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Updated on: Sep 2020

Culture & Behaviour

Moving to Decent Work- Re-evaluating Entitlements and Enforcements

Sep 17, 2020

Capgemini launches new Employee Share Ownership Plan

Capgemini announces the launch of a seventh Employee Share Ownership Plan ESOP Paris, September ...

HR Practices

Sep 17, 2020

Dell Technologies confirms layoff globally, including India

Dell Technologies confirms layoff globally, to cut costs Dell Technologies Inc. on Monday notified e...

Jobs

Sep 16, 2020

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NASSCOM FutureSkills and Microsoft launch AI Classroom

NASSCOM FutureSkills and Microsoft launch AI Classroom Series to skill Indias future workforce with...

Jobs

Sep 16, 2020

Latest news: NASSCOM FutureSkills and Microsoft launch AI Classroom - SightsIn Plus

Jobs

Walmart-owned Flipkart to generate over 70,000 direct jobs

Walmart-owned E-commerce firm Flipkart said it will generate over 70,000 direct and lakhs of indirect seasonal jobs in the country ahead of the festive season and it’s Big Billion Days (BBD) sale. The company said while direct job opportunities will be created across Flipkart’s supply chain, including roles like delivery executives, pickers, packers, and sorters, there will also be additional indirect jobs created at […]

Sep 16, 2020

CHRO Move

DB Schenker appoints a new global CHRO

The Supervisory Board of Schenker AG has appointed Katharina Rath as the new Member of the Board of Management for Human Resources. The 47-year-old will assume her new role on December 1, 2020. For almost two decades, Katharina Rath has held several positions at Continental Automotive Technologies, most recently as Senior Vice President Human Relations, […]

Sep 15, 2020

Jobs

Tata Steel inks deal to pay annual bonus to employees

Tata Steel inks deal to pay annual bonus to employees The Tata Steel management and Tata Workers’ Union on Monday signed a memorandum of settlement for the payment of annual bonus to the employees for the accounting year 2019-20. To honour its three-year commitment to ensure complete bonus payment to the employees even during the Covid-19 pandemic, the memorandum was […]

Sep 15, 2020

Merger & Acquisition

Infosys to acquire GuideVision for up to 30 million euros

Infosys to acquire GuideVision, a Leading ServiceNow Elite Partner in Europe Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire GuideVision, one of the largest ServiceNow Elite Partners in Europe. GuideVision is an award-winning enterprise service management consultancy specialized in offering strategic advisory, consulting, implementations, training, and support […]

Sep 15, 2020

CHRO Move

Dhanuka Agritech appoints Viekas K Khokha as Head-HR

Dhanuka Agritech appoints Viekas K Khokha as Head-Human Resources Viekas K. Khokha appointed as the Head-HR at Dhanuka Agritech. Prior to this most recently, Khokha was the Director-HR at Zimmer Biomet, a medical device company that manufactures aluminium splints. At Zimmer Biomet, he spearheaded the HR component of the business strategy by planning, developing, and […]

Sep 14, 2020

Coronavirus

Tech Mahindra allows employees to work from anywhere

Tech Mahindra allows employees to work from anywhere, they want to work from the office or home Tech Mahindra, the Indian IT major Tech Mahindra has given the flexibility to employees to choose where they want to work from. The Covid-19 pandemic has made it difficult for companies to choose how their employees work. This goes […]

Sep 14, 2020

Industry

Oracle wins TikTok bid, Microsoft proposal is rejected

Oracle wins TikTok bid, Microsoft proposal is rejected Satya Nadella-led Microsoft lost a bid to acquire TikTok in the US after the Chinese owner of the video-sharing platform chose Oracle to be its technology partner for its American operations, ahead of the September 20 deadline set by President Donald Trump that the popular app will […]

Sep 14, 2020

Industry

Wipro to set up a Digital Innovation Hub in Germany

Wipro plans to set up Digital Innovation Hub in Düsseldorf, Germany Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today announced plans to set up a Digital Innovation Hub in Düsseldorf, Germany. The proposed Digital Innovation Hub will serve as Wipro’s flagship centre in Europe and will offer digital transformation […]

Sep 14, 2020

Jobs

Ecom Express to create 30,000 temporary jobs

Ecom Express to create 30,000 seasonal jobs ahead of festive sales Logistics solutions provider Ecom Express is planning to create 30,000 seasonal roles across its operations over the next few weeks as it gears up to cater to heightened demand from e-commerce clients during the festive season. The company, which had a workforce of about […]

Sep 14, 2020

Labour Law

Govt notifies 50% unemployment benefit to esic subscribers

Labour Ministry has notified 50% unemployment benefit to ESIC subscribers The Labour Ministry has notified enhanced payout under the Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana, paving way for 50% unemployment benefit to the subscribers of the Employees’ State Insurance Scheme with relaxed eligibility conditions up till December 31, 2020. The move will benefit formal workers, enrolled […]

Sep 13, 2020

Jobs

MAN, a subsidiary of Volkswagen to cut up to 9,500 jobs

VW truck maker MAN plans to cut up to 9,500 jobs worldwide Berlin: Truck and bus maker MAN, a subsidiary of Volkswagen, said Friday that it plans to shed up to 9,500 jobs worldwide as part of a cost-cutting drive. MAN said the planned package of measures is intended to improve the company’s operating result by about […]

Sep 13, 2020

Industry

HCL announces launch of AI Lab, collaborates with Nvidia

HCL Technologies joins Nvidia Partner Network, will pursue opportunities in AI space HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global technology company, announced it has joined NVIDIA Partner Network (NPN), the US-based technology company’s partner program, with plans to pursue expanded opportunities in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) space. According to the press release, HCL also announced the […]

Sep 13, 2020