COVID-19: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Mar 2020

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Covid- India relaxes Income Tax deadlines and penalties

Mar 25, 2020

Covid- No Layoffs, No Salary Cuts- Ministry of Labour

The Narendra Modi government has issued an advisory to both private and public companies to not lay ...

Jobs

Mar 24, 2020

Covid- No Layoffs, No Salary Cuts- Ministry of Labour

Hyundai, Ford, and Bajaj temporarily shut down plants

Amidst Coronavirus outbreak, Indias major automobile companies like Bajaj Auto, Ford Motor, T...

Coronavirus

Mar 24, 2020

Hyundai, Ford, and Bajaj temporarily shut down plants

Mistakes to Avoid While Working From Home

In the current situation, many companies are offering Work From Home, or WFH. I had an opportunity t...

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Mar 24, 2020

Mistakes to Avoid While Working From Home

Labour Law

COVID-19: EPFO advises Beneficiaries to avail Online Services

In view of Government of India guidelines to contain spreading of COVID-19, Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) advises it members, pensioners and employers to avail various online services offered by EPFO, from the comfort of their homes, and to avoid visiting EPFO offices. Most of the services of EPFO are available online. An employee can […]

Mar 23, 2020

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Covid-19: Vedanta Ltd announces Rs 100-cr fund

Metals and mining giant Vedanta Ltd on Sunday announced setting up of a Rs 100-crore fund to combat the coronavirus outbreak. The fund will be utilised to provide preventive healthcare to daily wage workers, company employees and contract workers in and around various plants of the company, Vedanta said in a statement. “I commit 100 […]

Mar 23, 2020

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Covid-19: Anand Mahindra to contribute his full salary

Anand Mahindra, the Chairman of Mahindra & Mahindra has offered his full salary to deal with Coronavirus. He has also directed his group to immediately begin work on the manufacturing of ventilators at its own factories as Covid-19 appears to be reaching stage 3 of transmission. Anand Mahindra on Sunday tweeted that we will encourage […]

Mar 23, 2020

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Tata Group to fully compensate temporary staff amid COVID-19 outbreak

Tata Group companies will ensure full payment to temporary workers and daily wage earners for March and April even if they are unable to come to work due to quarantine measures or site closures amid the coronavirus outbreak, Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran said on Friday. Terming COVID-19 outbreak a major global crisis, Chandrasekaran said […]

Mar 21, 2020

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ITC action plan amidst coronavirus outbreak

ITC Limited has taken all preventive measures amidst coronavirus outbreak like social distancing, hygiene, work from Home, and restrictions on travel, etc. Allowing employees to work from home. Focus on workplace and personal hygiene. ITC has barred the entry of visitors to its offices. No international travel is permitted. ITC has set up a core […]

Mar 20, 2020

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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

Labour Law

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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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