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Updated on: Jun 2021
Samsung Display labour union set for 1st ever strike next week
Industry

Samsung Display labour union set for 1st ever strike next week

The labour union of major display maker Samsung Display said on Wednesday its union leadership plans to go on strike next week, as the union and the management failed to narrow differences in wage talks, marking the first-ever walkout for the company and any Samsung Group affiliate. The labour union said its six officials will […]

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Amazon updates guidance on its plans for return to office
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Amazon updates guidance on its plans for return to office

Amazon has issued new guidance on its return-to-work plans that indicates it doesn’t plan to ditch its offices anytime soon. The company has adjusted and updates Return to Office guidelines. Last week, the company said in a Memo, “we’ve adjusted our guidance on our plans for returning to the office and added more clarity. Going forward, […]

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Nasscom: TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCL, Tech Mahindra to hire 96,000 people
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Nasscom: TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCL, Tech Mahindra to hire 96,000 people

According to Nasscom, the IT industry body, IT sector continues to be a net hirer of skilled talent, and that the top 5 Indian IT companies are planning to add over 96,000 employees in 2021-22. The statement comes after the recent report based on talking about 3 million jobs losses in the Indian IT/BPMindustry, Nasscom clarified […]

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Mahindra Lifespaces appoints Rajaram Pai as CBO- Industrial
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Mahindra Lifespaces appoints Rajaram Pai as CBO- Industrial

Mahindra Lifespace Developers Limited, the real estate and infrastructure development arm of Mahindra Group, today announced the appointment of Rajaram Pai as Chief Business Officer – Industrial. Rajaram will oversee strategy, planning, development, sales, operations and value creation for the Integrated Cities & Industrial Clusters (IC & IC) business vertical of the Company spanning Mahindra […]

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Avery Dennison announces two key leadership appointments
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Avery Dennison announces two key leadership appointments

Avery Dennison, a global materials science and manufacturing company, announced two key appointments for its Label and Packaging Materials (LPM) business. Pankaj Bhardwaj has been appointed as Vice President, Marketing, Asia Pacific; while Saurabh Agarwal will take over the South Asia leadership role as Senior Director & General Manager, LPM South Asia These changes come […]

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

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IT companies to cut 3 million jobs by 2022, Reports
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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 […]

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Microsoft appoints CEO Satya Nadella as Chairman
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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 […]

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Kyndryl (IBM) appoints a new Chief Human Resources Officer
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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 […]

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Flipkart announces second Largest fulfilment centre in Bengal
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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 […]

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Myntra rolls out a family support policy for employees
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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 […]

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

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