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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 2020
Cognizant has deferred joining dates of all campus offers
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Cognizant has deferred joining dates of all campus offers

May 13, 2020

Pune Labour Office has issued notice to Tech Mahindra

Tech Mahindra gets labour department notice over alleged complaints of salary cuts Punes Labo...

Industrial Relations
May 11, 2020
Pune Labour Office has issued notice to Tech Mahindra

New Leadership Capabilities to Anchor Volatile Moments

We live in the age of the Black-Swans. All organizations are vulnerable to events that are n...

Coronavirus
May 11, 2020
New Leadership Capabilities to Anchor Volatile Moments

Facebook and Google extend work from home till end

Two of the biggest tech companies Facebook and Google have said they will let employees continue wor...

Coronavirus
May 9, 2020
Facebook and Google extend work from home till end
HCL Tech to hire 15,000 freshers, lateral hiring on hold
Coronavirus

HCL Tech to hire 15,000 freshers, lateral hiring on hold

HCL Tech to hire 15000 freshers, but lateral hiring on hold amid COVID-19 in 2020 On 07 May 2020, C Vijayakumar, Chief Executive Officer, HCL Technologies said the company is expected to get 15,000 freshers onboard in 2020 but it will be placing lateral hiring on hold. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many customers have […]

May 8, 2020
Trust and Collaboration Like Never Before
Culture & Behaviour

Trust and Collaboration Like Never Before

The world has become virtual in the last few weeks like never before… and this may be the beginning of a new normal, a new way of life that will keep knocking at our doorsteps again and again. Amongst all the noise of the business world, even last quarter we were shouting Digital is the […]

May 8, 2020
Uber to layoff 3,700 employees, CEO foregoing his salary
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Uber to layoff 3,700 employees, CEO foregoing his salary

Uber said Wednesday, that it is laying off 3,700 employees, or about 14% of its staff, as the ride-hail giant reels from the pandemic and an ongoing battle over worker protections. And CEO Dara Khosrowshahi will also forgo his base salary for the rest of the year, which was $1 million in 2019. The company said […]

May 7, 2020
Managing Talent and Culture in Challenging Times
Culture & Behaviour

Managing Talent and Culture in Challenging Times

There are two wars being fought right now. We have essential service teams, health workers fighting against the COVID-19, and the chaos it has created across the world. On the other hand, we have the business leaders fighting to sustain their business. “The last few months have kept most CXOs and talent leaders thinking. Thinking of […]

May 7, 2020
Hero MotoCorp to start production in 03 facilities from tmw
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Hero MotoCorp to start production in 03 facilities from tmw

India’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer Hero MotoCorp said that it will start operations in a graded manner at three of its manufacturing plants —Gurugram and Dharuhera- Haryana, and Haridwar-Uttarakhand, and additionally the Global Parts Center (GPC) at Neemrana in Rajasthan. These manufacturing plants reopened on Monday and production at these facilities will commence from Wednesday. The […]

May 5, 2020
GoAir defers and part-pay salaries to a majority of its staff
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GoAir defers and part-pay salaries to a majority of its staff

GoAir on Monday said it will defer and part-pay salaries to a majority of its staff because of revenue constraints due to the lockdown imposed to contain COVID-19 pandemic. In a joint letter, GoAir Chairman Nusli Wadia and MD Jeh Wadia wrote to employees informing that there is “no inflow of cash” due to suspended […]

May 5, 2020
Tech Mahindra deferred incentives & wage hikes, No layoffs
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Tech Mahindra deferred incentives & wage hikes, No layoffs

Tech Mahindra puts wage hikes and incentives on hold, but says no layoffs. Tech Mahindra is putting on hold incentives and wage hikes until there is more clarity on business as the coronavirus outbreak has disrupted operations worldwide. However, its junior associates will get their remuneration packages in full. Besides, undisclosed salary cuts also have been […]

May 4, 2020
Bajaj Auto reverses pay cut decision
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Bajaj Auto reverses pay cut decision

Bajaj Auto on Sunday said in an internal letter to its employees that it will not implement its proposed decision to observe a pay-cut across the organization for April and assured them of complete payment for the lockdown period. Earlier Bajaj Auto had proposed a 10% pay cut for staff after all business activities were […]

May 4, 2020
Capgemini India continues to hire even in COVID-19 crisis
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Capgemini India continues to hire even in COVID-19 crisis

At a time of crisis when most of the companies have hit a pause on hiring, IT major Capgemini will continue to hire as per plans and digitally onboard new employees in India despite the challenges arising due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Already in last weeks, Capgemini made it clear that the company will honour […]

Apr 27, 2020
No pay cut in April for employees, says IndiGo
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No pay cut in April for employees, says IndiGo

After the Government’s interference, IndiGo reverses plan to cut salaries of employees, drops March decision On April 23, in an e-mail, Ronojoy Dutta, CEO IndiGo said employees “In deference to our Government’s wishes of not reducing pay during the lockdown, we have decided not to implement the previously announced pay cuts during the month of […]

Apr 24, 2020
How to Manage Remote Workforce Effectively
Blogosphere

How to Manage Remote Workforce Effectively

With the whole COVID-19 pandemic, the global economy is topsy turvy. Jobs are at stake, businesses are wading through troubled waters and livelihoods are being affected. With the onset of this current viral outbreak, the global workforce has been shoved into the realm of remote operations. Strict curfews and lockdowns have resulted in employees working from home (WFH), which is placing organisations […]

Apr 24, 2020
COVID-19: Swiggy is cutting about 1,000 jobs
Coronavirus

COVID-19: Swiggy is cutting about 1,000 jobs

Online food delivery app Swiggy to cut about 1,000 jobs, most from its cloud kitchen division, as India’s top food delivery startup scales back some of its businesses in response to the coronavirus pandemic that has drastically affected millions of firms. The COVID-19 outbreak, which has severely hit the travel, hospitality, and aviation sectors the […]

Apr 23, 2020