Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has announced that over 20,000 jobs will be offered to candidates in the state in the next five months. The decision came after the Gujarat High Court set aside a general administration department (GAD) order dated August 1, 2018. The CM has ordered the recruitment agencies to issue appointment letters to the 8000 candidates who have already been selected for various posts in the government, but their onboarding was halted due to the pandemic. For these candidates, appointment letters are to be issued as soon as possible. Further, he asked the agencies to resume the…
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With many airlines have resumed operations, and having taken steps to conserve cash, brands such as Emirates have decided to restore the full salaries of their employees starting from October. The move comes on the heels of the Airline resuming passenger flights to more locations, expanding its network to 84 destinations with the restart of services to the Nigerian cities of Lagos and Abuja this week. In March, the Dubai government had extended financial support to the state-owned airline and helped transform the Emirates into a global travel hub. Following the lockdown, the airline industry was one of the worst…
Developing economies across the world usually have large informal sectors, where workers lack the basic security and protection, such as paid leaves. The Indian scenario presents a typical picture. It has a large informal workforce, where regular salaried workers make up less than half of the urban workforce, according to data from 2018. Even among the regular workers, only around 27 per cent have a written employment contract and a little more than half of the total have access to some sort of benefits, from the Government or the employer. “On an average, income fell by 48 per cent after…
The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad came out with its 2020 placement report for its post-graduate programme in management for executives (PGPX). The results have been quite positive despite the gloom and doom situation of the economy. The maximum earning potential (MEP) figured at INR 81 lakhs, which is a 35 per cent jump from last year. Out of the 120 offers made, maximum were bagged for the IT industry by a large margin, compared to other sectors. Companies in the IT sector made 42 offers followed by online services that made 14 offers out of the total. The…
The first stage of computer-based tests or CBT by the Indian Railways, to fill about 1.4 lakh vacancies, will begin with effect from December 15, 2020. About 35,208 posts are vacant in non-technical popular categories (NTPC). This includes, office clerks, commercial clerks, guards, and so on. About 1,663 posts for isolated and ministerial categories are open for stenos and teachers. About 1,03,769 people will be hired for level-one posts, including that of track maintainers and pointsmen. The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has received over 2.4 crore applications for the above 1,40,640 vacancies. The Ministry of Railways was encouraged by the…
Gaurav Munjal-led Unacademy tripled its valuation to 1.45 billion after raising funds to the tune of $150 million from Masayoshi Son-led Softbank’s Vision Fund 2. The investment round also included existing members General Atlantic, Sequoia Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Facebook and Blume Ventures. The edtech startup’s recent round of fundraising marked its entry into the unicorn club, making it the second most valued edtech startup after Byju’s, which is valued at $10.5 billion. In February, the Company had raised funds worth about $510 million from investors Facebook, Sequoia and General Atlantic. Unacademy plans to use the money to increase its…
As employee burnout has become more prevalent during the pandemic, Google’s idea of declaring September 4 as a one-time paid holiday for its employees brings much relief. Today, that is, September 4, is being enjoyed as a ‘collective wellbeing’ holiday, by all employees, in order to reduce stress and relax. This additional holiday ahead of Labour Day, which falls on September 7 in the US, will transform into an extended weekend for the employees. All full-time employees and interns are eligible for this holiday. However, employees who are considered temporary or are vendors or contractors do not qualify for this…
The Saudi Ministry of Human Resources is considering hiring a consultancy to help improve overseas recruitment. The challenges faced while hiring foreign workers will be addressed and policies will be revised with the help of experts. This will ensure that local employment is not affected even while the economy’s needs in terms of resources is met. It is reported that the Saudi Human Resources Ministry is planning to classify jobs, to put in safety measures against fraud recruiters and also to better monitor any violations in recruitment regulations. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which has about 1000 recruitment offices and…
