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Wipro has doubled its campus hiring in FY20 as compared to the FY19, and it will continue this momentum, said Saurabh Govil, Chief Human Resources Officer, Wipro. Our localization journey in the US started three years ago. We built a local campus hiring plan in the US, added Saurabh Govil without telling the exact number of […]
According to a Hindustan Times report, A total of 10% of working women face sexual harassment at the workplace; 37.14% of women in India are facing issues related to their health; while 44.8% of women are employed, according to the ‘Status of Women in India report’. Maneesha Kothekar, project director of the report said, “Through […]
Amazon recently fired many employees that were involved in leaking customer email addresses and phone numbers to an unspecified third party. It is the second time, this week the technology giant acknowledged some workers had improperly accessed customer data. “We are writing to let you know that your email address and phone number were disclosed […]
Former President, Global Human Resources of Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited, Prashant Parashar joins CleverTap as Chief Human Resources Officer. His appointment is effective from January 2020. CleverTap is a SaaS-based customer lifecycle management and mobile marketing company headquartered in Mountain View, California. It provides mobile app analytics and user engagement products to more than 8000 companies. Prashant is […]
According to a report in Bloomberg, SoftBank-backed Oyo Hotels is in the process of handing out pink slips to thousands of employees in India and China. The company has let go of 5 percent of its 12,000 employees in China due to non-performance. This amounts to around 600 employees in the Chinese unit. Meanwhile, in India, Oyo is […]
Walmart India is in the process of sacking around a third of its top executives based at local headquarters in Gurgaon. According to a report in The Economic Times, the company has announced the layoffs of more than 100 senior executives including vice presidents across sourcing, agri-business and the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) divisions. And […]
ITC Infotech presents ‘Prarambh’, a unique initiative that rapidly bridges the gap between educational institutions and the technology industry in India. It is a holistic platform where students can connect and learn from the best minds in the industry and get feedback. Suchismita Burman, Chief Human Resources Officer, ITC Infotech said, “At ITC Infotech our […]
The inclusion of “gig workers” in new labour laws, offering millions of informal workers of companies like Uber, Ola, Zomato, Swiggy, Dunzo, etc benefits such as health insurance and other schemes, is set to be okayed by Parliament’s standing committee on labour which concluded its discussions on 9th Jan 2020, Thursday. In its brief to the committee, headed […]
Over 10 trade unions and more than 200 million workers from all sectors, including banking, coal, oil, defence, public sector enterprises, and transport, will join the general strike to protest against the Centre’s “anti-people” policies. The unions had in September last year adopted a declaration to go on a nationwide strike, seeking reversal of many […]
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) may reduce the interest rate to its subscribers by 15-25 basis points, leading to lower returns for the financial year ending March 31, 2020. This comes in the wake of EPFO offering its subscribers an interest of 8.65% in 2018-19 fiscal after taking seven months to convince the finance ministry of […]
PayPal India has announced a new Adoption Assistance Program where it is offering financial support of up to Rs 1 lakh per adoption for adoptive parents. This financial support will cover reimbursement of adoption expenses such as CARA registration, child placement, foster care and establishment of legal guardianship. The new program is effective from December […]
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 […]
