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Updated on: Jun 2020
Tata Group initiates salary cuts by 15-20%, Report
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Tata Group initiates salary cuts by 15-20%, Report

The salary cuts at Tata Group, approximately 15-20 percent, only for senior roles, Vice President level and above Tata Sons and the group companies are exploring 15-20% salary cuts for the senior management to optimize costs as the coronavirus outbreak hits businesses across the group. The decision was taken at the Tata Sons’ board meeting […]

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IRDAI: Insurance guidelines for claims under coronavirus
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IRDAI: Insurance guidelines for claims under coronavirus

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has issued guidelines for the general insurer and health insurers on the handling of claims reported under coronavirus. Where coverage is granted for the treatment of hospitalization expenses, in order to alleviate the hardships that may be caused to the policyholders, all claims reported under coronavirus shall be handled as […]

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Tata Motors to shed 1,100 jobs at Jaguar Land Rover
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Tata Motors to shed 1,100 jobs at Jaguar Land Rover

Tata Motors Ltd expects to shed about 1,100 temporary jobs at Jaguar Land Rover after it raised the cost-cutting target at its luxury unit by 1 billion pounds ($1.26 billion) to ride out the disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Tata Motors expects to save 5 billion pounds in costs by March 2021 at its […]

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WFH strengthening the family bond in IT couples: Survey
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WFH strengthening the family bond in IT couples: Survey

The survey conducted by Telangana Information Technology Association (TITA) revealed that Work from home in the IT sector due to ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is strengthening the family bonding as the techies are spending more time with the family. The survey, which had a sample size of 500 people (43 percent were women) across 150 projects […]

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Despite Covid-19, Infosys to do campus hirings this fiscal
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Despite Covid-19, Infosys to do campus hirings this fiscal

Despite Covid-19, IT major Infosys says that it will go to college campuses for the hiring of freshers According to a Business Standard report, Infosys did not reveal the numbers of freshers it will offer jobs this year, but it may be around the same of last financial year. The company had made 18,000 job offers in the last financial year. Infosys to […]

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Shoppers Stop lays off 1,100 employees, 15% of total staff
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Shoppers Stop lays off 1,100 employees, 15% of total staff

Shoppers Stop, an Indian department store chain, owned by the K Raheja Corp lays off more than 1,100 employees and closing some of the underperforming stores due to the Covid-19 pandemic and national lockdown. The company has 7,500 employees, and nearly 15% of total staff strength, mostly junior and mid-level staff have been asked to resign […]

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JCB India has laid off 400 permanent employees
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JCB India has laid off 400 permanent employees

According to the ET report, JCB India, India’s largest construction equipment major has laid off almost 400 permanent employees as part of its rationalization of workforce citing falling business volumes as well as the COVID-19 pandemic. The company said in a statement, “The retrenchment includes 80 to 90 persons ranging from a DGM till Vice […]

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TCS iON partners with NSDC to speed-up skill development
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TCS iON partners with NSDC to speed-up skill development

TCS iON, a strategic unit of Tata Consultancy Services, on Wednesday said it has partnered with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to provide its training partners access to digital skilling tools using TCS” iON Digital Glass Room. The partnership aims to strengthen NSDC”s online content aggregation platform – eSkill India – through which it […]

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Most of TCS, Infosys, Wipro employees continue to WFH
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Most of TCS, Infosys, Wipro employees continue to WFH

Even after Unlock 1, most of the employees working at TCS, Infosys, Wipro employees continue to work from home- Report Over 95% of employees at the top 3 IT companies continue to work from home TCS, Infosys, Wipro adopt a phased approach towards reopening offices TCS recently said only 25% of its employees will need […]

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BP to lay off 10,000 employees globally
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BP to lay off 10,000 employees globally

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Oil & Energy major British Petroleum to lay off 10,000 employees globally from its workforce globally by the end of the year. The total employees to be laid off are 15% of the total global workforce, this announcement was made via an e-mail sent to the 70,000 strong workforces of the […]

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TCG Lifesciences releases full annual bonus to employees, plans to hire more
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TCG Lifesciences releases full annual bonus to employees, plans to hire more

TCG Lifesciences, leading contract research and manufacturing services company, plans to increase its workforce by 15 percent in the current fiscal and has released a full annual bonus to its employees to boost their morale in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, an official said on Monday. The company, promoted by Purnendu Chatterjee Group, has […]

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GoAir fires pilot who abused Holy Hindu Goddess on Twitter
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GoAir fires pilot who abused Holy Hindu Goddess on Twitter

GoAir has terminated the services of a trainee pilot over hate tweets allegedly from an account by his name, but now the employee has come out and said that he has been wrongfully terminated, as it was a tweet by another person of the same name. A Twitter account of Asif Khan with the id ‘@MdAsif35534489‘, posted objectionable and […]

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