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Moonlighting: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Oct 2022
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Oct 31, 2022

NITES condemns IBM Email for its employees on moonlighting

Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate NITES has condemned IBMs Email to its emplo...

Industry
Oct 28, 2022
NITES condemns IBM Email for its employees on moonlighting

IBM India MD sends strong note on moonlighting

Global tech major, IBM which employs over lakh individuals in India, has sent a strong message dissu...

Industry
Oct 26, 2022
IBM India MD sends strong note on moonlighting

Happiest Minds says moonlighting unacceptable layoff employees

A digital transformation IT consulting amp services company, Happiest Minds Technologies has said ...

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Oct 25, 2022
Happiest Minds says moonlighting unacceptable layoff employees
Moonlighting – Should Companies Embrace or Fight This?
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Moonlighting – Should Companies Embrace or Fight This?

Let’s first understand what Moonlighting is, as many of you may not be familiar with this. The term Moonlighting is to refer people taking up a second job or side gig apart from their regular job. This term has come from the historical practice of people picking up additional work after their regular hours of […]

Oct 22, 2022
Infosys allows employees to take up ‘gig jobs’
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Infosys allows employees to take up ‘gig jobs’

An Indian multinational information technology company, Infosys has allowed employees to take up ‘gig jobs’ along with their current jobs. The company did not define ‘gig’ work nor did it term it as ‘moonlighting‘. The company has clarified and added that if an employee is taking any ‘gig jobs’ it should be with the prior consent […]

Oct 21, 2022
Professionals moonlighting should leave Karnataka: IT Minister
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Professionals moonlighting should leave Karnataka: IT Minister

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 and take strict action against employees who are taking up outside second jobs. According to TOI report, C N Ashwath Narayan – Karnataka‘s minister for IT, electronics […]

Oct 19, 2022
No Problem with Moonlighting unless contract breached: Minister
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No Problem with Moonlighting unless contract breached: Minister

Most recently, Infosys has fired a few employees in recent months for moonlighting. However, the exact numbers are not mentioned. Earlier, Wipro laid off 300 employees who were found working with its competitor companies at the same time employment with Wipro. The Union Minister of State for Electronics & IT and Skill Development, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, commented on the current controversial debate Moonlighting, […]

Oct 15, 2022
HCLTech disapproved moonlighting, continues to add people in Q2
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HCLTech disapproved moonlighting, continues to add people in Q2

A global technology company, HCLTech has said that it does not approve of dual employment, the issue is not a major one within the company. Ramachandran Sundararajan, Chief People Officer of the company said during the Q2 earnings briefing said, “Dual employment while working for HCL Tech…we do not approve that.” “Everybody who signs up to […]

Oct 13, 2022
Do you know How Wipro caught 300 moonlighters?
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Do you know How Wipro caught 300 moonlighters?

India’s IT services provider company, Wipro has recently laid off 300 employees who were found working with its competitor companies at the same time employment with Wipro. Rajiv Mehta has shared a tweet saying, “#Wipro employees sacked as they took advantage of work from home and worked parallelly with another company. How #Digital #India has precisely […]

Oct 12, 2022
TCS elucidated its stand on Moonlighting
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TCS elucidated its stand on Moonlighting

Yesterday, India’s largest IT services provider, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced its second-quarter results ending on September 30, 2022. The company added 9,840 employees in the September quarter and the total headcount stood at 6,16,171. TCS hired 20,000 freshers in Q2, an increase of 33% over the previous quarter. However, freshers hiring have slowed down. […]

Oct 11, 2022
Hyderabad IT companies worry about moonlighting, running checks
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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
Can Moonlighting Be Allowed?- Global HR Experts’ Perspective
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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
Satya Nadella coins ‘Productivity Paranoia’ amid moonlighting issue
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Satya Nadella coins ‘Productivity Paranoia’ amid moonlighting issue

The ongoing debate over moonlighting companies has come forward providing suggestions over moonlighting. Microsoft Satya Nadella chief executive officer (CEO) has coined a new term called ‘productivity paranoia’. Satya Nadella said there’s a real disconnect between the management and the employees over productivity. “Thriving employees are what will give organizations a competitive advantage in today’s dynamic […]

Sep 26, 2022
Shouldn’t Pin Down Employees- Chandrasekhar on Moonlighting
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Shouldn’t Pin Down Employees- Chandrasekhar on Moonlighting

Commenting on the current controversial debate Moonlighting, the Union Minister of State for Electronics & IT and Skill Development, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said that this is the age of employee-entrepreneurs and the corporates/ companies must now understand that there has been a structural shift in the minds and attitudes of the young Indian tech workforce. He was addressing […]

Sep 25, 2022
Moonlighting gets government support
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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