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Updated on: Jun 2020

Coronavirus

WFH strengthening the family bond in IT couples Survey

Jun 16, 2020

Despite Covid-, Infosys to do campus hirings this fiscal

Despite Covid-, IT majornbspInfosysnbspsays that it will go to college campuses fornbspthe h...

Coronavirus

Jun 15, 2020

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India to lose million jobs amid lockdown Report

According to a report by Genius Consultants, India is set to lose around million jobs in the mid...

Coronavirus

Jun 15, 2020

Latest news: India to lose million jobs amid lockdown Report - SightsIn Plus

Qyuki CEO Samir Bangara Passed Away

Samir Bangara, the co-founder and CEO of digital music platformnbspQyuki Digital Media, died in a ...

Demise

Jun 15, 2020

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Coronavirus

Shoppers Stop lays off 1,100 employees, 15% of total staff

Shoppers Stop, an Indian department store chain, owned by the K Raheja Corp lays off more than 1,100 employees and closing some of the underperforming stores due to the Covid-19 pandemic and national lockdown. The company has 7,500 employees, and nearly 15% of total staff strength, mostly junior and mid-level staff have been asked to resign […]

Jun 13, 2020

Coronavirus

JCB India has laid off 400 permanent employees

According to the ET report, JCB India, India’s largest construction equipment major has laid off almost 400 permanent employees as part of its rationalization of workforce citing falling business volumes as well as the COVID-19 pandemic. The company said in a statement, “The retrenchment includes 80 to 90 persons ranging from a DGM till Vice […]

Jun 12, 2020

Labour Law

Supreme Court: Employers and Employees to Negotiate

The Supreme Court of India today asked employers and employees to negotiate and settle between themselves issues relating to the payment of wages amid the COVID-19 lockdown. In the meanwhile, the Court’s earlier order directing that no coercive action be taken against employers with respect to the March 29 notification of the Ministry of Home […]

Jun 12, 2020

Coronavirus

Consulting firms defer salaries and promotions, Partners take pay cuts

Consulting firms Deloitte, KPMG, PwC, EY defer salaries and promotions, Partners take pay cuts The Indian arms of the four large consulting and auditing firms, PwC India, Deloitte India, KPMG, and EY India have all decided to defer their employee appraisal cycles, which includes deferring promotions and bonuses, because of the COVID pandemic- CNBC reports. […]

Jun 12, 2020

Coronavirus

WFH… A Leapfrog into Future

What has long believed to be the future of work as per theories has abruptly become a reality, thanks to something called COVID–19. This word has been creating a sense of dread, anxiety, fear: all sorts of negative feelings in the hearts and minds of people all over the globe. A mysterious virus that has […]

Jun 11, 2020

Demise

Atul Srivastava, Director- HR, SAIL passed away last night

Atul Srivastava, Director- Personnel, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) passed away on June 10, 2020, at Apollo Hospital, New Delhi due to a cardiac arrest. According to SAIL’s official statement, “Atul was tested for COVID-19 and found ‘Corona negative‘, he had fever for the last few days. Earlier on June 10, when he was experiencing difficulty in […]

Jun 11, 2020

Industry

Capgemini partners Coursera to upskill employees

Capgemini Partners with Coursera to Upskill Employees and Promote a Culture of Lifelong Learning IT services firm, Capgemini has partnered with edtech major, Coursera, to give access to high-quality learning to all its employees across the globe. Currently, Capgemini’s employees in nearly 50 countries will have access to 4,000 courses on Coursera for Business. No one […]

Jun 11, 2020

Jobs

TCS iON partners with NSDC to speed-up skill development

TCS iON, a strategic unit of Tata Consultancy Services, on Wednesday said it has partnered with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to provide its training partners access to digital skilling tools using TCS” iON Digital Glass Room. The partnership aims to strengthen NSDC”s online content aggregation platform – eSkill India – through which it […]

Jun 10, 2020

CHRO Move

Former AirAsia Chief People Officer Varun Bhatia joins Reali

Reali, the real estate technology company, announced the hiring of Varun Bhatia to join the leadership team as the company’s first Chief People Officer. In his new role as the Chief People Officer of Reali, Varun is to work closely with the Leadership team to build & scale the Reali organization using a high tech-high touch approach […]

Jun 10, 2020

CHRO Move

Fetch Rewards appoints Indian origin Chief People Officer

US-based Fetch Rewards announced that it has appointed Rukmini Banerjee as its Chief People Officer, effective from March 2020. In her new role, she will create and oversee talent development efforts at Fetch, establishing training programs, designing career-pathing models, and recruiting new talent to the rapidly expanding company. Mike Kent, president, and COO of Fetch […]

Jun 10, 2020

Coronavirus

Most of TCS, Infosys, Wipro employees continue to WFH

Even after Unlock 1, most of the employees working at TCS, Infosys, Wipro employees continue to work from home- Report Over 95% of employees at the top 3 IT companies continue to work from home TCS, Infosys, Wipro adopt a phased approach towards reopening offices TCS recently said only 25% of its employees will need […]

Jun 9, 2020

Coronavirus

BP to lay off 10,000 employees globally

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Oil & Energy major British Petroleum to lay off 10,000 employees globally from its workforce globally by the end of the year. The total employees to be laid off are 15% of the total global workforce, this announcement was made via an e-mail sent to the 70,000 strong workforces of the […]

Jun 9, 2020