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has rolled out new guidelines that will benefit students enrolling for distance learning programmes. Not only will the universities be required to strictly adhere to the duration of the academic sessions, but all activities undertaken by the higher education institutes will have to be conducted within the territorial jurisdiction The varsities have been instructed to ensure that the “minimum duration, nomenclature and qualification for degree programme,” which the students are opting for, are “strictly as per UGC notification on the specification of degrees and its amendments”. Precautions were listed in a notice issued by Rajnish…
Vacancies have been announced by the National Fertilisers Limited (NFL) and NHPC, erstwhile National Hydroelectric Power Corp — for 40 and 86 positions respectively — in the fields of engineering and management, for Indian nationals only. Engineering graduates with experience, and a minimum of 60 per cent marks from a reputed college, may apply for the positions at NFL. Candidates between 30 and 45 years of age may apply, as per the specifications of the job. Selected engineering candidates will be eligible to earn up to Rs 1,40,000, while for management positions, the salary may go up to Rs 2,00,000.…
SAP Supervisory Board has appointed Sabine Bendiek as chief people officer and labour director. She will also assume additional responsibility as chief operating officer in mid-2021, becoming SAP’s first chief people and operating officer at the same time. In this role, Bendiek will lead the HR function and people strategy for the German multinational software company. This includes attracting the best talent in the industry, providing a growth and learning environment for employees, and ensuring a consistent leadership culture to enable inclusion, accountability and agility. Appointed to the Executive Board for a three-year tenure, Bendiek will be based in Walldorf.…
Societe Generale has appointed Mukta Arya as head-HR, Asia Pacific region. Earlier, she was the head of talent development and inclusion, Asia-Pacific, in the same company but posted in Singapore. Arya joined Societe Generale in March 2006 as the head of human resources for corporate and investment banking, private banking and SG Asia Holdings business lines. She went on to serve as the regional head of learning and talent management in 2010, in Hong Kong. Subsequently, she was promoted to director of human resources, SEA, a position she handled along with the earlier responsibility for learning and development. Dual hatting…
The Rajasthan government has decided to reduce a part of the salaries of the chief minister, state ministers, MLAs, All India State Service Officers and other state employees, starting this month. The Chief Minister, cabinet ministers and the state ministers will face a pay cut of seven days every month from now onwards, as per the decision taken at the cabinet meeting held on September 2. Meanwhile, the MLAs will face a pay cut of just a day every month. Apart from this, two days’ pay will be deducted every month from the gross salary of the officers of All India…
In an endeavour to evolve the workplace, e-learning platform, Coursera has announced that its employees can continue to work remotely until January 1, 2022, when it anticipates bringing the offices back to full service. This decision will give employees more time to work from home and offer them the flexibility they need to adjust to new routines imposed by the pandemic — such as homeschooling — and plan the next 16 months with a clear timeline. The Company is also offering a larger allowance for home-office equipment. Every Courserian will receive $1,000 — or the local equivalent in the UK, India, Canada, Bulgaria,…
United Airlines plans to furlough 16,370 employees on Oct. 1, as the federal restriction against layoffs under the CARES Act expires on that date. Among the impacted workers will be 2,850 pilots and 6,920 flight attendants. The Airline has conveyed to the employees that it does not expected demand to return to anywhere near normal until a vaccine is developed; and that nobody had expected the pandemic to last this long and affect travel so badly. The carrier had previously notified 36,000 employees about potential job cuts. However, later, it was able to reduce that number through various voluntary buyouts…
The Gujarat government has decided to introduce a Bill to reduce the salaries of ministers, MLAs and the chief minister. As per the cabinet meeting held on September 2, it was decided that a bill on the same would be presented in the next assembly session of the state government. The last session of the state assembly was held in March 2020. The state government ministers, MLAs and the chief minister, will take a 30 per cent cut in salary, with effect from April 2020. The cut will be effective till March next year. With these deductions in salaries, the…
Mission Karmayogi received the Cabinet’s nod on September 2. This is the biggest reform in the Government, in the human resource development space. This skill-building programme, which will focus on civil servants as well as institutions, is aimed at making them professional, proactive, energetic, creative, innovative and tech-savvy among other qualities. This National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB) has been created to ensure that the civil servants stay in connect with the country’s culture, roots and sensibilities even while learning from the best institutions and practices globally. An Integrated Government Online Training or iGOT Karmayogi Platform will be…
