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Updated on: Jun 2021
Nippon Paint India extends medical & financial support to staff, dependents
Coronavirus

Nippon Paint India extends medical & financial support to staff, dependents

Nippon Paint India Automotive Refinish and Wood Coating is stepping up its ongoing vaccination drive and other medical support initiatives for all its employees and their families. With the new phase 3 of vaccinations which makes everyone above 18 eligible, the company is revamping its efforts. In addition, Nippon has been taking initiatives such as insurance […]

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Tata Digital to invest in CureFit; founder Mukesh Bansal to be President
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Tata Digital to invest in CureFit; founder Mukesh Bansal to be President

Mukesh Bansal will also continue to lead CureFit Tata Digital, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Sons, has signed an MoU to invest up to $ 75 million in CureFit Healthcare, subject to completion of the due diligence process and other approvals. CureFit founder and CEO Mukesh Bansal will join Tata Digital as President of Tata […]

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MobiKwik appoints Deepti Dhingra as Head- Human Resources
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MobiKwik appoints Deepti Dhingra as Head- Human Resources

Deepti Dhingra joins MobiKwik as Head- HR MobiKwik, a fintech platform appoints Deepti Dhingra as Head- Human Resources, effective from June 2021. In her new role, she will be responsible for the entire gamut of HR, including strategic formulation, HR business partnering, culture building interventions, change management, talent acquisition, talent engagement and management, learning and […]

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Syngene International elevates Sanjeev Sukumaran elevated as CHRO
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Syngene International elevates Sanjeev Sukumaran elevated as CHRO

Syngene International, integrated contract research, development, and manufacturing organization has announced the elevation of Sanjeev Sukumaran as Chief Human Resource Officer, effective from June 2021 Sanjeev joined Syngene International in October 2019 as Chief of Staff and was responsible for driving key strategic initiatives across the organization. Before joining Syngene, he held multiple senior-level positions […]

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HSBC appoints Hitendra Dave as India Chief Executive Officer
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HSBC appoints Hitendra Dave as India Chief Executive Officer

Hitendra Dave succeeds Surendra Rosha who is moving to Hong Kong as the co-chief executive of HSBC Asia-Pacific HSBC, a British multinational investment bank and financial services company has announced the appointment of bank veteran Hitendra Dave as its new chief executive for India. Dave succeeds Surendra Rosha who is moving to Hong Kong as […]

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Labour codes on the cards: Companies’ PF liability to go up
Labour Law

Labour codes on the cards: Companies’ PF liability to go up

Labour codes on the cards: Companies’ PF liability to go up, take-home salary to go down The four labour codes are likely to see the light of day in a couple of months as the Centre is now keen to go ahead with the implementation of these laws, which among others will result in a reduction in take-home […]

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Toyota reaches settlement over bullied engineer’s suicide
Industry

Toyota reaches settlement over bullied engineer’s suicide

Auto major, Toyota has reached a settlement with the family of an engineer whose suicide was ruled a job-related death due to harassment from his boss. Toyota Motor Corp. vowed to crack down on harassment in the workplace to ensure employees’ safety and expressed deep remorse, “facing up with true sincerity to the fact that a precious worker’s life was […]

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What does Google pay as Death Benefits to families on demise of its staff?
Industry

What does Google pay as Death Benefits to families on demise of its staff?

Google pays Death Benefits to employees’ families for ages regardless of how was employee died Amidst the second wave of Coronavirus in India, Corporates have announced financial support to the families of employees who succumbed to COVID-19. This financial aid is in addition to Group Term Insurance. But, do you know that Google always takes […]

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Benetton India Appoints New CEO & Managing Director
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Benetton India Appoints New CEO & Managing Director

Benetton India appoints Ramprasad Sridharan as new CEO & Managing Director Benetton Group has announced the appointment of Ramprasad Sridharan as its new CEO & Managing Director of Benetton India, Effective June 7th, 2021. He succeeds Sundeep Chugh, who is leaving the organization. Ramprasad comes with significant experience in the fashion retail sector, having worked […]

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Facebook appoints Marne Levine as its first chief business officer
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Facebook appoints Marne Levine as its first chief business officer

Marne Levine will oversee Facebook’s advertising business and global partnerships Facebook Inc on Thursday appointed Marne Levine, vice president of global partnerships, as the social media giant’s first chief business officer. Fifty-year-old Levine said she will oversee Facebook’s advertising business and global partnerships, in a post. She will report to Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg. […]

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uFaber Edutech to hire 1,000 employees in 6 months for WFH roles
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uFaber Edutech to hire 1,000 employees in 6 months for WFH roles

uFaber plans to hire 1,00,000 women trainers in the next 5 years. uFaber Edutech Pvt Ltd, an online education training company to hire 1,000 women trainers in the next 6 months. The trainers can earn Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 60,000/per month in the Work from Home model. uFaber Edutech is a Non-govt company, incorporated on 19 Sept, 2013, […]

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Hyundai Motor India starts vaccination drive for employees, dependents
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Hyundai Motor India starts vaccination drive for employees, dependents

Tamil Nadu government has extended the lockdown by another week till June 14 with some relaxations Hyundai Motor India has started COVID-19 Vaccination Drive for all its employees and their family members from Friday, June 4th, 2021. The company said in a statement, “We have re-started manufacturing operations in two shifts from May 31 at […]

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