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Updated on: May 2021
Yamaha Motor halts production at two plants due to COVID-
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Yamaha Motor halts production at two plants due to COVID-

May 11, 2021

Knock, Knock! Future of Work, At Your Doorstep!

Knock, Knock! Future of Work, At Your Doorstep! Anshuman is a project manager and he leads a fairly ...

Culture & Behaviour
Nov 2, 2020
Knock, Knock! Future of Work, At Your Doorstep!

EPFO Spike in inward remittance, indicate recovery, Report

Spike in internal remittance, new EPFO registrations indicate recovery Report PTI Indicating a fa...

Jobs
Oct 28, 2020
EPFO Spike in inward remittance, indicate recovery, Report

Govt notifies unemployment benefit to esic subscribers

Labour Ministry has notified unemployment benefit to ESIC subscribers The Labour Ministry has no...

Labour Law
Sep 13, 2020
Govt notifies unemployment benefit to esic subscribers
Unlock 4.0 guidelines: Metro rail will start from September 7
Coronavirus

Unlock 4.0 guidelines: Metro rail will start from September 7

The Government of India has released the New guidelines of Unlock 4.0 on Saturday, 29 August. The MHA order allows certain phased re-opening of activities in the fourth round of unlocking, it has continued to extend lockdown in containment zones till September 30. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs says that the new guidelines are based on feedback […]

Aug 30, 2020
Unlock 3 Guidelines: No night curfew from 1 August 2020
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Unlock 3 Guidelines: No night curfew from 1 August 2020

Unlock 3 guidelines declared, yoga institutes and gymnasiums to open from 5 August 2020 The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued fresh guidelines for UNLOCK-3, to relax the lockdown restrictions in areas outside containment zones amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. Effective from 1 August 2020. MHA announces #Unlock3 guidelines ✅Yoga institutes & gymnasiums to open from August […]

Jul 30, 2020
EPFO: 3.18 lakh new subscribers registered in May 2020
Labour Law

EPFO: 3.18 lakh new subscribers registered in May 2020

EPFO enrolment rates increase; 3.18 lakh net new subscribers registered in May 2020 against about 1 lakh in April The provisional payroll data published by EPFO on 20th July, 2020 reveals that net new enrolments has started to make headway for most industry classifications in May 2020. The subscriber base has grown by 3.18 lakh new […]

Jul 25, 2020
Tamil Nadu relaxes norms, 10% IT staff can work from office
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Tamil Nadu relaxes norms, 10% IT staff can work from office

Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday relaxed a few norms for the intensified lockdown that is coming into force in Chennai from Friday. The Tamil Nadu Government has also acceded to the demand from the IT industry and allowed up to 10% of its employees to work from the office. This development will benefit large IT […]

Jul 10, 2020
Govt to pay EPF employees and employers share till Aug 20
Labour Law

Govt to pay EPF employees and employers share till Aug 20

Government to pay EPF contributions (entire 24%) of employees and employers till Aug 2020 PTI | The Union Cabinet on 8 July, Wednesday approved a proposal to extend the scheme for the payment of employers and employees’ PF contributions for three months until August 2020. Earlier, in May this year finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had […]

Jul 9, 2020
The role of HR Analytics in New Normal
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The role of HR Analytics in New Normal

The COVID-19 pandemic has turned into a global health crisis of our time impacting severely our day to day life. With the industry growth rates projected to be the lowest in many years/decades, Business Continuity from a workforce management perspective will take precedence and HR teams will be required to track, measure, and pre-empt what can […]

Jul 1, 2020
India’s employment rate improved by 3.3%: CMIE
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India’s employment rate improved by 3.3%: CMIE

India’s employment rate improved by 3.3%, week ended June 14: CMIE India’s employment rate improved considerably by 3.3% for the week ended June 14 at 35.7% in comparison with 32.4% for the week earlier than that. The improvement comes as offices, shops, and self-employment avenues reopened after the government lifted nearly all lockdown curbs after […]

Jun 17, 2020
WFH strengthening the family bond in IT couples: Survey
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WFH strengthening the family bond in IT couples: Survey

The survey conducted by Telangana Information Technology Association (TITA) revealed that Work from home in the IT sector due to ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is strengthening the family bonding as the techies are spending more time with the family. The survey, which had a sample size of 500 people (43 percent were women) across 150 projects […]

Jun 16, 2020
India to lose 130 million jobs amid lockdown: Report
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India to lose 130 million jobs amid lockdown: Report

According to a report by Genius Consultants, India is set to lose around 130 million jobs in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis. In which 40 percent would be from the blue-collar domain. Major job losses, according to the report will be in sectors like aviation, automobile, travel and tourism, food, entertainment, and to […]

Jun 15, 2020