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Updated on: May 2020

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Snapdeal furloughs - staff whilst demand picks up

May 25, 2020

IBM confirms global layoffs, India employees hit with it too

IBMnbspconfirmed, it is cutting an unspecified number of jobs, but wouldnt provide details relate...

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May 23, 2020

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Cleartrip has laid off - employees

Cleartripnbsphas laid off -nbspemployees. the companys spokesperson said thenbspC...

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May 23, 2020

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HCL to pay bonuses, no pay cuts, honour existing offers

IT firm, HCL has emphatically declared that despite the slowdown, and the economic impact of coronav...

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May 22, 2020

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Indiabulls asked nearly 2000 employees to resign till 31 May

Indiabulls has asked nearly 2,000 employees to resign from the company. The Company, however, said this was part of the annual attrition cycle and claimed these were not lay-offs The Financial Services Group Indiabulls, On May 15, the group’s Indiabulls Housing Finance asked many of its employees to resign and consider May 31 as their […]

May 22, 2020

Culture & Behaviour

Remote Working Challenges and suggested solutions

“Working from home? Oh! it’s a holiday for you”. Many of us have heard this at different times, from family or friends. I for one, experienced this widely held belief within my social circle, whenever working from home was mentioned. This was of course, the Pre-COVID-19 world (as we knew it). Fast forward to Mar […]

May 22, 2020

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TCS top management takes pay cut as COVID-19 impact

TCS top management takes pay cut in financial year 2020 to conserve cash amid Covid-19 Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has said in an annual report, Chief Executive Officer, Rajesh Gopinathan’s remuneration shrank 16.5% to INR 13.3 crore in 2019-20 compared to the previous fiscal. Gopinathan’s pay package is 214.65 times the median salary of TCS. In […]

May 21, 2020

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ShareChat lays off 25% of its workforce

Sharechat has recently laid off about 101 employees or 25% of its staff as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic impacts ad revenues According to an email sent to employees by Ankush Sachdeva, CEO of ShareChat, the advertisement market would remain unpredictable this year and the firm is streamlining its revenue teams to these new expectations. “We have to […]

May 21, 2020

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Ola to layoff 1,400 employees due to COVID-19 pandemic

Ola has announced the plan to conduct a mass lay-off, affecting around 1,400 of its employees The decision comes in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has resulted in lockdowns that have drastically affected the whole cab-aggregation business of the company. In a company blog post written by the CEO Bhavish Aggarwal, the co-founder of Ola Cabs, made it […]

May 20, 2020

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Livspace lays off 450 employees as coronavirus impacts

IKEA-backed home design and decor startup Livspace is laying off 15% of its workforce as the Covid-19 pandemic and resultant nationwide lockdown hit its business. The Bengaluru-based startup, Livspace Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Anuj Srivastava assured the impacted employees of severance pay along with an assistance package, as part of which every employee will receive a portion of […]

May 20, 2020

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Government withdraws order on compulsory wage payment

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India has issued an order providing for certain relaxations and guidelines with respect to the fourth phase of the COVID-19 lockdown, which will be in effect till May 31, 2020. Through the order issued on May 17, the MHA has ceased all its previous orders, including the […]

May 19, 2020

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After Zomato, Swiggy Announces 1,100 Layoffs

Food delivery company Swiggy said today that it will lay off 1,100 employees over the next few days, as the coronavirus pandemic hit its core and cloud kitchen businesses. Sriharsha Majety, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, the company said, “Today is one of the saddest days for Swiggy as we have to go through an […]

May 18, 2020

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Govt issued notice to Hexaware for firing employees

The IT firm Hexaware Technologies has been served a legal notice for firing employees, not allowing them to serve notice period, and not paying them salaries for the last three months The notice has been issued by the Labor Commissioner, based on a complaint filed by the National Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES), a nonprofit […]

May 18, 2020

Industry

Lava plans to shift production to India from China

On Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call “Local ke liye Vocal“, Lava on Saturday, 16 May announced to shift its entire mobile R&D, design and manufacturing for the export market from China to India within next six months, announcing to invest overall nearly Rs 800 crore in the due course of time. According to a report […]

May 16, 2020

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Zomato to lay off 13% of the workforce

Zomato to lay off 13% of the workforce and temporary pay cut of up to 50% for remaining employees Indian online food delivery platform Zomato on Friday said it will reduce its workforce by 13%, while also implementing a temporary pay cut of up to 50% for remaining employees as nationwide lockdown to prevent the […]

May 16, 2020

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Central Government staff to WFH even after Lockdown

In a post-lockdown scenario, Centre will continue with staggered and variable work hours and the Personnel Ministry has come out with a draft consultation paper to adopt best work from home practices for Central government employees. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) may provide the option for work from home to the eligible officers/staff […]

May 15, 2020