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Updated on: Nov 2019
Ex- Aon Hewitt CEO Sandeep Chaudhary joins PeopleStrong as President
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Ex- Aon Hewitt CEO Sandeep Chaudhary joins PeopleStrong as President

PeopleStrong, Asia’s leading Enterprise Work and HR Tech brand, has appointed former Aon Hewitt CEO Sandeep Chaudhary as President and member of the board. This appointment comes as a part of PeopleStrong’s continuing effort to invest and drive accelerated growth in India and across Asia. Sandeep joins PeopleStrong after an outstanding 17-year long stint at […]

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GSK Healthcare MD Navneet Saluja to Head residual business post HUL
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GSK Healthcare MD Navneet Saluja to Head residual business post HUL

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare announced Navneet Saluja will head the residual unlisted business of the company after Unilever completes the acquisition of its portfolio of Horlicks and Boost health drinks. The unlisted entity has brands like Sensodyne toothpaste, Crocin analgesic, and Iodex pain balm. The majority of GSK Consumer’s India portfolio, comprising the health drinks, comes […]

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise India Announces New Head- Human Resources
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise India Announces New Head- Human Resources

Ramendrajit Sen, VP & Head-HR, Hewlett Packard Enterprise India is moving to a new global role as Head Learning and Professional Development. And he will be Succeeded by Sailesh Menezes, Senior Director & Head – Human Resources at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, India. “Today, announcing this development, Ramendrajit Sen said, After 7 years of leading the […]

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Honda workers on strike to protest the sacking of 400 contract workers
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Honda workers on strike to protest the sacking of 400 contract workers

PTI report: Almost 2,500 contractual workers at Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India’s (HMSI) Manesar plant on Tuesday observed a tool-down strike against retrenchment of around 400 contract workers. Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Employee Union leaders alleged that the company has reduced the production of the facility by 50 percent and is in the process […]

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Flipkart’s Chief HR Officer Quits
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Flipkart’s Chief HR Officer Quits

Smriti Krishna Singh, Senior Vice President, and Chief Human Resources Officer at Flipkart has quit after a nearly one-year stint. She took up the position of CHRO at Flipkart in December 2018 and was reporting to Krishnamurthy. Smriti was responsible for overall people and culture charter. Prior to joining Flipkart, she was the Chief Human Resources […]

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Infosys Lays Off 10,000 Middle and Senior Level Executives
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Infosys Lays Off 10,000 Middle and Senior Level Executives

According to Times of India reports, after Cognizant, now Infosys is laying off over 10,000 middle and senior-level executives. The company is letting go of 10% of the workforce, or around 2,200 people, in the JL6 band (job level 6), an internal job code for senior managers. Infosys has 30,092 employees in the JL6, […]

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Ministry of Labour & Employment Launches 3 Apps: UAN Registration, E-Inspection, and DIGI Locker
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Ministry of Labour & Employment Launches 3 Apps: UAN Registration, E-Inspection, and DIGI Locker

Hon’ble Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment launched 3 Apps: UAN REGISTRATION, E-INSPECTION, AND DIGI LOCKE, developed by Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) at its 67th Foundation Day. “Speaking on the occasion Mr. Gangwar said that these Apps will immensely enhance the Ease of Doing Business and promote transparency in the working in […]

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HCL Tech launches a dedicated Google Cloud Business Unit, plans to expand the team to 5,000 people
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HCL Tech launches a dedicated Google Cloud Business Unit, plans to expand the team to 5,000 people

HCL Technologies has announced the launch of HCL’s Google Cloud Business Unit to accelerate enterprise cloud adoption worldwide. This dedicated business group within HCL will be supported by engineering, solutions, and business teams from Google Cloud. The new expansive and strategic partnership between HCL and Google Cloud will help organizations advance their digital transformation agendas powered […]

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Vodafone rolls out 16 weeks fully-paid parental leave
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Vodafone rolls out 16 weeks fully-paid parental leave

Telecom giant Vodafone announced today that all its employees worldwide will be offered 16 weeks of fully-paid parental leave. Any employee whose partner is having a baby adopts a child or becomes a parent through surrogacy will have the flexibility to take up to 16 weeks paid leave at any time during the first 18 […]

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