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Updated on: May 2020

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Tata Steel to honour all job offers to new hires

May 31, 2020

Accenture gives bonuses promotions to its staff

Accenturenbsphas paidnbspbonusesnbspand given promotions to a large section of its employees T...

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May 30, 2020

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Deloitte to Lay Off of its US Workforce

Deloitte to cut of its US workforce amid a slowdown in business caused by the national shutdown i...

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May 30, 2020

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Google to reopen offices from July , Offers WFH Allowance

Google has set July the date for its employees to return to office in a gradual, phased manner and...

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May 29, 2020

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Home Credit India lays off 1,800 employees

Consumer loan finance firm Home Credit India on Thursday said it has reduced its headcount by 1,800 employees due to slowdown caused by the COVID-19 crisis. “The unprecedented coronavirus pandemic has affected every aspect of our life. It has impacted each one of us, our families, our customers, partners and businesses. These trying circumstances have […]

May 29, 2020

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After Twitter, Square Inc announces permanent WFM policy

After twitter, Square Inc. also announces permanent work from home policy Jack Dorsey founded a mobile payments company, Square Inc. has recently announced its permanent work from home policy for most of the employees. The recent announcement comes just a week after Twitter CEO and Co-founder Jack Dorsey did the same for Twitter employees. A […]

May 28, 2020

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Cognizant offers the voluntary separation package for US employees

Cognizant Technology Solutions has announced a voluntary separation package (VSP) for its US employees. The Coronavirus crisis has pushed many companies to take tough decisions, with the same line, Cognizant is laying off employees without active projects. The Company is offering a voluntary separation package for US employees who move to the bench between May […]

May 27, 2020

Industry

Raymond has fired hundreds of employees, since February

Textiles and apparel major Raymond has fired hundreds of employees across the board, since February. The company had started the process due to varied reasons like the group company’s mounting debts, the slowing down of the economy, and the last hammer to the coffin was the COVID-19 crisis. It was found that the company not […]

May 27, 2020

Industry

Lakshya Digital to hire 12-15% more workforce in India

Lakshya Digital, India’s leading Game Art Services companies, has announced that it will be hiring 12-15% more employees over the next 1 year amidst COVID-19. This increase in hiring is due to the new business in the last couple of months. Currently, Lakshya Digital has a team of about 500 people and plans to hire […]

May 26, 2020

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Uber India Lays Off 600 Employees Amid Slowdown

Uber India lays Off 600 employees amid slowdown, a 25% of total workforce 2,400 in the country Uber India on Tuesday, 26 May, announced to lay off around 600 full-time employees due to the impact of the coronavirus crisis, a week after Ola slashed its workforce. The affected employees would be from across driver and rider support among […]

May 26, 2020

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TVS Motor announces to cut staff salaries for six months

On 23 May 2020, Two-wheeler manufacturer TVS Motor Company has announced to cut the salaries of its employees starting this month, May 2020, as it grapples with a steep fall in sales, common across the industry. Though the company has clarified there will be no salary reduction at the workmen level. The company’s CEO, KN […]

May 26, 2020

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Tata Group top execs to take up to 20% salary cut

Tata Group top execs to take up to 20% salary cut in an effort to conserve cash For the first time in the Tata Group’s history, Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran and Tata Group companies’ chief executive officers (CEOs) will take around a 20 percent compensation-cut in an effort to reduce the cost to tide over […]

May 25, 2020

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Snapdeal furloughs 50-55 staff whilst demand picks up

An Indian e-commerce company, Snapdeal has put about 7% of its full-time workforce, or 50-55 individuals on a three-month furlough, The e-commerce agency has 750 employees on its payroll whereas one other 800 of staff are on contract. A Snapdeal spokesperson confirmed the event without offering any details and stated in an emailed response, “In […]

May 25, 2020

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IBM confirms global layoffs, India employees hit with it too

IBM confirmed, it is cutting an unspecified number of jobs, but wouldn’t provide details related to location, departments, or the number of employees involved. The company framed it in terms of replacing people with more needed skills as it tries to regroup under new CEO Arvind Krishna. Several business media sites, including the Wall Street Journal and […]

May 23, 2020

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Cleartrip has laid off 400-500 employees

Cleartrip has laid off 400-500 employees. the company’s spokesperson said the Covid-19 crisis has caused severe business disruption in the travel industry. The spokesperson said, “we have had to reluctantly downsize our workforce. We are providing all necessary support to affected employees.” When TOI asked about the number of employees affected, the company declined to share details. It has around 1,000 employees. […]

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 coronavirus, they will pay all promised bonuses all 150,000 employees, will honour the nearly 15,000 job offers already made to freshers, and no salary cuts for any employee. Apparao VV, Chief Human Resources Officer, HCL said that HCL won’t roll […]

May 22, 2020