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Updated on: Jul 2024

Industry

HCLTech Opens Global Delivery Center in Patna, Boosts Employment

Jul 3, 2024

Project ODISERV to prepare graduates for opportunities in financial sector

The Union Minister of Education and Skill Development amp Entrepreneurship, Dharmendra Pradhan has...

Industry

Mar 4, 2024

Project ODISERV to prepare graduates for opportunities in financial sector

BJP MLA says Infosys provided trees instead of job opportunities

Karnataka BJP MLA Arvind Bellad criticized Infosys for not creating job opportunities on the acre...

Industry

Feb 14, 2024

BJP MLA says Infosys provided trees instead of job opportunities

Meesho launches Tech Platform VALMO creates over , jobs

An online shopping platform, Meesho has announced the launch of VALMO VALue MOvement. VALMO will...

Industry

Feb 8, 2024

Meesho launches Tech Platform VALMO creates over , jobs

Industry

Gujarat tops in providing employment to youth

The Gujarat state has topped in providing employment to the youth. Quoting data from the Employment Exchange Statistics, 2023, the state government on Thursday said that is the first among all states in terms of providing employment to youth through the employment exchange. The release stated that for 2022, the state provided 43 percent of […]

Jul 7, 2023

Employment

IBM with Defence Ministry to provide employment to ex-servicemen

Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) under Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Defence signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IBM to engage ex-servicemen and to facilitate their seamless integration into the civilian workforce. Through this MoU, DGR will collaborate with IBM to tap into the rich talent pool of ex-servicemen for relevant job opportunities that may […]

Jun 28, 2023

Industry

98-year-old Chicago man works full-time, 7 days a week

Working after the age of retirement is always difficult but a 98-year-old Chicago man is still working 7 days a week. It has also reiterated people’s belief in the old saying – Age is merely a number! Joe Grier was born in Atlanta in 1925. He served in the armed forces in the 1940s. He turned […]

May 24, 2023

Layoffs

Intel sets out unpaid leaves for 3 months to employees, starts layoff

Intel offering 3 months of unpaid leave to employees as a result of cost-cutting measures. The chipmaker company is also laying off its employees to curb losses. Factory and manufacturing workers globally are being given time off options as a step to retain their talent base. In the aftermath of macroeconomic conditions, this aggressive […]

Dec 10, 2022

Industry

Over 9 million jobs to be added by 2025 by GIG workforce: India

Home delivery, vehicle repair, and cab driving are some of the most demanded GIG workforces by employers. Above 9 million workforces to be added by 2025 as GIG workers who are mainly online platform workers, and on-call workers. Employers show high demand for the GIG workforce due to market disruption caused by digitalization and therefore […]

Dec 10, 2022

Industry

Right to request for flexible working from day 1 of job in UK

The UK government announced a highly pivotal policy wherein employees can request for flexible working from the first day of their employment. This rule is intended to provide employees with flexible working, job sharing, and effective work-life balance. Employers need to implement this policy in their employment. In case they cannot accommodate this request made […]

Dec 10, 2022

Labour Law

ESIC Online Maternity Benefit Claim Portal launched by Union Minister

Shri Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister of Labour & Employment and Environment, Forest & Climate Change launched the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation’s (ESIC) online maternity benefit claim facility during the commemoration of 102nd birth anniversary of Sh. Dattopant Thengadi at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Speaking on this occasion, Shri Bhupender Yadav lauded the efforts of ESIC for […]

Nov 14, 2022

Industry

Ecom Express opens a grocery fulfilment center in Coimbatore; creating 500 jobs

A leading end-to-end technology-enabled logistics solutions provider, Ecom Express Limited has announced the expansion with a new fulfillment center in Palladam near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Earlier, Ecom Express also announced the launch of its first all-women Delivery Center in the northeast situated in Imphal, Manipur. The company said, “The pursuit of women’s economic independence is going to […]

Nov 14, 2022

Industry

Employee accused of taking the car on 220km joyride

According to TOI, In a recent case, an employee Amit Badgurjar (accused) who was posted as an office boy in the dealership escaped along with a brand-new demo car on Sunday night around 10 pm. This incident took place at the Chunabhatti-based car showroom. The case was logged by another employee Janoriya an HR Manager […]

Oct 28, 2022

Industry

Ola Bhavish Aggarwal ripped up presentation punishes employees

As per Bloomberg reports, India’s largest mobility platform and one of the world’s largest ride-hailing companies, Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal has found himself in the middle of criticism. According to reports, Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal tore up presentations just because of the missing page numbers. There are many employees who have revealed his abrasive behavior […]

Oct 20, 2022

Diversity & Inclusion

Women’s representation on Indian Boards has tripled in 10 years

EY released its report on ‘Diversity in the Boardroom: progress and the way forward‘ highlighting its findings on the representation of women on Indian boards and emphasizing the actions organizations must take to increase gender diversity. During 2013- 2022, India made significant and rapid progress in increasing women’s representation on boards from 6% in 2013 to 18% […]

Oct 18, 2022

Industry

NITES calls Infosys gender discrimination ‘toxic culture’

The Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) calls Infosys gender discrimination a toxic culture. Additionally, NITES has also urged IT companies to immediately stop it. The Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate has recently shared a tweet from the official Twitter handle saying, “Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life.” […]

Oct 10, 2022