Government employees can expect a four per cent increment in dearness allowance (DA) this time. The hike will reportedly come into effect from 1 July 2022. If implemented, employees may look forward to their salaries increasing by anywhere between Rs 6840 to Rs 27,312 a year. The government gives an increment in DA for its employees and in dearness relief (DR) for its pensioners twice in a year. That is, in January and July. This time, keeping in mind the rising inflation, the hike is likely to be four per cent. All India Consumer Price Index (AICPI) reportedly went up…
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Flipkart, the Indian e-commerce marketplace, has entered into an agreement with the Bihar State Skill Development Mission to help create a pool of skilled supply-chain operations talent via the Supply Chain Operations Academy (SCOA) in the state. The initiative will be able to provide relevant industry training and knowledge, which will further help bridge the skill gap and create employment opportunities in the rapidly expanding supply chain industry in India. An MoU has been signed by Flipkart and the Bihar State Skill Development Mission to this effect. Launched in October 2021, SCOA’s specialised and robust training programme has been designed…
Lexi Larson who is based out of Denver in the US had recently joined a tech company. She was hired after receiving a commendable hike from the firm. Unable to control her excitement, she decided to share this information as part of a TikTok video where she mentioned how she got a hike from $70,000 to $90,000 in her new job. She further shared two to three more videos pertaining to the job, which got her about 163,000 views. When this came to the notice of Larson’s employer, she was summoned for a meeting where her company’s representatives shared their…
Okaya Power Group now has Atish Bhattacharya heading human resources and administration. Before joining the battery manufacturing company, Bhattacharya was heading HR for Ozone Overseas, as VP –HR. Bhattacharya began his journey in HR with Larsen & Toubro’s ECC division, where he joined as a management trainee from campus. There, he handled the HR/ personnel functions and administration of about 4000 workers and staff at one of L&T’s sites in Indian Oil Corporation Panipat Refinery Expansion Project, Haryana. He also handled the recruitment and selection of contractual employees at site level. Almost three and a half years later, in 2007, he…
After a long delay, the MPs in the UK have given their approval to the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill. This means good news for staff in the hospitality sector who are often not passed on the tips that are paid to the restaurants or outlets they work for, by customers through card or other cashless means of payment. With cashless payments becoming more common, it has become very easy for bar and restaurant owners to hold back the tips meant for the staff. After six long years, the law that will ensure that the tips are protected and travel…
Following an amendment in the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Rules, 2006, provision has been made to allow work from home option to up to 50 per cent of the staff, including contractual staff at the SEZ units. The Commerce & Industry Ministry has incorporated the new rule, 43A, to this effect. As per the rule, half of the employees may work from home. Permission may be granted for more too, provided valid reasons are given in writing to the development commissioner. Many information technology (IT) and IT-enabled services companies have their offices in these SEZs. Most have observed that a…
Cabin crew, technicians and pilots working for various airlines in the country have been protesting by calling in sick en masse. The primary issue is that the salaries of the employees, which were cut during the pandemic, have yet to be restored to pre-pandemic levels. When the pandemic struck and international borders were sealed, carriers across the world were forced to shut operations. Indian carriers too resorted to layoffs and pay cuts. Many employees were sent on leave without pay. That is not all, after travel started picking up, most employees have been experiencing increased workload too, which is only…
Aristotle Aguirre, a mayor in the Philippines has passed an order that all civil and local government servants are required to have a smile on their faces while they are serving the people, or else, they stand to lose six months’ salary or even their jobs. Aguirre is the mayor of Mulanay town in Quezon province, on the main island of Luzon in the Philippines. During an interaction with the media, Aguirre said that he has seen people complaining about the rude behaviour of local civil servants, and therefore, he decided to introduce the ‘smile policy’ for all employees. He…
