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Updated on: Jun 2021

Industry

Amazon updates guidance on its plans for return to office

Jun 18, 2021

Nasscom TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCL, Tech Mahindra to hire , people

According to Nasscom, the IT industry body,nbspIT sector continues to be a net hirer of skilled ta...

Jobs

Jun 18, 2021

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Mahindra Lifespaces appoints Rajaram Pai as CBO- Industrial

Mahindra Lifespace Developers Limited, the real estate and infrastructure development arm of Mahindr...

Appointments

Jun 17, 2021

Latest news: Mahindra Lifespaces appoints Rajaram Pai as CBO- Industrial - SightsIn Plus

Avery Dennison announces two key leadership appointments

Avery Dennison, a global materials science and manufacturing company, announced two key appointments...

Appointments

Jun 17, 2021

Jobs

Indegene plans to hire up to 2,500 people in this fiscal year

The Bengaluru-based company Indegene plans to hire up to 2,500 people this fiscal year across offices, out of which about 2,000 will be based in India, 200 in North America, 100 in Japan and China, and the remaining in Europe. “The hiring will be for various functions like medical, content, data scientists, analytics and the […]

Jun 17, 2021

Jobs

IT companies to cut 3 million jobs by 2022, Reports

With automation taking place at a much faster pace across industries especially in the tech space, domestic software firms that employee over 16 million are set to slash headcounts by a massive 3 million by 2022, which will help them save a whopping USD 100 billion mostly in salaries annually, says a report. The domestic […]

Jun 17, 2021

Appointments

Microsoft appoints CEO Satya Nadella as Chairman

Microsoft Corp on Wednesday named Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella as its new chairman, in place of John Thompson. Satya Nadella, who took over as CEO in 2014 from Steve Ballmer, has been instrumental in scaling up its business including billion-dollar acquisitions like LinkedIn, Nuance Communications, and ZeniMax. The company said Thompson, who took over as […]

Jun 17, 2021

CHRO Move

Kyndryl (IBM) appoints a new Chief Human Resources Officer

Kyndryl, the new, independent public company that will be created following the separation of IBM’s Managed Infrastructure Services business, announced that it has appointed Maryjo Charbonnier as the company’s Chief Human Resources Officer. “Kyndryl is fortunate to work with an experienced CHRO who has held senior roles in several major companies,” said Martin Schroeter, CEO, Kyndryl. “Maryjo […]

Jun 17, 2021

Industry

Flipkart announces second Largest fulfilment centre in Bengal

Walmart owned e-commerce major Flipkart, on Wednesday announced its second-largest fulfilment centre at Dankuni, West Bengal to ramp up its supply chain infrastructure in the east. The company said Flipkart has seven fulfilment centres in the state with a total area spread across 10 lakh sq ft and 152 delivery hubs “We are strengthening our […]

Jun 16, 2021

Coronavirus

Myntra rolls out a family support policy for employees

Myntra, a fashion e-commerce company rolls out a family support policy. The company will provide financial and non-financial support to the families of deceased employees. The family support policy is not COVID specific but applies to all causes of death of any employee. Apart from other support efforts, Myntra’s this policy is effective from January […]

Jun 16, 2021

Jobs

PwC plans to hire 100,000 people over 05 years in major ESG push

Accounting firm PwC said on Tuesday it would invest $12 billion over five years to create 100,000 new jobs aimed at helping its clients grapple with climate and diversity reporting and also in artificial intelligence, as part of its new global strategy. The new hires will come from mergers and acquisitions PwC completes and direct hires […]

Jun 16, 2021

Labour Law

Draft Rules of Compensation under Code On Social Security, 2020 notified

The government of India has notified the draft rules relating to Employee’s Compensation under the Code on Social Security, 2020 on 03.06.2021 for inviting objections and suggestions, if any, from the stakeholders. The objections and suggestions are required to be submitted within a period of 45 days from the date of notification of the draft […]

Jun 16, 2021

EPFO

EPFO extends deadline of PF return with Aadhaar seeded UANs till Sept 1

Yesterday, Retirement fund body EPFO (Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation) extended the deadline for mandatory Aadhaar-linking with universal account number (UAN) of individual subscribers by three months from June 1 to September 1, 2021. EPFO in an order said the date of implementation of ECR (electronic challan cum receipt or PF return) with Aadhar verified UANs has been […]

Jun 16, 2021

Industry

Oracle India head, wife booked for cheating customers

Hyderabad (Telangana), Oracle India head, and his wife were booked for cheating customers by collecting huge advance amounts for the projects using the goodwill of the Oracle company, informed the police on Tuesday. The police stated that it booked Oracle India Country Head Pradeep Agarwal and his wife Meenu Agarwal under sections 406, 420, 506 […]

Jun 16, 2021

Jobs

How does Deloitte India support Mental Wellbeing of employees?

Nathan SV, Partner and Chief Talent Officer at Deloitte India on Mental Wellbeing of employees Well-being has perhaps been one of the most popular words over the past few months. What does it truly mean to be well? In the 2020 Millennial Survey by Deloitte, 54 % of Gen Zs and 57% of millennials in […]

Jun 16, 2021

Jobs

UST to hire 1000 employees within next two years for Hyderabad centre

UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, today announced the expansion of its workforce in its center at Hyderabad, Telangana, to over 1,000 employees. The company plans to double the headcount and add 1000 more associates in Hyderabad by the end of 2023. UST’s Hyderabad center, located in the state of Telangana, was opened in 2018 with a team of 250 employees, […]

Jun 15, 2021