Lockdown: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: May 2020

Coronavirus

Zomato to lay off of the workforce

May 16, 2020

Tata Motors resumes operations at two plants, Pantnagar and Sanand

Tata Motors on Wednesday said it has commenced operations at its Pantnagar Uttarakhand and Sanand ...

Coronavirus

May 15, 2020

Tata Motors resumes operations at two plants, Pantnagar and Sanand

Govt extends deadline for filing ITR for FY

In the announcement of the economic relief package, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that th...

Coronavirus

May 14, 2020

Govt extends deadline for filing ITR for FY

EPF contribution reduced to for the next months

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced details for the total Rs lakh crore stimulus ...

Labour Law

May 14, 2020

EPF contribution reduced to for the next months

Coronavirus

Cognizant has deferred joining dates of all campus offers

According to a Mint report, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp has deferred joining dates of all campus offers and also planning to freeze most of its lateral hirings except in sales roles. However, the company has said that it will honour all outstanding accepted offers made to students across India to the latter half of the […]

May 13, 2020

Coronavirus

Flipkart, Wipro, and Maruti Suzuki reopen offices cautiously

India Inc is resuming back to its offices. Few companies have already started calling back one-third of their staff – the maximum strength allowed in red zones. A number of others are taking an extra calibrated strategy, 5% or a few staff in places of work to start with. “Flipkart, Panasonic India, Whirlpool, Infosys, Tata […]

May 12, 2020

Industrial Relations

Pune Labour Office has issued notice to Tech Mahindra

Tech Mahindra gets labour department notice over alleged complaints of salary cuts Pune’s Labour Office has issued a notice to Tech Mahindra Ltd. on a complaint that the IT services firm had reduced the salaries of its employees to maintain “profitability” amid the Covid-19 pandemic. A similar notice was issued earlier this month to Wipro […]

May 11, 2020

Coronavirus

Noida authority grants permission to around 850 companies, projects to resume work

The companies operating in Noida are gearing up to resume to their work after due permission was granted by the city authorities. Noida authority has given permission to around 850 eligible companies to operate with around 57,000 staff/ labour. Talking to ANI, Ritu Maheshwari, Chief Executive Officer of Noida Authority said that companies including Samsung, […]

May 10, 2020

Culture & Behaviour

Managing Talent and Culture in Challenging Times

There are two wars being fought right now. We have essential service teams, health workers fighting against the COVID-19, and the chaos it has created across the world. On the other hand, we have the business leaders fighting to sustain their business. “The last few months have kept most CXOs and talent leaders thinking. Thinking of […]

May 7, 2020

Labour Law

Employers can deduct pay for voluntary absence of workers

The Aurangabad bench of the High Court of Bombay said since Maharashtra has partially lifted the lockdown in some industrial areas, workers would be expected to report for duty, but if they voluntarily remain absent, the management would be at liberty to deduct wages. A Single-Judge Bench of Ravindra Ghuge said this while hearing a […]

May 5, 2020

Coronavirus

E-Joining in the Era of Social Distancing

Joining a new organisation, irrespective of whether it is the employee’s first job or not is an occasion that brings about a complex mix of emotions, including, but not limited to excitement, anxiety, hope, and trepidation. Therefore, over the years, the corporate world has realized the importance of executing a word-class onboarding program – a program […]

May 5, 2020

Blogosphere

How to Manage Remote Workforce Effectively

With the whole COVID-19 pandemic, the global economy is topsy turvy. Jobs are at stake, businesses are wading through troubled waters and livelihoods are being affected. With the onset of this current viral outbreak, the global workforce has been shoved into the realm of remote operations. Strict curfews and lockdowns have resulted in employees working from home (WFH), which is placing organisations […]

Apr 24, 2020

Jobs

Capgemini asked to revoke forced leaves

Labour commissioner has issued notice to Capgemini, warning of action if it fails to revise its decision After the complaint by the Maharashtra unit of FITE (a self-proclaimed union for IT employees) and National Information Technology Employees Sena (NITES) on Twitter and a written complaint to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Labour Commissioner, Maharashtra that […]

Apr 20, 2020

Coronavirus

LD2: List of what will remain open across India from April 20

The Government has released a list of the services that will remain functional across the country from April 20. Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has shared the list of what will remain open all over India effective April 20. Here is a list of what will remain open all over India with effect from 20th […]

Apr 19, 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

Coronavirus

Capgemini announces increments for 84,000 employees

Capgemini India announces the single-digit salary hike to 70 percent of its staff or 84000 employees in India, effective April 1, 2020. The company has 1.2 lakh employees in India, of which 70% or 84,000 employees will be benefitted from this decision. The rest of the employees of Capgemini India will get their increments in […]

Apr 15, 2020