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Updated on: Feb 2020

Labour Law

EPFO, ESIC related grievances will be resolved quickly Labour minister, S K Gangwar

Feb 21, 2020

Former Head- HR of Carl ZEISS India Sudipto Mandal joins Star Cement as CHRO

The Former Head- Human Resources of Carl ZEISS India, Sudipto Mandal joins Star Cement Ltd, a listed...

CHRO Move

Feb 21, 2020

Latest news: Former Head- HR of Carl ZEISS India Sudipto Mandal joins Star Cement as CHRO - SightsIn Plus

Alstom agreed to buy Bombardiers train division

French company Alstom has announced on Monday, th Feb, that it has signed a Memorandum of Understa...

Merger & Acquisition

Feb 20, 2020

Latest news: Alstom agreed to buy Bombardiers train division - SightsIn Plus

ESIC increases confinement expenses to Rs , for pregnant women

The ESI Corporation has decided to increase Confinement Expenses paid to pregnant women, who are not...

ESIC

Feb 18, 2020

Featured

Capgemini to hire up to 15,000 freshers, Rs 6.5 lakh salary for Top Graduates

The French company, Capgemini is all set to hire 12,000 to 15,000 students from Indian campuses in 2020. The company had recruited similar numbers of students last year. Capgemini offers an average salary of Rs 3.8 lakh/annum to the freshers. However, the annual package for IITs and NITs students go up to Rs 6.5 lakh. […]

Feb 18, 2020

Jobs

India Inc. back in hiring mode, talent demand up by 12%

RecruiteX – TimesJobs’ recruitment index – registered 12% M-o-M and 4% Y-o-Y growth in talent demand in January 2020. This trend marks the starting of the New Year on an optimistic note and brings the much-awaited cheer in the Indian job market. The RecruiteX January 2020 edition saw FMCG and Healthcare sectors posting the maximum […]

Feb 17, 2020

Jobs

Deloitte to create 75,000 jobs in 3 years in India

Deloitte Global CEO Punit Renjen on 10th Feb, Monday said the company is committed to creating 75,000 jobs in the country in three years. He is happy with the current progress of the company in India and is anticipating a bright future. Tweeting a photograph of his meeting last week with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Renjen […]

Feb 12, 2020

CHRO Move

Google’s head of HR to step down

Google’s head of Human Resources, Eileen Naughton is stepping down later this year amid rising tensions between the company’s top executives and rank and file employees. Eileen Naughton has been at the company for 14 years, four of which have been as Vice President of People Operations, has had to deal with intensifying employee anger over the company’s […]

Feb 11, 2020

Jobs

Cognizant to hire more than 20,000 students from campuses in India this year

Cognizant Technology aims to hire more than 20,000 technical graduate students, equipped with digital skills from campuses in India this year, said, Brian Humphries, chief executive officer (CEO), Cognizant. “With more and more university students becoming digitally ready, we have decided on a 30% increase in our hiring of engineering and science graduates for 2020,” Humphries […]

Feb 11, 2020

News

Sexual harassment at workplace: Supreme Court Rejects Plea

The Supreme Court has refused to entertain an appeal seeking protection for complainants and witnesses in sexual harassment-at- workplace cases from victimisation or retaliation by accused persons or organisations involved. A Bench of Justices R. Banumathi and A.S. Bopanna disposed of the special leave petition filed by Sunita Thawani highlighting the issue that the Sexual […]

Feb 10, 2020

Survey & Report

How Wipro raises awareness levels for Sexual Harassment at Workplace

According to ComplyKaro Services, India Inc https://inc42.com/ study & report, Indian companies reported more cases of sexual harassment in FY19 compared to a year earlier. Data shows a 14% increase in reports of sexual harassment complaints in FY19. Wipro, India’s third-largest software services exporter, was on the top of the list with 116 reported cases. The facts based on this […]

Feb 7, 2020

CHRO Move

Walmart Inc Appoints New Chief People officer

Walmart Inc ropes in Donna Morris from Adobe as Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer. In her new role, Donna is responsible for attracting, retaining and developing talent for one of the world’s largest private employers. Donna has nearly 20 years of leadership experience in delivering innovative people solutions, developing and managing teams that […]

Feb 7, 2020

CHRO Move

Essar Projects ropes in Ex- Accenture MD- HR, Dr. Tanaya Mishra as Head-Human Resources

Dr. Tanaya Mishra has joined Essar Projects Ltd. (EPL), Dubai as Head-Human Resources. In her new role, she will be responsible for re-imagining leadership and talent practices to create the most thriving work culture for the project portfolio. Tanaya is a seasoned HR professional with over 25 years of rich and diverse experience, having worked […]

Feb 6, 2020

News

Liberty Global announces partnership with Infosys to transfer 300 employees to IT firm

Liberty Global plc, one of the world’s leading converged video, broadband, and communications companies announced that it has selected Infosys as the strategic partner to ensure business continuity in the company’s transfer of approximately 300 roles across operations management and service delivery. Following the completion of the sale of its operations in five markets over the […]

Feb 5, 2020

News

L’Oréal launches Employee Human Rights Policy

On 31st Jan 2020, L’Oréal announced the launch of its Employee Human Rights Policy and commits to uphold a set of universal human and social rights standards for all its employees worldwide, regardless of their geographic location or position in the Group. This policy completes L’Oréal’s general Human Rights Policy, published in 2017. Emmanuel Lulin, […]

Feb 5, 2020

Jobs

Government to create over Rs 2.6 lakh jobs by 2021

According to Budget 2020-21 and a report published in Business Today, more than 2.62 lakh jobs are likely to be created between March 2019 and March 2021 in various organizations. The Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, Saturday estimated that more than 2.62 lakh jobs are likely to be created between March […]

Feb 5, 2020