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Updated on: Jul 2020

Jobs

WFH best practices at Wipro, SAP India, and PolicyBazaar

Jul 18, 2020

Microsoft cuts jobs across geographies and teams

Microsoft cuts jobs across geographies and teams as it enters new fiscal year According to media rep...

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Jul 18, 2020

American Airlines to furlough , employees in October

American Airlines to furlough , employees in this year October American Airlinesnbspwill...

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Jul 17, 2020

Latest news: American Airlines to furlough , employees in October - SightsIn Plus

Siemens to let staff Work From Anywhere permanently

Siemens to let staff Work From Anywhere permanently where they are most productive Reu...

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Jul 17, 2020

Latest news: Siemens to let staff Work From Anywhere permanently - SightsIn Plus

Coronavirus

Amazon extends corporate work from home policy to 2021

Amazon extends corporate work from home policy to 8 January 2021 Like tech majors Facebook and Google, Amazon has also has extended the work-from-home order for its corporate workforce until January 8 next year. “We continue to prioritize the health of our employees and follow local government guidance. Employees who work in a role that can effectively […]

Jul 17, 2020

CHRO Move

CBRE ropes in ex-Syngenta CHRO as HR Head for India

CBRE ropes in ex-Syngenta CHRO Parimal Galvankar as HR Head for India CBRE South Asia Private Limited, a leading real estate consulting firm, has announced the appointment of Parimal Galvankar as Head- Human Resources for India. Prior to joining CBRE, most recently Parimal was working with Syngenta India as CHRO/ Head-HR. In his new role, […]

Jul 17, 2020

Coronavirus

Air India to send staff on leave without pay for up-to 5 yrs

Air India to send some employees on compulsory leave without pay for up to 5 years Air India board of directors have approved on July 7 leave without pay (LWP) scheme for its permanent employees for a period of six months to two years, which is extendable to upto five years, in a bid to […]

Jul 16, 2020

Coronavirus

SBI to roll out Work-From-Anywhere policy soon

SBI to roll out Work-From-Anywhere policy soon for its employees, hopes to save Rs 1,000 crore India’s largest public-sector Bank SBI plans to roll out work-from-anywhere infra and expects to save Rs 1,000 crore from this measure. “Following global best practices, SBI will institute work from anywhere infrastructure to facilitate work from any location…taking care […]

Jul 16, 2020

Jobs

Wipro hired 7,000 in the last Q1, It will continue to hire in Q2

After last quarter’s massive dip, Wipro adds 7,000 employees with plans to continue hiring in the coming Quarters IT major Wipro has hired 7,000 people globally in Q1, between April -June 2020. the company will keep hiring continue in coming quarters as well depending on demand, said Saurabh Govil, Chief Human Resources Officer at Wipro […]

Jul 15, 2020

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Citrix and Microsoft partner to accelerate the future of work

Citrix and Microsoft partner to accelerate the future of work The workplace of the future will look a lot different than it did just a few months ago. The global pandemic has caused both employees and companies to rethink how and where work gets done. More organizations will make remote work a permanent part of […]

Jul 15, 2020

Jobs

Amazon India Launches Skill Development Programme

Amazon India launches skill development programme for 1,000 apprentices Amazon India on Tuesday said it has launched a skilling programme under the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) across its warehouses in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad. The initiative has been launched with a pilot program for 1,000 apprentices, and will be scaled further, Amazon India said […]

Jul 15, 2020

Jobs

Diageo India gets Enhanced Wellness Policy for employees

Diageo India announces Enhanced Wellness Policy for all employees, effective July 2020 Diageo India has said that it has rolled out an enhanced wellness policy for all employees effective July 2020, as part of its commitment to promote an inclusive and diverse working environment. The policy will apply to all employees regardless of sexual orientation, […]

Jul 15, 2020

Coronavirus

Chubb launches Work from Home Insurance for apac region

Chubb launches Work from Home Insurance for the Asia Pacific Region SINGAPORE – Chubb announced today the launch of Work from Home (WFH) Insurance, a market-first in Asia Pacific. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the traditional office environment has increasingly become the home, as work from home becomes the new normal. As businesses […]

Jul 14, 2020

Jobs

Government launches ASEEM portal to help skilled people

Government launches ASEEM portal to help skilled people find sustainable livelihood opportunities Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship on Friday launched Aatamanirbhar Skilled Employee-Employer Mapping (ASEEM) portal to help skilled people find sustainable livelihood opportunities. Features of ASEEM The portal connects the workers and the organizations and reduces the gap between the demand and […]

Jul 14, 2020

Demise

PeopleStrong Co-founder Shelly Singh passes away

PeopleStrong Co-founder and Chief Business Officer Shelly Singh passes away HR solutions and Tech firm, PeopleStrong Co-founder Shelly Singh passed on Sunday, July 12 fighting cancer. Shelly Singh, who was 43, had set up PeopleStrong in 2006 along with Pankaj Bansal. PeopleStrong confirmed the development in a statement. “She will live and be felt in our work […]

Jul 13, 2020

Industry

Wipro has no layoff plans due to pandemic: Rishad Premji

Wipro has no layoff plans due to pandemic impact on business: Wipro Chairman, Rishad Premji While addressing the 74th annual general meeting (AGM) IT major, Wipro Chairman Rishad Premji said, “So far, we have not laid off any employee and has no plans to retrench employees due to the Covid-19 pandemic impact on business.” However, the company is driving […]

Jul 13, 2020