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: Apr 2020

Economic Slowdown

Keep Employee Morale High Amidst the Downturn

Apr 21, 2020

PM Modi Life in the era of COVID-

It has been a topsy-turvy start to the third decade of this century. COVID- has brought with it ma...

Blogosphere

Apr 19, 2020

LD List of what will remain open across India from April

The Government has released a list of the services that will remain functional across the country fr...

Coronavirus

Apr 19, 2020

LD List of what will remain open across India from April

LD Guidelines for workplaces that open up from th April

The Centre has issued a fresh set of guidelines for the Lockdown ,, which list a number of relaxat...

Coronavirus

Apr 18, 2020

LD Guidelines for workplaces that open up from th April

Coronavirus

COVID-19: Wipro defers hiring, promotions, and increments

IT giant Wipro has deferred annual increments and scheduled promotions for the month of June for most of its employees and postponed campus hiring amid the coronavirus pandemic. Abidali Neemuchwala, CEO, Wipro said, “There has to be a trade-off, which will be in hiring, salary increases, and sub-contracting costs.” Saurabh Govil President and CHRO, Wipro said […]

Apr 17, 2020

Coronavirus

Accenture-built platform connects firms with laid-off people

Accenture and Verizon launches People + Work, B2B platform to match laid-off workers with open positions As unemployment surpasses record highs due to COVID-19, a group of leading companies from multiple industries has formed People + Work Connect, an employer-to-employer initiative that brings together companies laying off or furloughing people with those companies in urgent […]

Apr 16, 2020

Coronavirus

Vistara again announces compulsory leave without pay for senior employees

Vistara CEO Leslie Thng on Wednesday announced that senior employees will be going on compulsory leave without pay for up to three days between April 15 and April 30 as a measure to further conserve the airline’s cash flow amid the lockdown to combat the coronavirus threat. On March 27, the airline had also introduced […]

Apr 16, 2020

Jobs

Here’re companies hiring right now in India

According to a recent survey by Naukri JobSpeak, the job market across cities registered a drop in hiring activity, the index revealed that the decline was led by metros wherein- Delhi declined by 26 percent Mumbai declined by 25 percent Chennai declined by 24 percent Hyderabad declined by 18 percent The Naukri JobSpeak is a […]

Apr 15, 2020

Jobs

TCS, Cognizant, HUL to honour job offers made to campus hires

Amidst the Coronavirus Pandemic, a lot of companies are doling out pink slips to employees or cutting salaries, there are a select few that are keeping their promises to new campus hires even in difficult times. According to a Times of India report, The big companies as TCS, Google, Wipro, Capgemini, Hindustan Unilever (HUL), Godrej, Pepsi-Co, Biocon, […]

Apr 14, 2020

Jobs

Grofers is looking at hiring 5,000 employees

Online grocery platform Grofers is looking at hiring 5,000 employees to ramp up its capacity to meet the spike in orders amid the nationwide lockdown. The company has also partnered with resident welfare associations (RWAs) of over 100 societies across metros to make essentials available to a larger number of people amid the 21-day lockdown […]

Apr 14, 2020

Coronavirus

Twitter: HR Veterans on COVID-19 Pandemic

Coronavirus global pandemic has affected every workplace, in one way or another. The employers have closed their doors temporarily due to lockdown and asked their employees to work from home, Companies have given extra paid or special paid leave or unpaid leave to employees with health concerns. While the worst of the coronavirus outbreak will […]

Apr 14, 2020

Coronavirus

Lockdown: Anxiety Levels Up Among Employees As Appraisals Get Delayed, Job Loss Fears Rise

A lot many are fearing loss of job, some have already seen pay cuts and appraisals are getting delayed almost for everyone — The Covid-19 crisis and the ongoing lockdown has left employees feeling anxious and worried about their future, prompting many corporates to look for ways to keep the staff motivated. Some are roping […]

Apr 13, 2020

Labour Law

Govt notifies EPF scheme under PM Gareeb Kalyan Yojna

The labour ministry on 10th April, Friday notified the special scheme wherein the government will contribute 24% of the employee and employer provident fund share per month for three months to PF accounts of employees earning less than Rs 15,000 to tide over the impact of Covid-19 on small establishments. “EPFO puts in place Online […]

Apr 13, 2020

Jobs

Google bans employees from using Zoom

Google is issuing a ban on the use of the Zoom teleconferencing platform for employees citing security concerns. “Google emailed employees last week about the ban, telling workers who had the Zoom app installed on their Google-provided machines that the software would soon no longer function.” According to Google spokesperson, Zoom‘s desktop client doesn’t meet […]

Apr 10, 2020

Jobs

COVID-19: Govt to release Income Tax refunds immediately

Today, the Income Tax Department, on its official Twitter handle, announced that Government of India to give income tax refunds up to Rs 5 lakh immediately due to coronavirus impact. According to the announcement “In context of COVID-19 situation & to grant immediate relief to taxpayers, GOI has decided to issue all pending income-tax refunds […]

Apr 8, 2020

Jobs

TCS offers a free, 15-day digital certification programme

TCS iON, a strategic unit of Tata Consultancy Services, announced on Monday a free, 15-day self-paced digital certification program called Career Edge, specially designed for college students/working professionals to enhance their career skills by helping them effectively utilize the time at hand during this period of lockdown. Since all the colleges and workplaces are closed […]

Apr 6, 2020