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Rajiv Oza joins Stryker as Sr. Director- HR (Country HR Head) in India after managing multiple roles in GSK Pharmaceuticals where he was Regional HR Business Leader- South Asia for 4 years. At GSK, Rajiv was providing HR leadership to Global Manufacturing & Supply Organization in the areas of Leadership Development, Capability Development, Employee Engagement […]
Due to the ongoing slump in the auto sector, Bosch Ltd will cut its India workforce by “a couple of thousands” in the next four years, Soumitra Bhattacharya, Bosch India Managing Director, has said. The company would let go around 10 percent of the total workforce of 3,700 white-collar employees in India as part of the company’s […]
According to Economic Times report, due to the falling rate of economic growth in 2019, the job market may remain muted in the new year as well in terms of workforce expansion and salary hikes as more and more companies are expected to prefer the up-skilling of existing staff rather than hiring new ones, experts […]
Dhanya Rajeswaran joins CenturyLink as Country HR Director. Prior to this, she was working as Director & HR head for Accenture Digital, Consulting and Corporate Functions in India. CenturyLink, Inc. is a global technology company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana that offers communications, network services, security, cloud solutions, voice, and managed services. The company is a […]
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) has denied revision of wages to its around 1,900 permanent workers at the Manesar plant until next year, citing the slowdown in vehicle demand and falling revenues as the primary reason, two people aware of the development said. The last wage revision happened in August 2015, under which the […]
The labour ministry plans to launch a new portal ‘Santusht’ in Jan 2020 for the speedy redressal of worker as well as employer grievances and ensuring effective implementation of labour laws at the grassroots level. Initially, Santusht (Hindi for satisfied) would monitor all services provided by retirement fund body EPFO and health insurance and services […]
The labour ministry will enforce the retirement fund body EPFO’s decision to restore pension commutation, or advance part-withdrawal, under the Employees’ Pension Scheme from January 1, 2020, a move which will benefit 6.3 lakh pensioners, PTI reports. These 6.3 lakh pensioners had opted for commutation of their pension and got a lump sum amount at […]
According to a 2015 report by the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and Biz Divas, a diversity and inclusion consulting firm, as many as 98% of companies surveyed said that they have not taken any concrete steps to make their workplace lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)-friendly—or hire people from the community. The report called “Inclusion in India Inc.” surveyed 21 companies—15 multinationals […]
According to media reports, Online classifieds platform Quikr has laid off around 1,500-2,000 people from various verticals in the last one and a half months. It reportedly laid off 1,200 employees in Bengaluru and 138 in Pune. The layoffs are an outcome of an alleged scam where employees faked business transactions to earn crores in […]
Country’s two largest private sector banks Kotak Mahindra and Axis said they will hire a total of about 5,000 fresh graduates, with a greater emphasis on tech talent. Design skills, earlier not a focus area for banks, are now in demand too. Kotak Mahindra Bank said it would hire around 2,600 fresh graduates this year. […]
Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd (M&M) announced a fresh reshuffle of its leadership team as the utility vehicle and tractor maker complies with the new rules of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and as senior managers attain superannuation. Group Corporate Office (GCO): S. Durgashankar will have an enhanced role as Group Controller of Finance […]
Manish Kumar joins Ziqitza Healthcare Limited as Chief Human Resource Officer. Ziqitza Health Care Limited (ZHL) is one of the largest Ambulance service providers in Asia and has been a pioneer in the Emergency Medical Response Services and Patient Transport Services in India since 2005. ZHL was set up by a group of young professionals […]