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Updated on: Mar 2022
How TCS, Infosys, HCL are planning to call employees back to office
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How TCS, Infosys, HCL are planning to call employees back to office

The concept of work from home has begun for most employees when the first Covid-19 lockdown was announced. Now, almost that we are after two years and now when there is a visible decline in the number of Covid-19 cases, several of India’s IT firms such as TCS, Wipro, Infosys, HCL, etc are gearing up to […]

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DealShare appoints Santana Ramakrishnan as Chief HR Officer
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DealShare appoints Santana Ramakrishnan as Chief HR Officer

DealShare, the social e-commerce pioneer and recent unicorn, today announced the appointment of Santana Ramakrishnan as Chief Human Resources Officer. Santana brings a wealth of experience in human resources and people management to DealShare, where she will be in charge of implementing the company’s people strategy, building capability for expansion, profitability, and enabling culture frameworks […]

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Yahoo appoints Alicin Reidy-Williamson as Chief Diversity & Culture Officer
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Yahoo appoints Alicin Reidy-Williamson as Chief Diversity & Culture Officer

Yahoo has appointed Alicin Reidy-Williamson as Chief Diversity & Culture Officer. In this role, she will lead Yahoo’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts globally. “Reidy-Williamson will be based in New York and will directly report to CEO Jim Lanzone, and work closely with leaders at Yahoo to grow a diverse workforce and strengthen policies, […]

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Publicis Sapient to double its workforce in India, hiring in process
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Publicis Sapient to double its workforce in India, hiring in process

Publicis Sapient, a global digital business transformation company, after it recorded more than 13.8 per cent growth in 2021, plans to double its employee base in India over the next two years, Global CEO Nigel Vaz told BusinessLine. Publicis Sapient is an American digital consulting company. During the course of the pandemic, the company had […]

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TCS iON offers a 15-day free digital certification program
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TCS iON offers a 15-day free digital certification program

TCS iON, the strategic unit of India’s biggest IT company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced a free 15 days online course “TCS iON Career Edge’ for young professionals. According to the company, this 15-day course will help the job seekers to improve their core employability skills such as communication, collaboration, business etiquette, financial and digital literacy, etc. Also […]

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Simplilearn and JobsForHer come together to upskill 1000 women
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Simplilearn and JobsForHer come together to upskill 1000 women

Simplilearn, an online bootcamp & certification course provider company has announced the partnership with JobsForHer, an online platform for women’s careers, to train and upskill 1000 women by the next year in Full Stack Java Development, making them job-ready for the future. This programme, is specially designed as ‘women-exclusive’ initiative and it is aiming is […]

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Karnataka High Court on ‘Work From Home’ under Maternity Benefit Act
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Karnataka High Court on ‘Work From Home’ under Maternity Benefit Act

The Karnataka High Court said that Mothers of newborn babies can avail work from home options once their maternity leave are up. However, WFH could be given only in cases where the nature of work assigned to the women is such that it is possible for her to work from home. Case background: The petitioner, […]

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Nagarro is hiring for various WFH and WFA Jobs in India, details here
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Nagarro is hiring for various WFH and WFA Jobs in India, details here

IT service management company Nagarro said that it is planning to add 4,500 people to its workforce globally in the coming months, which will also include freshers. The 4,500 positions are open for lateral hiring and also company plans to hire many youngsters fresh out of college. These numbers are required to support Nagarro’s growth and cover […]

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Unemployment rate cooled to 9.8% in Sept quarter of 2021 as curbs eased
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Unemployment rate cooled to 9.8% in Sept quarter of 2021 as curbs eased

The unemployment rate for persons of age 15 years and above in urban areas dipped to 9.8 per cent in July-September 2021 from 13.2 per cent in the same quarter of the previous year, according to a periodic labour force survey (PLFS) by the National Statistical Office (NSO). The September quarter of 2021 has shown […]

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Employees Provident Fund contributions above Rs. 2.5 Lakh to be taxed
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Employees Provident Fund contributions above Rs. 2.5 Lakh to be taxed

The Centre has planned to tax Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contributions exceeding Rs. 2.50 lakh yearly. For government employees, the limit has been set at a higher end of Rs. 5 lakh. Under new Income Tax (I-T) Rules, PF accounts are likely to be divided into two parts one is taxable and the other is non-taxable contribution accounts from […]

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Colliers appoints Kanchana Krishnan as Managing Director, Chennai
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Colliers appoints Kanchana Krishnan as Managing Director, Chennai

Colliers, the leading diversified professional services and investment management company today announced the appointment of Kanchana Krishnan as Managing Director, Chennai, with immediate effect. Kanchana is a highly-seasoned real estate professional and one of the senior-most industry leaders in Chennai. Kanchana has close to two decades of experience in the commercial real estate industry in […]

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Cognizant announces new logo and tagline
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Cognizant announces new logo and tagline

The US-based IT company, Cognizant, has unveiled its new logo and tagline, ‘Intuition engineered‘. Its new brand positioning is designed to better reflect the company’s expertise in digital technologies and accelerating digital business. The company has a large presence in India and also has aggressively expanded its capabilities into the areas of artificial intelligence, cloud, […]

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