British Telecom (BT), which has been looking for digital talent in India, has plans to recruit 1800 people for its hubs in Bangalore and Gurugram. The Company has not specified what kind of working model it is following but the release mentions that employees have the flexibility to work from its recently-built workspaces. Additionally, BT will also add 1000 team members in the UK at its Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Belfast, Ipswich and London hubs. Therefore, the Company plans to hire 2800 people with digital skills. With this hiring, the Company’s current digital talent pool of 3500 will go up to…
Mitratech, a global provider of legal, compliance and HR software has announced that it has acquired AssureHire, which is an emerging player in tech-enabled background-verification screening of employees. Mitratech claims that the combination of its legal and compliance solution with the background screening solution of AssureHire will provide a better and faster onboarding experience to employees. It will give a combination of compliance solutions, Tracker I-9, which will be integrated from the initial process of application submitted by the candidate to the first day of work of the employee. Mitratech believes that this powerful combination will also decrease the number…
When the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation directed a former employee to repay Rs 63,878 which was paid to him as terminal benefits, by mistake, at a higher pay scale than he was entitled to, the Gujarat High Court set aside the order. Justice Biren Vaishnav maintained that the employee was not paid more than what he is entitled by any fault of his. He had not made any mistake or indulged in any fraud. The money had been granted to him without him being aware that it was more than what he was entitled to. Hence, the Corporation cannot hold him…
With plans to commence operations within a couple of weeks, Akasa Air is on a hiring spree. The full-time jobs being offered are based in Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai. Having received its air operator certificate (AOC) from the civil aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the Airline’s post on Twitter announced, that it was looking for its “next Akasian”. “It’s your sky. Apply now,” said the post. Claiming to be the country’s “youngest and greenest airline”, the Airline, of which Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, the billionaire and stocks trader, is one of the major investors, is looking to start flying…
StackNexus, the global no code technology services company, offering no code solutions and data solutions, is all set to expand its team by 400 employees in the next 12 months. It is looking for project managers, data analysts, data engineers, software engineers, salesforce technical architects, salesforce technical lead,?salesforce developers and salesforce QA, for its offices in Pune and Hyderabad. Founded in 2017, StackNexus helps organisations attain operational excellence through digital transformation. The new hires will be part of a dedicated workforce that will contribute to the IT expansion across the globe. Both freshers and experienced professionals will be hired to…
At one end we talk about a culture of trust in organisations, and on the other end, we still have an attendance system to measure work hours and also to maintain a record of who has punched in when. Isn’t it a kind of hypocrisy? Redington India is one company, which has decided to do away with this practice which probably started with the early industrialisation days. The company has discontinued the attendance system for its employees in India, and the rule will be applicable for all Redington employees in India irrespective of whether they work from office, home, or…
Global workforce provider, Adecco, has announced that Jayita Roy will be the new director HR, India for the Company. In this role, Roy will report directly to the chairman and managing director, Vidya Sagar Gannamani. Roy will lead the HR function for the Company in India and help the organisation in talent optimisation and building organisational culture. In her 18-year long career, Roy has been part of major organsiational transformations and change initiatives serving in multiple sectors such as engineering, pharmaceuticals, mining and manufacturing. “People are the greatest asset of the Adecco Group and are at the core of what…
Netcore Cloud, a Saas-based solutions company for customer communication, engagement and retention has announced the appointment of Shilpa Tawte as its new SVP-HR. In this role, Tawte will be responsible for identifying and retaining the right talent, building organisational capacity, and driving systems and processes that create a high-performance culture. Her appointment will also strengthen the HR leadership team at Netcore, which has 1600 employees. Prior to joining Netcore, Tawte was the VP and head of global talent acquisition and India HR head at Global Cloud Xchange, which provides network services to enterprises. She has joined Netcore Cloud after spending…
