Coronavirus: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Mar 2020

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Whats the Coronavirus impacts on Appraisals?

Mar 20, 2020

ITC action plan amidst coronavirus outbreak

ITC Limited has taken all preventive measures amidst coronavirus outbreak like social distancing, hy...

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Mar 20, 2020

HCL Tech, Noida employee tests positive

An employee of HCLnbspTechnologies, Noida has tested positive for Coronavirus, the company confirm...

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Mar 19, 2020

GoAir terminates expat pilots citing coronavirus impact

GoAir has terminated contracts of expat pilots amid curtailed operations due to the coronavirus pand...

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Mar 19, 2020

GoAir terminates expat pilots citing coronavirus impact

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Infosys sends back 8000 trainees to home due to Covid-19

Global IT services giant Infosys Limited has asked about 8,000 trainees living at its Mysuru campus to go home amid the novel coronavirus outbreak in India. Infosys has taken assistance from the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) for transporting trainee employees. According to the company statement “Infosys has advised trainees residing at its Global Education Center […]

Mar 19, 2020

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Tata Steel action plan to stave off the COVID-19 spread

Tata Steel has withdrawn biometric attendance and has asked expecting mothers to work from home Twice-a-day sanitation of staff vehicles Disabling biometric attendance Asking expecting mothers to work from home or take “Special Leave” Setting up a COVID-19 medical task force These above are a few measures that India’s oldest steelmaker Tata Steel has taken to limit the […]

Mar 18, 2020

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Khattar appeals to Gurgaon companies ‘Work From Home’

Haryana government has advised all companies operating in Gurugram to ask employees to work from home in the wake of the spreading Coronavirus till the end of March with immediate effect. Gurugram is home to a sizable number of offices of large IT-BPO along with foreign technology bigwigs including the likes of Infosys, Genpact, Google, […]

Mar 18, 2020

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Covid-19: Govt gives more time to deposit ESI contribution

New Delhi: According to a notification (attached), Government has provided more time to submit their monthly ESIC contribution. The government has given employees and employers more time to submit their monthly insurance contribution by relaxing provisions of the Employees’ State Insurance Act in view of the Covid-19 outbreak. According to the notification, ESIC has given […]

Mar 17, 2020

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Coronavirus in India: WHO’s guidelines for the workplace

As Coronavirus spreads to more than 80 countries, employers need to prepare for the fallout of the disease outbreak. The status of Coronavirus in India and the world has employers worried. The World Health Organisation has issued some guidelines for workplaces which employers need to put in place right now. Simple ways to prevent the […]

Mar 16, 2020

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HUL directs office staff to work from home from Tuesday

The global consumer products company Hindustan Unilever Limited has directed its 4,000 office-based employees in India to work from home, starting Tuesday, 17th March, amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus. “All office-based employees globally should work from home,” Alan Jope, CEO, Unilever said. The information was uploaded on Unilever’s global website as the company, […]

Mar 14, 2020

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Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic, India suspends visas

The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic, India suspends Visas till 15th April 20 The coronavirus sweeping across the world is a pandemic, the World Health Organization declared yesterday, March 11. There are now over 118,000 cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, in 114 countries around the world. “We […]

Mar 12, 2020

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Delhi Govt suspends biometric attendance in offices

On Thursday, 5th March, The Delhi govt has advised offices to suspend biometric attendance in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. “A letter has been written to principal secretaries, secretaries, autonomous bodies and municipal corporations for the suspension of biometric attendance in view of coronavirus threat,” the official told PTI. Several government institutions and organizations started registering attendance manually. […]

Mar 6, 2020

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Tech Mahindra bans travel amidst the Coronavirus Outbreak

Tech Mahindra, an Indian multinational subsidiary of the Mahindra Group, providing information technology services and business process outsourcing to companies in various vertical and horizontal markets, bans all Domestic & International Travel with immediate effect amidst the Coronavirus Outbreak. Talking to SightsIn Plus, Harshvendra Soin, Chief People Officer, Tech Mahindra, said, “At Tech Mahindra, we […]

Mar 6, 2020

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TCS, Microsoft, and Wipro restrict travel due to Coronavirus

As the Coronavirus outbreak reaches Indian shores with at least 29 confirmed cases in the country, its effects have begun to be felt in many quarters. Companies and industries around the world are now contemplating their next move to contain the virus, safeguard employees and sustain the business. An Intel employee in Bangalore has potentially […]

Mar 5, 2020

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Paytm shuts its offices in Gurugram and Noida for two days

Paytm confirms one employee in Gurugram has tested positive for novel coronavirus, thus company shuts offices for two days and advised all its employees to work from home for the next couple of days while the Gurgaon unit gets sanitised. According to the spokesperson, the employee had recently returned from a vacation in Italy, one […]

Mar 5, 2020

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Google and Amazon curbs employees’ travel because of coronavirus fears

A Google employee in Switzerland has a confirmed case of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on Saturday. According to a report in the NPR, the Google employee was in its Zurich office “for a limited time” before showing COVID-19 symptoms. “We can confirm that one employee from our Zurich office has been diagnosed with the coronavirus. They […]

Mar 2, 2020