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COVID-19: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

Latest COVID-19 HR Trends, workforce insights, and expert analysis. Stay updated with the latest news on COVID-19.

Updated on: May 2025
Supreme Court Issues Notice to Centre on Extended Internships
Labour Law

Supreme Court Issues Notice to Centre on Extended Internships

May 15, 2025

How can a rebalance of power help re-energize your workforce?

Organizations are no longer purely driven by the lingering consequences of the COVID- pandemic. Em...

Survey & Report
Sep 16, 2023
How can a rebalance of power help re-energize your workforce?

People who delay goals during pandemic may prevent anxiety, depression Study

The pandemic has changed the work culture for employees and companies as well. The Researchers had c...

Industry
Oct 3, 2022
People who delay goals during pandemic may prevent anxiety, depression Study

employees in India may resign in next months Michael Page

The Great Resignation which is already been happening in India for the last two years is most likely...

Survey & Report
Jun 9, 2022
employees in India may resign in next months Michael Page
EPFO added 13.95 lakh net subscribers in November 2021
EPFO

EPFO added 13.95 lakh net subscribers in November 2021

The provisional payroll data of EPFO released on 20th January 2022 highlights that EPFO has added 13.95 lakh net subscribers during the month of November 2021, showing an increase of around 2.85 lakh net additions over the previous month of October 2021 with a growth rate of 25.65%. A year-on-year comparison of payroll data also shows […]

Jan 21, 2022
Lucknow: 33 Medanta hospital employees test positive for COVID-19
Coronavirus

Lucknow: 33 Medanta hospital employees test positive for COVID-19

As many as 33 medical staff, including doctors, at Medanta hospital in Lucknow, have tested positive for COVID-19, the hospital said on Tuesday. Of the 33 new patients, 32 are hospital staff and one is a doctor, working at the emergency ward. All the patients are asymptomatic. Recently, the hospital had collected 800 COVID-19 RT-PCR […]

Jan 5, 2022
Amazon lifts mask mandate for fully vaccinated warehouse workers
Industry

Amazon lifts mask mandate for fully vaccinated warehouse workers

Amazon.com Inc will not require fully vaccinated US warehouse employees to wear masks at work from Tuesday unless mandated by state or local law, a source familiar with the matter said. The e-commerce giant had in August ordered all U.S. employees to wear a mask at work regardless of their vaccination status due to the […]

Nov 2, 2021
EPFO adds 12.83 lakh net subscribers in the month of June 2021
EPFO

EPFO adds 12.83 lakh net subscribers in the month of June 2021

EPFO (Employees’ Provident Funds Organization) has a growing trend and added 12.83 lakh net subscribers during the month of June 2021. With respect to payroll data, the impact of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic waned during June 2021, leading to tremendous growth in net payroll additions as compared to April and May 2021. Month-on-month analysis […]

Aug 23, 2021
Tata Motors lost 91 people from its ecosystem due to Covid-19
Industry

Tata Motors lost 91 people from its ecosystem due to Covid-19

Tata Motors lost 91 people from its ecosystem due to COVID-19 and it “will do everything” it can to support their families, company Chairman N Chandrasekaran said on Friday. Even after enduring “the fiscal year 2021” which has been “amongst the most challenging to date”, the company is on track to become a zero-debt company by the financial […]

Aug 2, 2021
IT industry revenues will see double-digit growth in FY22: Azim Premji
Industry

IT industry revenues will see double-digit growth in FY22: Azim Premji

Wipro founder-chairman Azim Premji believes the Indian IT industry revenues will grow in double digits in the current financial year. Throughout the pandemic, which saw lockdown measures to curtail the spread of the virus, the information technology industry has kept the world running and has also adapted to the changes, Premji said, speaking at an event of the Bombay Chartered Accountants’ […]

Jul 7, 2021
L&T to offer quarantine facilities to about 2.5 lakh contract workers, 45K employees
Coronavirus

L&T to offer quarantine facilities to about 2.5 lakh contract workers, 45K employees

L&T to offer quarantine facilities to about 2.5 lakh contract workers, 45K employees As the country battles the deadly second surge of COVID-19, engineering and construction conglomerate Larsen and Toubro says it has come up with quarantine centres for its about 2.5 lakh contract labourers and about 45,000 employees. Quarantine facilities have been made available from […]

May 31, 2021
Renault Nissan’s south India plant staff to stay away on Monday
Coronavirus

Renault Nissan’s south India plant staff to stay away on Monday

Renault Nissan’s south India plant staff to stay away on Monday Workers at the Renault Nissan plant in southern India will not report for work on Monday over coronavirus-related safety concerns, according to a union letter to the company seen by Reuters, and two sources familiar with the matter. Ford and Hyundai have also shut plants in […]

May 31, 2021
Mindtree Foundation launches ‘OxyBus’ to help COVID +Ve patients
Coronavirus

Mindtree Foundation launches ‘OxyBus’ to help COVID +Ve patients

Mindtree Foundation launches ‘OxyBus’ to provide healthcare support to Covid positive patients While the country continues to grapples with an exponential surge in COVID-19 infections, reports suggest that the concentration of the infection has moved to rural areas, which are underprepared & overwhelmed with the situation. In the recent past, numerous cases have been reported […]

May 29, 2021