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Apr 23, 2020

Welspuns HR Head Rajesh Padmanabhan Quits

Rajesh Padmanabhan, Director and Group CHRO, Welspun Groupnbspquits, planning new innings as an en...

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Apr 23, 2020

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Oyo furloughs some India employees, cuts fixed pay

Oyo has asked some India employees to go on leave with limited benefits and cuts fixed pay of all by...

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Apr 22, 2020

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Infosys suspends hiring, promotions, and salary hikes

Infosys Ltd, Indias second-largest IT company has suspended newnbsphirings, promotions, and incre...

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Apr 22, 2020

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Kotak Introduces Health and Wellness Initiatives for Employee Well-being to Combat Lockdown Blues

Kotak Mahindra Bank (Kotak) today announced a spree of activities that are being conducted for Kotak Group’s employee well-being in the wake of the ongoing lockdown to combat the pan-India COVID-19 pandemic. Under Kotak’s initiative ‘Health to the Power Infinity’, Kotak’s human resources (HR) division has launched several online offerings to support the health and […]

Apr 21, 2020

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Maruti Suzuki chalks out a post-COVID-19 action plan

Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) has worked out an action plan with the detailed standard operating procedure (SOP) on maintaining social distancing, hygiene and employee safety for resuming operations post-COVID-19. For containment and awareness of the outbreak, Maruti Suzuki plans to provide OHC doctors, hazmat suits & PPE for the staff dealing with multiple people and […]

Apr 21, 2020

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BMW India CEO Rudratej Singh passes away

BMW Group President and CEO Rudratej Singh passed away on Monday morning due to a massive cardiac arrest. It is believed that Rudratej was fine in the morning as he had interacted with his leadership team through text messages before heading to the gym inside his house in Delhi for a workout. At around 10.30 […]

Apr 21, 2020

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Tech Mahindra‘s top leaders NOT to take variable payout

According to a TOI report, In the current situation, Tech Mahindra‘s top executives forego their bonus/ variable payout in the June quarter – to absorb partially the financial impact of the pandemic. Harshvendra Soin, Chief People Officer in Tech Mahindra, said the variable payout/ bonus for the majority of employees has been protected and will […]

Apr 20, 2020

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Capgemini asked to revoke forced leaves

Labour commissioner has issued notice to Capgemini, warning of action if it fails to revise its decision After the complaint by the Maharashtra unit of FITE (a self-proclaimed union for IT employees) and National Information Technology Employees Sena (NITES) on Twitter and a written complaint to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Labour Commissioner, Maharashtra that […]

Apr 20, 2020

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LD2: List of what will remain open across India from April 20

The Government has released a list of the services that will remain functional across the country from April 20. Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has shared the list of what will remain open all over India effective April 20. Here is a list of what will remain open all over India with effect from 20th […]

Apr 19, 2020

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LD2: Guidelines for workplaces that open up from 20th April

The Centre has issued a fresh set of guidelines for the Lockdown 2,0, which list a number of relaxations that will come into force post-April 20. The government has said that it will allow agriculture, construction, Information Technology, industrial units in the SEZs and rural areas to function if they follow lockdown guidelines to a […]

Apr 18, 2020

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COVID-19: Wipro defers hiring, promotions, and increments

IT giant Wipro has deferred annual increments and scheduled promotions for the month of June for most of its employees and postponed campus hiring amid the coronavirus pandemic. Abidali Neemuchwala, CEO, Wipro said, “There has to be a trade-off, which will be in hiring, salary increases, and sub-contracting costs.” Saurabh Govil President and CHRO, Wipro said […]

Apr 17, 2020

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Labour Ministry to collect data on layoffs, pay cuts, report to PM

EPFO and ESIC have been advised to collate the data on job losses and wage cuts. As soon as information is collated a report can be introduced to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). This labour ministry initiative comes as stressed economic situation has raised fears of widespread layoffs/salary reductions in India’s organized sector and in […]

Apr 17, 2020

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TCS not to lay off employees, freezes salary hikes

MUMBAI:Largest Indian software exporter TCS on Thursday said it will not retrench any of its nearly 4.5 lakh employees, but has decided not to give any salary hikes this year. The Tata group company said it will honour each of its commitments on new hires by taking all the 40,000 people who have been given offers […]

Apr 17, 2020

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Accenture-built platform connects firms with laid-off people

Accenture and Verizon launches People + Work, B2B platform to match laid-off workers with open positions As unemployment surpasses record highs due to COVID-19, a group of leading companies from multiple industries has formed People + Work Connect, an employer-to-employer initiative that brings together companies laying off or furloughing people with those companies in urgent […]

Apr 16, 2020

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Vistara again announces compulsory leave without pay for senior employees

Vistara CEO Leslie Thng on Wednesday announced that senior employees will be going on compulsory leave without pay for up to three days between April 15 and April 30 as a measure to further conserve the airline’s cash flow amid the lockdown to combat the coronavirus threat. On March 27, the airline had also introduced […]

Apr 16, 2020