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Updated on: Dec 2019
Social Security Code Bill introduced in Lok Sabha
Labour Law

Social Security Code Bill introduced in Lok Sabha

Labour minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar, on Wednesday, introduced the Social Security Code Bill, 2019 in Lok Sabha, paving way for universalization of social security for 50 crore workers in the country. Union Cabinet had approved the bill last week. The bill seeks to establish a social security fund and tap the corporate social responsibility fund […]

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India’s Top 15 Emerging Jobs for 2020
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India’s Top 15 Emerging Jobs for 2020

Professional networking platform LinkedIn unveiled the top 15 emerging jobs in India for 2020. According to the report ‘The LinkedIn Emerging Jobs 2020’, Blockchain Developer, Artificial Intelligence Specialist, and JavaScript Developer take the Top 3 spots on the list this year. While tech jobs lead the list, non-tech jobs such as Customer Success Specialist, Digital […]

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Skills platform Degreed acquires Adepto
Merger & Acquisition

Skills platform Degreed acquires Adepto

Degreed, the workforce upskilling platform for one-in-three Fortune 50 companies, has acquired Adepto, a Total Talent platform that provides visibility and access to the skill-sets of current, past, and potential workers. Adepto enables organizations to build private Total Talent networks that intelligently match internal and external workers to project, gig, and job opportunities that fit their […]

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Toyota Kirloskar Motor announces leadership changes
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Toyota Kirloskar Motor announces leadership changes

Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd (TKM) has announced a restructuring of its senior management team. As part of the new organizational hierarchy, which will come into effect from 1 January 2020 Industry veteran N Raja, who has been with TKM for the past seven years, will now play a larger role and assume the role of […]

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Rohit Thakur joins Paytm as Chief Human Resources Officer
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Rohit Thakur joins Paytm as Chief Human Resources Officer

Paytm appoints Rohit Thakur as Chief Human Resources Officer from Accenture. His appointment is effective from December 2019 and he will be based out of Noida. Rohit had joined Accenture two years back in February 2017 as India Head-HR. He has over 26 years of experience in Human Resources and prior to joining Accenture, Rohit […]

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Sanjev Vaid elevated as MD- Human Resources at Royal Bank of Scotland
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Sanjev Vaid elevated as MD- Human Resources at Royal Bank of Scotland

Sanjev Vaid elevated as Managing Director – Human Resources, Head – Reward & Employment, India at Royal Bank of Scotland. He succeeds Anuranjita Kumar who stepped down recently. Mr. Vaid has been working with RBS since 2018 as Head- Rewards, Pensions & Benefits. He is a certified Job Evaluator, Trainer in areas of Process and Quality […]

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TCS announces changes in its health insurance policy
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TCS announces changes in its health insurance policy

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), announces changes in its health insurance policy in order to provide benefits to employees involved in a same-sex relationship. The change in health insurance policy would now benefit all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender or LGBT employees in the company. Mumbai-based TCS becomes the first company of Tata Group to provide […]

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Former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka joins Oracle’s board of directors
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Former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka joins Oracle’s board of directors

Former Infosys CEO Vishay Sikka has been nominated to the board of Oracle Corp. Sikka, who had recently launched Artificial Intelligence startup Vianai Systems, is a world-renowned authority in the field of artificial intelligence and was a top executive at SAP. Announcing Sikka’s nomination to the prestigious board, Oracle CTO Larry Ellison said: “Vishal is […]

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Dilipkumar Khandelwal joins Deutsche Bank as Chief Information Officer
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Dilipkumar Khandelwal joins Deutsche Bank as Chief Information Officer

Former SAP India MD, Dilipkumar Khandelwal joins Deutsche Bank as Chief Information Officer. He will be based in Pune. In his new role, Khandelwal will oversee the development of the bank‘s technology centers globally to create one, consistent strategy while continuing to work with their businesses on developing technology to improve the client experience. As […]

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EPFO monthly contribution to be cut to increase take-home salary
Labour Law

EPFO monthly contribution to be cut to increase take-home salary

Millions of organized sector employees may soon have the option of reducing their provident fund contribution; currently at 12% of basic salary and therefore increase their takehome pay. Labour ministry officials said this provision is part of the Social Security Code Bill, 2019, approved by the cabinet and expected to be tabled in Parliament this […]

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Anuranjita Kumar, Head- HR, Royal Bank of Scotland steps down
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Anuranjita Kumar, Head- HR, Royal Bank of Scotland steps down

Anuranjita Kumar, Managing Director Human Resources, International hubs, at The Royal Bank Of Scotland has announced her exit from the UK bank. Anuranjita joined the RBS in September 2017, and prior to this, she was Managing Director and Chief Human Resources Officer, Citi South Asia. She began her career with Proctor and Gamble India. With […]

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