The State Bank of India has suggested a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) for those employees who do not get promoted after a certain position or level. The idea is to offer such staff the option to exit respectfully. However, the Bank will not force anyone to opt for VRS. This proposal is in keeping with its plan to bring down the average age of the organisation. During the ongoing pandemic, many staff members have apparently expressed a desire to stay at home and avoid moving out, as they suffer from co-morbid conditions. Many have been unwilling to move from one…
Out of the 1,080 MBBS graduates who passed out of government colleges this year, 868 who were assigned temporary duty at Thiravananthapuram’s COVID First-Line Treatment Centres (FLTC) have decided to tender in their resignations. They are protesting against deductions in their monthly salaries and the significant cuts from their pay cheques in the name of the Government’s salary challenge. Each of these fresh medical graduates were put on temporary three-month COVID duty at the FLTCs, with a promise of a monthly pay of Rs 42,000. However, in reality, they received only Rs 27,000 each month. About Rs 8,400 is being…
Nickle LaMoreaux has succeeded Diane Gherson as senior vice president of human resources and chief human resource officer. Gherson has retired after a seven-year stint as SVP-HR in the Company. Gherson had played a key role in transforming IBM’s culture and in providing IBMers with the skills they need to help clients accelerate their journey to hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence (AI). This major change in the leadership team was announced by Arvind Krishna, CEO, IBM on Linkedin. LaMoreaux will now be responsible for HR in Cloud and Cognitive Software. She has been leading IBM’s people strategy, skills, employee experience and…
Apna app, a startup by Nirmit Parikh, helps blue-collar workers find jobs. It is a convenient way to search for employment, for those who do not speak English. All a job seeker needs to do is enter his or her name, age and skills so that a business card is generated. This virtual card is shared with employers who may want to hire them. The app, which already has about 1.2 million users, has now received a funding of $8 million from Greenoaks Capital, Rocketship VC, Lightspeed India and Sequoia Capital. With this capital, the app will expand and reach…
Indian multinational information technology company, Infosys, will hire 12,000 workers in the US, locally, by 2022. By stepping up efforts in that direction, the Company hopes to have an employee base of 25,000 in the US in the next five years. The IT major will focus on local hiring, globally, so that it is able to become an integral part of the local ecosystem. Three years ago, the Company had committed to employing 10,000 locals in two years’ time and had even overachieved that target, by creating 13,000 jobs. In fact, in 2020, a good 78 per cent of its…
Cadila has appointed Thiru A Thirunavukkarasu as the global president for HR. Backed by more than three decades of experience in the field of human resources, he will now be in charge of leading the people function at a global level for the Company. A few months ago, Sunil Singh, CHRO, Cadila, had moved on to start his own consultancy. Thirunavukkarasu completed his masters in social work (MSW) in personnel management and organisational behaviour, from Loyola College, Chennai and went on to teach organisational behaviour and personnel management at the College as assistant professor for a year right afterwards. He…
American multinational automaker, Ford Motor Company, is reportedly planning to let go about 1,000 of its employees in North America as part of a global restructuring to improve efficiency and become financially healthy. Only last week, the Company’s employees in Michigan had visited their offices to clear their belongings and take them home in preparation for a longer work-from-home term. At the time, the global director of the Company’s real-estate wing had said that most employees are expected to work remotely as they would not be required to travel to the workplace every day. Ford is now in the midst…
Bangalore-based digital payment company, PhonePe, is gearing up to enable digital payments for more than 25 million small merchants across the country in a year’s time. The Company, which is owned by Walmart, wishes to make digital payments possible even in the smaller towns and villages of the country. This endeavour will see its merchant acquisition personnel reaching out to about 5,500 taluqs in the country, providing employment opportunities to more than 10,000 people. To make this happen, the Bengaluru-headquartered company will partner with the small shop owners and merchants in the Indian villages and towns. These traders will be…
The average monthly salary of an Indian professionals is Rs 32,869 per month, according to Numbeo.com. India ranks 72 among 106 countries. The country with highest average monthly salary is Switzerland at Rs 4.49 lakh per month, followed by Luxembourg and United States with an average monthly salary of Rs 3 lakh and Rs 2.65 lakh, respectively. India’s average salary may be less than one-tenth of that of Switzerland, but cost of living in Switzerland excluding rent is 433.10 per cent higher than in India, and rent in Switzerland is, on an average, 835.99 per cent higher than in India.…