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Updated on: Apr 2020

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TCS not to lay off employees, freezes salary hikes

Apr 17, 2020

Accenture-built platform connects firms with laid-off people

Accenture and Verizon launches People Work, BB platform to match laid-off workers with open posit...

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Apr 16, 2020

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Vistara again announces compulsory leave without pay for senior employees

Vistara CEO Leslie Thng on Wednesday announced that senior employees will be going on compulsory lea...

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Apr 16, 2020

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LD- List of activities that will be allowed from th April

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Apr 16, 2020

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Capgemini announces increments for 84,000 employees

Capgemini India announces the single-digit salary hike to 70 percent of its staff or 84000 employees in India, effective April 1, 2020. The company has 1.2 lakh employees in India, of which 70% or 84,000 employees will be benefitted from this decision. The rest of the employees of Capgemini India will get their increments in […]

Apr 15, 2020

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Here’re companies hiring right now in India

According to a recent survey by Naukri JobSpeak, the job market across cities registered a drop in hiring activity, the index revealed that the decline was led by metros wherein- Delhi declined by 26 percent Mumbai declined by 25 percent Chennai declined by 24 percent Hyderabad declined by 18 percent The Naukri JobSpeak is a […]

Apr 15, 2020

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TCS, Cognizant, HUL to honour job offers made to campus hires

Amidst the Coronavirus Pandemic, a lot of companies are doling out pink slips to employees or cutting salaries, there are a select few that are keeping their promises to new campus hires even in difficult times. According to a Times of India report, The big companies as TCS, Google, Wipro, Capgemini, Hindustan Unilever (HUL), Godrej, Pepsi-Co, Biocon, […]

Apr 14, 2020

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Grofers is looking at hiring 5,000 employees

Online grocery platform Grofers is looking at hiring 5,000 employees to ramp up its capacity to meet the spike in orders amid the nationwide lockdown. The company has also partnered with resident welfare associations (RWAs) of over 100 societies across metros to make essentials available to a larger number of people amid the 21-day lockdown […]

Apr 14, 2020

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Lockdown: Anxiety Levels Up Among Employees As Appraisals Get Delayed, Job Loss Fears Rise

A lot many are fearing loss of job, some have already seen pay cuts and appraisals are getting delayed almost for everyone — The Covid-19 crisis and the ongoing lockdown has left employees feeling anxious and worried about their future, prompting many corporates to look for ways to keep the staff motivated. Some are roping […]

Apr 13, 2020

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Google bans employees from using Zoom

Google is issuing a ban on the use of the Zoom teleconferencing platform for employees citing security concerns. “Google emailed employees last week about the ban, telling workers who had the Zoom app installed on their Google-provided machines that the software would soon no longer function.” According to Google spokesperson, Zoom‘s desktop client doesn’t meet […]

Apr 10, 2020

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COVID-19: Govt to release Income Tax refunds immediately

Today, the Income Tax Department, on its official Twitter handle, announced that Government of India to give income tax refunds up to Rs 5 lakh immediately due to coronavirus impact. According to the announcement “In context of COVID-19 situation & to grant immediate relief to taxpayers, GOI has decided to issue all pending income-tax refunds […]

Apr 8, 2020

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Capgemini tweaks its leave policy in India

Capgemini tweaks its leave policy in India amid coronavirus lockdown According to a Business Standard Report, firm Capgemini has tweaked its leave policy in India temporarily apart from deferring increments and promotions of senior-level employees by one quarter. Capgemini India said, We had tweaked leave accumulation only up to Q2 (FY21) end, and only as an interim measure. […]

Apr 7, 2020

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TCS offers a free, 15-day digital certification programme

TCS iON, a strategic unit of Tata Consultancy Services, announced on Monday a free, 15-day self-paced digital certification program called Career Edge, specially designed for college students/working professionals to enhance their career skills by helping them effectively utilize the time at hand during this period of lockdown. Since all the colleges and workplaces are closed […]

Apr 6, 2020

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Air India suspends contract of 200 pilots

According to a PTI report, Air India temporarily suspended the contracts of around 200 pilots, who were re-employed after retirement. The decision was taken as all domestic and international passenger flights in the country have been grounded due to the nationwide lockdown in the face of coronavirus pandemic. This has led to a significant decline […]

Apr 3, 2020

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SpiceJet cuts March salary for all employees

Calling the pandemic an “unprecedented crisis,” SpiceJet has announced a 10-30% cut in March salary for all employees. All employees in the middle and top-level will take a pay cut even as the budget carrier assured that those in the lowest pay grades will remain unaffected. SpiceJet’s announcement of salary cut comes days after rivals IndiGo and GoAir declare similar salary […]

Apr 1, 2020

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Covid-19: PwC defers Promotions, Increments and Bonuses

PwC postpones promotions, increments, and bonuses of India employees amid Covid-19 PwC India recently announced that the company is deferring promotions, increments, and bonuses for all its employees in India due to the impact on their cash flows resulting from Covid-19. PwC India has also announced a complete hiring freeze while its partners take a […]

Mar 30, 2020