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Updated on: Feb 2023
HRA rules revised: Cases where the employees are not eligible
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HRA rules revised: Cases where the employees are not eligible

The Department of Expenditure, under the finance ministry, has updated the rules for claiming house rent allowance (HRA). There are three cases where government employees are not entitled to HRA. The HRA will be provided to Central Government Employees and is calculated based on the pay drawn in the 7th Pay Commission (7th CPC) recommendations, […]

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Evergreen Marine announces bonuses worth 50 months’ salary
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Evergreen Marine announces bonuses worth 50 months’ salary

A Taiwanese container transportation and shipping company, Evergreen has announced bonuses worth 50 months’ salary. The amount for bonuses for employees varies depending on an employee’s job grade and function and is only applicable to staff. The company has added this is the year-end bonuses are always based on the company’s performance for the year. Evergreen […]

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Woman sacked for being pregnant awarded Rs 15 Lakh compensation
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Woman sacked for being pregnant awarded Rs 15 Lakh compensation

During the period of pregnancy, many female employees lose their jobs. As per the recent Telegraph report, a 34-year-old woman, Charlotte Leitch had only recently joined Essex-based CIS services firm but only a couple of weeks later her employer fired her. She won compensation of nearly Rs. 15 lahks after she was fired for “being […]

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Tamil Nadu govt announces 4% hike in Dearness Allowance
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Tamil Nadu govt announces 4% hike in Dearness Allowance

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has announced the hike in the Dearness Allowance (DA) by 4 percent for government employees including teachers, pensioners and family pensioners. CM Stalin said that it would benefit about 16 lakh staff. The decision was taken after considering the representation of government employees. The DA would now be increased from 34 percent to […]

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Does TCS announce a massive salary hike of up to 20% for employees?
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Does TCS announce a massive salary hike of up to 20% for employees?

According to various media reports, India’s largest IT Services Provider, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has given a salary hike of 20% and variable pay for 70% of its employees as Christmas and New Year gifts. The salary hike is based on the performance of the remaining staff. Additionally, TCS will provide 4 lakh employees the bonus […]

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Air India to deduct salary of staff overstaying in Vasant Vihar colony
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Air India to deduct salary of staff overstaying in Vasant Vihar colony

According to The Economic Times reports, Govt asks the TATA group-owned, Air India to deduct employees’ salaries for overstaying in Delhi’s Vasant Vihar colony. The airline staffer residing in Vasant Vihar said they would amount to around Rs 95,000 per month. The Airline management has been instructed to deduct the amount, starting from October, from […]

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Salary of IT CEOs increased by 1,500% while 50% for freshers
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Salary of IT CEOs increased by 1,500% while 50% for freshers

Business Today’s analysis shows the IT industry CEOs’ salaries increased by 1,500% while freshers’ salaries up only 50% in the last 10 years. Business Today’s actual analysis is in contrast to the CEO compensation, which has increased by a staggering 1,492.27 percent over the last ten years. However, freshers’ incomes have increased by just 46.94 […]

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LG Tells Kashmiri Pandits No Salary If You Sit At Home
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LG Tells Kashmiri Pandits No Salary If You Sit At Home

Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor (LG) Manoj Sinha has said to the protesting Kashmiri Pandit that the employees posting in the Kashmir Valley to return to work. Additionally, a warning has been given to them that they would not be paid salaries for “sitting at home”. The protests began after Rahul Bhat, a Kashmiri Pandit, was […]

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Tech Mahindra rewards ESOP to employees worth over Rs 7 lakh
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Tech Mahindra rewards ESOP to employees worth over Rs 7 lakh

A leading provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering solutions, Tech Mahindra has announced the allotment of shares worth Rs 7,58,450 as employee stock options through an exchange filing. 1,51,690 equity shares worth Rs 5 each will be divided under 2 schemes- ESOP 2014 and ESOP 2018. The total number of shares issued after […]

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Cognizant India spent over Rs 1000 crore on salary hikes
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Cognizant India spent over Rs 1000 crore on salary hikes

According to Timesnownews, IT major, Cognizant India has spent $130 million (over Rs 1000 crore) in the year for merit-based and off-cycle increments. Cognizant conveyed to its employees that “formal eLetters” with the new salary with the hikes taking effect from October for levels up to the associate director. The company had rolled out a […]

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Only one in three employees around the world are happy with their salary
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Only one in three employees around the world are happy with their salary

According to the Gartner Inc survey, Only one in three employees around the world are happy with their salary. This makes nearly 32 percent of employees around the world happy with their current salary. During the course of the survey, the company spoke to 3500 employees from various fields of work. The survey also showed […]

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Krispy Kreme to pay over $1.1 million in back wages
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Krispy Kreme to pay over $1.1 million in back wages

Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corp. has agreed to pay $1,187,757 in back wages and liquidated damages to 516 workers to resolve overtime violations in multiple locations found as part of a U.S. Department of Labor investigation. On Nov. 7, 2022, the department filed a complaint listing the violations and a consent order defining the settlement in […]

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