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Updated on: Jun 2020
Fetch Rewards appoints Indian origin Chief People Officer
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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 […]

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Most of TCS, Infosys, Wipro employees continue to WFH
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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 […]

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BP to lay off 10,000 employees globally
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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 […]

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TCG Lifesciences releases full annual bonus to employees, plans to hire more
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TCG Lifesciences releases full annual bonus to employees, plans to hire more

TCG Lifesciences, leading contract research and manufacturing services company, plans to increase its workforce by 15 percent in the current fiscal and has released a full annual bonus to its employees to boost their morale in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, an official said on Monday. The company, promoted by Purnendu Chatterjee Group, has […]

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GoAir fires pilot who abused Holy Hindu Goddess on Twitter
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GoAir fires pilot who abused Holy Hindu Goddess on Twitter

GoAir has terminated the services of a trainee pilot over hate tweets allegedly from an account by his name, but now the employee has come out and said that he has been wrongfully terminated, as it was a tweet by another person of the same name. A Twitter account of Asif Khan with the id ‘@MdAsif35534489‘, posted objectionable and […]

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Bombardier Inc to cut 2,500 aviation jobs
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Bombardier Inc to cut 2,500 aviation jobs

CANADIAN plane and train maker Bombardier Inc said on Friday it would cut 2,500 jobs, or about 11% of the workforce at its aviation unit, as the coronavirus pandemic’s crushing impact on the air industry adds to its long list of problems. The aviation industry has been among the worst hit by the pandemic, which has dented […]

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Iffco Tokio hires 400 in lockdown, given annual increment
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Iffco Tokio hires 400 in lockdown, given annual increment

IFFCO-Tokio General Insurance hires 400 during the lockdown and rolled out annual increments Iffco Tokio General Insurance has on-boarded 400 staff between March and May during the lockdown period. The hiring of some of the employees was planned in the first quarter but the lockdown shifted its plans. The company has completed the process over […]

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Major Paradigm Shift in Workplace Culture Post COVID-19
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Major Paradigm Shift in Workplace Culture Post COVID-19

The world around us has changed drastically with the COVID-19 pandemic impacting almost every aspect of our lives. It has changed the way we shop, dine, party, learn, communicate, exercise, the list is endless. A major paradigm shift has been in the way we work. Cushman & Wakefield have recently come up with a new design […]

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SC reserves verdict on Centre’s Wages order in Lockdown
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SC reserves verdict on Centre’s Wages order in Lockdown

The Supreme Court of India on 4 June 2020, Thursday reserved its verdict for 12 June on pleas challenging Centre’s March 29 order asking employers to pay full wages to employees for the lockdown period. However, The Supreme Court said that no coercive action will be taken against any employer for violating MHA’s order. Earlier, The SC had asked the Centre […]

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Renault India gives 15% hike & promotions despite crisis
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Renault India gives 15% hike & promotions despite crisis

Despite the lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic, French car manufacturer, Renault India is giving a pay hike of 15% to its employees and promotions for the fiscal year 2021. The company is giving the pay hike to 250 employees and promotions to over 30 executives, with effect from August 2020. The salary hike of Renault […]

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Cognizant to pay $5.7m in the class-action suit
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Cognizant to pay $5.7m in the class-action suit

Cognizant has agreed to pay $5.7 million compensation to former employees for underpaid overtime hours IT giant Cognizant has agreed to pay its former employees $5.7 million to compensate them for unpaid overtime hours after they reached a class-action settlement agreement. According to a report in the Times of India, Cognizant’s former employee Debi Mishra and other […]

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Ola Electric appoints Vithal Acharya as Head- HR
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Ola Electric appoints Vithal Acharya as Head- HR

Ola Electric Mobility (OEM) has onboarded Vithal Acharya as its new Head -Human Resources, effective from May 2020 Vithal Acharya joins Ola Electric Mobility as Head -Human Resources, effective from May 2020. Prior to this, he was working with Sterlite Power as Chief People Officer. He is an alumnus of XLRI Jamshedpur, experienced HR leader […]

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