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: Jun 2020

Human Resources

Productivity Efficiency has gone-up in WFH settings- CPO, ABD India

Jun 26, 2020

Cognizant started laying off bench employees

Cognizant started laying off bench employees, the number could reach up to , employees Cognizan...

Coronavirus

Jun 25, 2020

Cognizant started laying off bench employees

Whats Next in the HR Space Post COVID-

Many are asking, Whats next? following this unprecedented global pandemic? Some suggest that soc...

Hot Topic

Jun 24, 2020

TCS, Infosys, HCL, and Microsoft on Productivity in WFH

Top IT Companies Observations on Productivity in Work From Home Setting Due to ...

Survey & Report

Jun 22, 2020

TCS, Infosys, HCL, and Microsoft on Productivity in WFH

Coronavirus

BMW to lay off 10,000 contract workers- Report

BMW has confirmed that the German manufacturer is looking at axing at least 10,000 contract workers, in an effort to reduce its capacity due to the coronavirus crisis and help mitigate growing costs. According to Reuters to The Munich-based company said earlier on Friday it had reached an agreement with the works council for a […]

Jun 22, 2020

Industry

IBM to reduce office space by nearly half in India

IBM is planning to reduce its office space in India by half, as the work-from-home model gains popularity after the COVID-19 outbreak. American IT giant IBM is planning to reduce its office space in India by half, as the work-from-home model gains popularity after the COVID-19 outbreak. The company plans to discontinue lease agreements at half of […]

Jun 19, 2020

Coronavirus

33% of Infosys Workforce to Work From Home permanently

33% of Infosys Workforce to Work From Home permanently only 66% to come to the office According to a report published in Trak.in, Richard Lobo, Executive Vice President, Head HR, Infosys said in a media interaction that in the long term, around 80,000 Infosys employees will never come to the office, they want 33% of […]

Jun 19, 2020

Jobs

HSBC to reignite its prior plan for a massive 35,000 job cut

HSBC to reignite its prior plan for a massive 35,000 job cut which it had put on hold after the coronavirus outbreak On 17 June, Wednesday, HSBC, international bank, announced it will reignite its prior plan for a massive 35,000 job cut, which it had put on hold after the coronavirus outbreak. The layoffs were […]

Jun 18, 2020

Transformation

Accelerating Digital Workplace Transformation: New Normal

Emerging technology, rising customer expectations, changing consumer behaviours, shifting business models, COVID 19 pandemic, and other forces are creating remarkable opportunities and challenges in the new era of digital disruption. This technology disruption has created ample opportunities for the world and changed the business operating model by brining everything digital. As said by Sh. Mukesh […]

Jun 18, 2020

Coronavirus

IRDAI: Insurance guidelines for claims under coronavirus

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has issued guidelines for the general insurer and health insurers on the handling of claims reported under coronavirus. Where coverage is granted for the treatment of hospitalization expenses, in order to alleviate the hardships that may be caused to the policyholders, all claims reported under coronavirus shall be handled as […]

Jun 16, 2020

Coronavirus

India to lose 130 million jobs amid lockdown: Report

According to a report by Genius Consultants, India is set to lose around 130 million jobs in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis. In which 40 percent would be from the blue-collar domain. Major job losses, according to the report will be in sectors like aviation, automobile, travel and tourism, food, entertainment, and to […]

Jun 15, 2020

Coronavirus

Consulting firms defer salaries and promotions, Partners take pay cuts

Consulting firms Deloitte, KPMG, PwC, EY defer salaries and promotions, Partners take pay cuts The Indian arms of the four large consulting and auditing firms, PwC India, Deloitte India, KPMG, and EY India have all decided to defer their employee appraisal cycles, which includes deferring promotions and bonuses, because of the COVID pandemic- CNBC reports. […]

Jun 12, 2020

Industry

Capgemini partners Coursera to upskill employees

Capgemini Partners with Coursera to Upskill Employees and Promote a Culture of Lifelong Learning IT services firm, Capgemini has partnered with edtech major, Coursera, to give access to high-quality learning to all its employees across the globe. Currently, Capgemini’s employees in nearly 50 countries will have access to 4,000 courses on Coursera for Business. No one […]

Jun 11, 2020

Culture & Behaviour

Reinvent the way we work to shine amidst the Crisis

“Never let a good crisis go to waste” – Winston Churchill The last few weeks have been surreal. It has been over 8 weeks since the lockdown and I witnessed something historic – almost the entire workforce working out of our best-in-class campuses have seamlessly moved to their own backyard and continued to be purposeful […]

Jun 10, 2020

Coronavirus

Most of TCS, Infosys, Wipro employees continue to WFH

Even after Unlock 1, most of the employees working at TCS, Infosys, Wipro employees continue to work from home- Report Over 95% of employees at the top 3 IT companies continue to work from home TCS, Infosys, Wipro adopt a phased approach towards reopening offices TCS recently said only 25% of its employees will need […]

Jun 9, 2020

Psychology & NPL

Mental Health & Emotions Management in Times of Crisis

For everyone alive right now, COVID -19 pandemic will be the most defining event of our lives. Time will come to be defined as Before COVID and After COVID. This pandemic will change our thought processes and emotions forever. Earlier we used to feel fear of seeing a gunman or a terrorist. Now an innocuous […]

Jun 9, 2020