Jobs: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

Explore the latest Jobs news, trends, AI innovations, HR analytics, and digital workplace insights. Stay updated with expert opinions and industry developments.

Updated on: Jul 2020

Coronavirus

COVID- Impact Microsoft-owned LinkedIn cuts jobs

Jul 22, 2020

COVID- Impact Oyo adopts hybrid workplace model

OYO adopts hybrid workplace model, committed to employee safety, health and wellness As COVID- pan...

Coronavirus

Jul 22, 2020

Latest news: COVID- Impact Oyo adopts hybrid workplace model - SightsIn Plus

HCL Tech to hire freshers from campuses this fiscal

HCL Technologies to hire freshers from campuses this fiscal year Indias rd Largest IT ...

Jobs

Jul 22, 2020

Latest news: HCL Tech to hire freshers from campuses this fiscal - SightsIn Plus

RBS extends work from home until for majority staff

Royal Bank of Scotland extends work from home until for majority staff Royal Bank of Scotland G...

Coronavirus

Jul 21, 2020

Latest news: RBS extends work from home until for majority staff - SightsIn Plus

Coronavirus

L&T board members take up to 53% pay cut in FY20

Several board members of engineering and construction giant Larsen & Toubro took voluntarily steep pay cuts in their salary in FY20 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and its adverse impact on business. L&T Chairman A M Naik took a 24 percent pay cut. L&T CEO and MD SN Subrahmanyan took a pay cut of 43.91 percent L&T CFO […]

Jul 21, 2020

Coronavirus

IndiGo to lay off 10% of its workforce: CEO Ronojoy Dutta

IndiGo, India’s private airlines, has announced today to lay off 10% of its workforce due to COVID-19 pandemic, CEO Ronojoy Dutta said. “From where things stand currently, it is impossible for our company to fly through this economic storm without making some sacrifices, in order to sustain our business operations,” Dutta said in a statement. […]

Jul 20, 2020

Coronavirus

Indeed has told employees to work from home until Jul 2021

Indeed has told thousands of its employees to work from home until July 2021 Indeed, an Austin-based job search engine has told thousands of its employees that it won’t require them to go into any of its offices before July 2021. “The pandemic is still impacting many countries around the world and many states in […]

Jul 20, 2020

Jobs

TCS, Infosys, HCL, and Wipro come up with new hiring plan

TCS, Infosys, HCL Tech and Wipro come-up with a hiring plan amidst the COVID-19 TCS has decided to open up on the lateral hiring side and has started onboarding new associates into the TCS ecosystem, said Rajesh Gopinathan, CEO Infosys hired more than 4,000 lateral hires in the quarter ended April 2020 and will hire […]

Jul 19, 2020

Coronavirus

HCL Tech suspends wage hikes for FY21, hiring to continue

HCL Technologies suspends wage hikes for FY21, hiring to continue in coming quarters based on need Speaking on the Q1 result announcement, Prateek Agarwal, CFO, HCl Technologies said “the company has decided to suspend wage hikes for the year due to the pandemic.” “We hired 2,000 laterals and on-boarded 1,000 freshers in Q1 and will […]

Jul 18, 2020

Jobs

WFH best practices at Wipro, SAP India, and PolicyBazaar

WFH best practices at Wipro Limited, SAP India, and PolicyBazaar.com Due to the global coronavirus pandemic, most companies have allowed their employees to work from home/ work from anywhere. Currently, people are working remotely with a few new norms, companies have reviewed their WFH policies and offered some extra benefits to facilitate smooth working and […]

Jul 18, 2020

Jobs

Microsoft cuts jobs across geographies and teams

Microsoft cuts jobs across geographies and teams as it enters new fiscal year According to media reports, Microsoft has trimmed its workforce across geographies and teams as it entered a new fiscal year from July 1. Business Insider had earlier reported that the company cuts under 1,000 jobs across its business this week. A company […]

Jul 18, 2020

Coronavirus

American Airlines to furlough 25,000 employees in October

American Airlines to furlough 25,000 employees in this year October 2020 American Airlines will issue notices to 25,000 employees that they face potential furloughs on October 1, two tops executives said in a memo. The federal bailout for the airline industry, which will be lifted on October 1, prohibited layoffs, involuntary furloughs or pay cuts for employees, reports Xinhua news […]

Jul 17, 2020

Coronavirus

Siemens to let staff ‘Work From Anywhere’ permanently

Siemens to let staff “Work From Anywhere” permanently where they are most productive Reuters| Germany’s Siemens (SIEGn.DE) has decided to let its employees work from wherever they want for two or three days a week, in the latest example of how the coronavirus is making major companies re-think how and where their staff work. The […]

Jul 17, 2020

Coronavirus

Amazon extends corporate work from home policy to 2021

Amazon extends corporate work from home policy to 8 January 2021 Like tech majors Facebook and Google, Amazon has also has extended the work-from-home order for its corporate workforce until January 8 next year. “We continue to prioritize the health of our employees and follow local government guidance. Employees who work in a role that can effectively […]

Jul 17, 2020

Coronavirus

Air India to send staff on leave without pay for up-to 5 yrs

Air India to send some employees on compulsory leave without pay for up to 5 years Air India board of directors have approved on July 7 leave without pay (LWP) scheme for its permanent employees for a period of six months to two years, which is extendable to upto five years, in a bid to […]

Jul 16, 2020

Coronavirus

SBI to roll out Work-From-Anywhere policy soon

SBI to roll out Work-From-Anywhere policy soon for its employees, hopes to save Rs 1,000 crore India’s largest public-sector Bank SBI plans to roll out work-from-anywhere infra and expects to save Rs 1,000 crore from this measure. “Following global best practices, SBI will institute work from anywhere infrastructure to facilitate work from any location…taking care […]

Jul 16, 2020