Moonlighting Policy: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Oct 2022

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Infosys layoffs employees for moonlighting

Oct 14, 2022

HCLTech disapproved moonlighting, continues to add people in Q

A global technology company, HCLTech has said that it does not approve of dual employment, the issue...

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Oct 13, 2022

HCLTech disapproved moonlighting, continues to add people in Q

Do you know How Wipro caught moonlighters?

Indias IT services provider company, Wipronbsphas recently laid off employees who were found ...

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Oct 12, 2022

Do you know How Wipro caught moonlighters?

TCS elucidated its stand on Moonlighting

Yesterday, Indias largest IT services provider, Tata Consultancy Services TCS has announced its s...

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Oct 11, 2022

TCS elucidated its stand on Moonlighting

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Hyderabad IT companies worry about moonlighting, running checks

The Hyderabad IT companies are checking the employees in case of dual employment. However, this is taking a hard issue. The companies are running a dual employment check on employees on EPFO (Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation) website. Some companies have put their legal department on the job to redraft appointment letters. A US-based IT services […]

Sep 29, 2022

Hot Topic

Can Moonlighting Be Allowed?- Global HR Experts’ Perspective

The issue of moonlighting by tech professionals has ignited a fresh debate, polarising opinions and raising thorny questions like; what are the reasons for Moonlighting? Is it a legal issue/ethical issue/HR issue/social issue? Moonlighting refers to employees taking up side gigs to work on more than one job at a time. It can be defined as working […]

Sep 27, 2022

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Moonlighting gets government support

Commenting on the controversial issue of Moonlighting, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT and Skill Development Rajeev Chandrashekhar said, “Companies that try to prevent employees from working on their own startups or consulting for other firms is a doomed-to-fail exercise.” On September 23, while addressing an event of the Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI), the Minister […]

Sep 25, 2022

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Working for 2 firms at same time is against trust, Infosys Ex- CEO

Earlier, India’s second-largest IT services provider, Infosys said that moonlighting is not permitted according to the employees’ code of conduct of the company. Infosys describes this with the taglines ‘No two-timing, no moonlighting’ and ‘No double lives’. Infosys has sent an internal communication email to employees. Moonlighting is a kind of practice when someone is taking up a […]

Sep 22, 2022

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TCS calls moonlighting an ethical issue, Tech Mahindra encourages

Moonlighting is a kind of practice when someone is taking up a second job during or outside the normal business hours of primary employment. However, in India, as per the Labour Law, if you are fully employed, you cannot have your own business or even work elsewhere. Most private organizations also have policies that prohibit moonlighting […]

Sep 17, 2022

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Infosys warns employees: ‘No two-timing’, no double lives

India’s second-largest IT services provider, Infosys has said that moonlighting is not permitted according to the employees’ code of conduct of the company. Infosys said that employees cannot take up other assignments during or outside business hours. The company has also added that any violation will lead to disciplinary action that could include termination of […]

Sep 13, 2022