’ Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest IT firm, is looking for ‘talent on cloud’ — literally. A vital part of its efforts to reimagine its human resources strategy is the focus on the fungibility of talent. The company is also looking at creating an algorithm-based talent […]

Mar 23, 2021Read Story

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Xiaomi India rewarding employees with hardship bonus

Xiaomi India rewarding employees with hardship bonus Xiaomi India is rewarding half-a-month hardship bonus for all its employees, as a token of thanks for his or her work in the course of the pandemic. Manu Jain, Managing Director of the company said, “this allowance will be in addition to the salary hike and bonus paid […]

Mar 23, 2021Read Story