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Updated on: Nov 2019
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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IndusInd Bank has finalized the name to take over from CEO Romesh Sobti
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IndusInd Bank has finalized the name to take over from CEO Romesh Sobti

IndusInd Bank on October 31 announced that its board has finalized the name of the next Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Current MD & CEO Romesh Sobti, who joined the bank in February 2008, will retire in March 2020, when he turns 70. The bank has submitted an application to the Reserve Bank of India […]

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Three Indian-origin CEOs in Harvard Business Review’s top 10 best-performing heads
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Three Indian-origin CEOs in Harvard Business Review’s top 10 best-performing heads

Three Indian-origin CEOs, Shantanu Narayen, Ajay Banga and Satya Nadella are among the world’s top 10 best-performing chief executives, featured in a list complied by the Harvard Business Review (HBR). ‘The Best-Performing CEOs in the World, 2019’ list by the HBR features 100 CEOs and has been topped by American technology company NVIDIA’s CEO Jensen […]

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Cognizant to lay off 7,000 employees
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Cognizant to lay off 7,000 employees

IT Major Cognizant plans to lay off at least 7,000 mid-senior level employees over the next few quarters. The company has also announced it would exit the content moderation business for clients such as Facebook and Google – a move that will affect another 6,000 jobs. The decision comes after a few investigations raised questions […]

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Tata AIG Appoints Jitesh Bawa as Senior Vice President- Human Resources
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Tata AIG Appoints Jitesh Bawa as Senior Vice President- Human Resources

Tata AIG General Insurance Company Limited appoints Jitesh Bawa as Senior Vice President- Human Resources. Prior to joining Tata AIG Jitesh has been working with Edelweiss General Insurance Company Limited as Chief Human Resource Officer for the last two and a half years. Tata AIG General Insurance Company Limited is a joint venture between the […]

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