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Updated on: Mar 2020

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Apprenticeship is crucial to building human intelligence

Mar 27, 2020

LAVA pays salary in advance to factory workers

Coronavirus outbreak has forced the government to enforce a lockdown across the country. All non-ess...

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Mar 27, 2020

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Lockdown Trade unions demand from PM Modi

Amidst the country lockdown due to Coronavirus outbreak, Trade Unions write to PM Modi asking for fi...

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Mar 26, 2020

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After IndiGo, GoAir announces pay cuts to its entire staff

After Indigos company-wide announcement of top-down - salary cut, now Indias othe...

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Mar 25, 2020

Latest news: After IndiGo, GoAir announces pay cuts to its entire staff - SightsIn Plus

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Amazon to hire 100,000 workers amidst Covid-19

Due to the practice in social distancing and quarantine to flatten the curve of the pandemic, there has been a rise in demand by online consumers. According to media sources, the e-commerce giant Amazon said that it would hire 100,000 warehouse and delivery workers in the United States to deal with a surge in online orders. […]

Mar 25, 2020

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Reliance to provide double salaries to its employees

Reliance to provide double salaries to all its employees whose salary is less than Rs 30,000 According to Times of India, Reliance Industries has announced that the employees who are below the salary range of Rs 30000 will be paid their salary twice in order to protect their cash flow and mitigate any overwhelming financial […]

Mar 25, 2020

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Covid-19: India relaxes Income Tax deadlines and penalties

In view of COVID-19 outbreak, India has offered several relaxations under the Income Tax Act and other direct tax laws to assuage taxpayers especially on statutory and regulatory compliance matters related to several sectors. While addressing the press conference through video conferencing here on 24th March, Smt. Sitharaman announced much-needed relief measures in areas of […]

Mar 25, 2020

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Covid-19: No Layoffs, No Salary Cuts- Ministry of Labour

The Narendra Modi government has issued an advisory to both private and public companies to not lay off employees or cut their salaries, in the wake of the COVID-19 or novel coronavirus crisis. Concerned about likely job losses and pay cuts due to the coronavirus crisis, the Ministry of Labour & Employment on Monday asked […]

Mar 24, 2020

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Hyundai, Ford, and Bajaj temporarily shut down plants

Amidst Coronavirus outbreak, India’s major automobile companies like Bajaj Auto, Ford Motor, TVS Motor, and Renault-Nissan, etc have announced the temporarily shut down of their manufacturing plants. Two-wheeler major TVS Motor Company in a statement said, “In view of COVID-19, and considering the safety and well being of its employees, the company as an interim […]

Mar 24, 2020

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10 Mistakes to Avoid While Working From Home

In the current situation, many companies are offering Work From Home, or WFH. I had an opportunity to work from home for about 6 months during my tenure with one of the organizations. I would like to share some of the mistakes that I did and I do not want you to do it. Working […]

Mar 24, 2020

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Covid-19: Vedanta Ltd announces Rs 100-cr fund

Metals and mining giant Vedanta Ltd on Sunday announced setting up of a Rs 100-crore fund to combat the coronavirus outbreak. The fund will be utilised to provide preventive healthcare to daily wage workers, company employees and contract workers in and around various plants of the company, Vedanta said in a statement. “I commit 100 […]

Mar 23, 2020

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Covid-19: Anand Mahindra to contribute his full salary

Anand Mahindra, the Chairman of Mahindra & Mahindra has offered his full salary to deal with Coronavirus. He has also directed his group to immediately begin work on the manufacturing of ventilators at its own factories as Covid-19 appears to be reaching stage 3 of transmission. Anand Mahindra on Sunday tweeted that we will encourage […]

Mar 23, 2020

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TCS can’t allow more than 40% of staff to work from home

In the wake of coronavirus outbreak, IT company TCS has allowed its employees to work from home, but the option has been restricted to about 40% of its employees only because, TCS supports mission-critical systems that run public services, banks and stock exchanges, insurance, and healthcare institutions, telecom & utility providers, retail, consumer goods and […]

Mar 21, 2020

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Tata Group to fully compensate temporary staff amid COVID-19 outbreak

Tata Group companies will ensure full payment to temporary workers and daily wage earners for March and April even if they are unable to come to work due to quarantine measures or site closures amid the coronavirus outbreak, Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran said on Friday. Terming COVID-19 outbreak a major global crisis, Chandrasekaran said […]

Mar 21, 2020

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Domino’s to hire 10,000 employees

Domino’s Pizza is looking to hire up to 10,000 employees as people shift their eating habits to takeout or delivery amid restrictions surrounding the growing coronavirus pandemic. People are staying at home, restaurants are closed, and that means higher demand for food delivery and takeout. The pizza chain is looking to hire for several positions in its […]

Mar 20, 2020

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What’s the Coronavirus impacts on Appraisals?

Coronavirus may hit appraisals. Employees might face delay and a decrease in salary hike and bonus during this appraisal season amidst the coronavirus outbreak. Employees may face delay or a decrease in salary increment and bonuses during this appraisal season, as coronavirus pandemic has affected many areas of business and hit markets on a global […]

Mar 20, 2020