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Updated on: Aug 2022
EY Executive Program on Board Effectiveness for Women Directors
Industry

EY Executive Program on Board Effectiveness for Women Directors

Aug 30, 2022

PM Modi hails National Labour Conference of Labour Ministers

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has addressed the National Conference of Labour Ministers of ...

Labour Law
Aug 26, 2022
PM Modi hails National Labour Conference of Labour Ministers

Wipro, SG Enable to nourish diverse workforce inclusive culture

Wipro Limited, leading technology services, and the consulting company announced that it signed the ...

Industry
Aug 9, 2022
Wipro, SG Enable to nourish diverse workforce inclusive culture

U.S. employers added , jobs unemployment falls to .

Americas hiring boom continued last month. U.S. employers have added a surprising , jobs desp...

Employment
Aug 8, 2022
U.S. employers added , jobs unemployment falls to .
A company buys lottery tickets for 50000 employees
Industry

A company buys lottery tickets for 50000 employees

A CEO of a US restaurant Todd Graves, founder and CEO of Raising Canes, and co-CEO AJ Kumaran has bought 50,000 Mega Millions lottery tickets. The ticket has been purchased to increase the chances of winning the $830 million (Rs 6,624 crore) prize. The CEO plans to share the win with all his employees. Todd […]

Aug 2, 2022
Zomato has allotted shares to employees at 1 rupee
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Zomato has allotted shares to employees at 1 rupee

Online food delivery platform, Zomato has allotted nearly 4.66 crore shares to its employees from its employee stock option plan (ESOP) pool at the face value of Rs 1. The company said in its note, “We wish to inform you that the nomination and remuneration committee of the board of directors of the company at […]

Jul 28, 2022
Swiggy workers go on strike again now in Delhi
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Swiggy workers go on strike again now in Delhi

According to ET report, India’s leading on-demand delivery platform, Swiggy workers are on strike near an Instamart dark store in Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi. Earlier, Swiggy delivery personnel last week went on strike in Bengaluru and in Mumbai. The delivery workers went on strike across metro cities amid discussions about the industry’s poor compensations and […]

Jul 28, 2022
Learn the most important skill of your life – Job Search Secrets
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Learn the most important skill of your life – Job Search Secrets

The biggest problem our country and society is facing is a large amount of unemployment, many people are without a job. India has over 5 crores of educated unemployed youth. Every year more than 50 lacs educated youth gets added into the list. Educated youths are frustrated, dejected, and lost hope as even professionally qualified […]

Jul 17, 2022
Google Sundar Pichai’s letter, Slow hiring for the rest of the year
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Google Sundar Pichai’s letter, Slow hiring for the rest of the year

Google will slow hiring for the rest of the year. Chief Executive Sundar Pichai has informed about the same to employees. Pichai wrote, “Moving forward, we need to be more entrepreneurial, working with greater urgency, sharper focus, and more hunger than we’ve shown on sunnier days. In some cases, that means consolidating where investments overlap and streamlining […]

Jul 14, 2022
23% of employees are not actively engaged: Leena AI Survey
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23% of employees are not actively engaged: Leena AI Survey

An innovative technology solution platform, Leena AI conducted a survey ‘Employee Engagement & The Hybrid Workplace Report 2022’. The survey revealed that 23 percent of employees in India are not actively engaged in the workplace. India is on the brink of its Great Resignation phase. The organizations can benefit by: Revisiting their employee engagement policies Creating […]

Jul 1, 2022
McDonald’s opens its all-women drive-thru restaurant in Gujarat
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McDonald’s opens its all-women drive-thru restaurant in Gujarat

The world’s leading global food service retailer, McDonald’s India has announced the launch of its first all-women drive-thru restaurant in Ekta Nagar, Gujarat. The restaurant is located in the vicinity of the Statue of Unity. This new restaurant is operated by Westlife Development, McDonald’s India’s franchise partner. Westlife now operates 45 McDonald’s restaurants in Gujarat. […]

Jul 1, 2022
Company accidentally paid employee Rs. 1.4 cr instead of his actual salary
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Company accidentally paid employee Rs. 1.4 cr instead of his actual salary

The company mistakenly paid 286 times an employee his salary last month. The company paid the employee 165,398,851 Chilean pesos (Rs 1.42 crore), instead of 500,000 pesos (Rs 43,000). This incident took place in the human resources area of ​​Consorcio Industrial de Alimentos (Cial). On May 30, one of the company’s workers approached the deputy manager of […]

Jun 29, 2022
MakeMyTrip to expand the all-women team of Holiday Experts
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MakeMyTrip to expand the all-women team of Holiday Experts

Online travel firm, MakeMyTrip has announced that it is aiming to expand its all-women team of ‘Holiday Experts’. Speaking on the occasion, Jasmeet Singh, Business Head, Holidays & Experiences, MakeMyTrip said, “We were amongst the initial set of companies who realized the power of working from home, and started investing in a team of freelancers.” “Our […]

Jun 24, 2022
Crypto exchange company Coinbase to cut nearly 1100 jobs
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Crypto exchange company Coinbase to cut nearly 1100 jobs

Cryptocurrency exchange company Coinbase Global Inc has announced that it will slash nearly 18% of its workforce which is about 1,100 jobs. This move has come as a result of reining costs amid volatile cryptocurrency market conditions. The company earlier informed this month that it would extend its hiring freeze for the future and cancel several […]

Jun 16, 2022
IBM has launched a new Automation Innovation Centre in Kochi
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IBM has launched a new Automation Innovation Centre in Kochi

IBM has announced the launch of a new Automation Innovation Centre which will be housed within the IBM India Software Lab in Kochi, located at Brigade World Trade Centre Info Park, Kakkanad. The new centre, which will be fully operational in Q3 2022, will allow IBM and IBM Ecosystem partners to build automation solutions through their […]

Jun 9, 2022
India’s labour force increased by 8.8 million in April largest monthly rise
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India’s labour force increased by 8.8 million in April largest monthly rise

The labour force in India has increased by 8.8 million from 428.4 million in March 2022 to 437.2 million in April 2022. As per the CMIE, unemployment stood at 7.83% in April compared to 7.57% in March. The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy said, One of the largest monthly increases, with working-age people who were out of […]

May 13, 2022