A lot of ground technicians had call in sick, going on mass leave on 09 July, 2022 at Indigo Airlines. This was reportedly an act of protest against the low salaries that the technicians are receiving. Earlier, it was reported that half the cabin crew members at Indigo took sick leave on 02 July, which impacted 900 flights causing delays and chaos at airports. It was reported that since the crew members were not satisfied with their salaries, they had reported sick and gone to attend interviews at an Air India hiring event! Though the Directorate General of Civil Aviation…
HDFC Bank will train and hire skilled data scientists this year. With the launch of its HDFC Bank Data Digits-Post Graduate Programme in Data Engineering, the Bank is looking to train and build digital talent for the BFSI industry. It will hire 100 data scientists from this initiative this year. The learners will be trained through live lectures and instructor-led sessions, which will be conducted by senior HDFC bank executives over a period of 12 weeks. The Bank has partnered with a skill and talent-development corporation to create this customised learning programme for HDFC. The aim of this partnership is…
That the economic environment is unfavourable is clear now, with even Microsoft downsizing. The tech major has cut 1,800 jobs as part of an endeavour to realign its business at the beginning of the new fiscal year. This ‘realignment’ exercise has affected one per cent of its workforce, including people in the consulting, customer and partner solutions departments across locations. Although Microsoft has slowed hiring in various departments including its Teams, Office and Windows group, the Company has said that it will continue investing in the business and keep hiring for other departments and roles. The tech firm maintains that…
Twitter employees have been really worried about their future, what with Elon Musk, CEO, Tesla, first announcing his intention to take over, his keenness to cut costs and headcount, and his clear disapproval of remote work. Now, uncertainty has only increased further with Musk backing out of the deal, and Twitter suing him for violating the acquisition deal. Twitter Inc. has been facing higher attrition ever since the deal was announced. However, the social media company, in a filing on 13 July, 2022 has said that while it is not planning any company-wide layoffs, it does intend to continue the…
As on 30 June 2022, HCL Technologies reported an attrition rate of 23.8 per cent. This is kind of alarming since the attrition rate was 11.8 per cent during the same period last year. The Indian software multinational does not see this figure improving immediately, as attrition rates are expected to take time to stabilise, across tech companies. However, the net profit of the Company has gone up by 2.4 per cent, from Rs 3,205 crore during the same period last year, to Rs 3,283 crore. Having expanded its team size in the tier 2 and tier 3 cities, including…
WeddingWire India, the Indian subsidiary of The Knot Worldwide, a leading global digital wedding planning company, has launched a new office in Gurugram. Equipped to accommodate 130 employees, the Company is actively hiring for its editorial, operations and sales teams, and is gearing to expand its workforce in India by 30 per cent. The new office is designed to offer creative freedom with a focus on employee well-being and flexible work culture. The Knot Worldwide operates a suite of lifestyle brands — that inspire, inform, and celebrate people amidst the biggest and most enjoyable moments in life — across 16…
Pristyn Care, the healthcare provider that offers secondary surgery care, is planning to expand its workforce by 20 per cent in a year’s time and establish presence in tier 2 and tier 3 cities in India. Currently, it has over 400 in-house surgeons and has created about 20,000 direct and indirect healthcare jobs. Many nurses and paramedical staff are employed in its hospitals and clinics across over 40 cities. It has already been hiring talent for medical operations, patient care and safety, medical directorate, med-tech, digital marketing, product development and technology. It plans to add 200+ doctors, super-speciality surgeons and…
EnableX.io, a Singapore-based, global full-stack communications platform and solutions provider collaborates with InCruiter, a firm offering Interview as a Service platform (IaaS) for multiple tech and non-tech companies. By embedding EnableX’s Real Time Video capabilities, InCruiter aims to deliver a seamless hiring and onboarding experience journey to its global customer base. InCruiter conducts interviews on behalf of clients, making the entire hiring experience easy for companies by allowing them to focus on their core business activities. EnableX worked closely with the InCruiter engineering team to design an optimal implementation of the low code video embed – the most advanced and…
In an attempt to control attrition, Wipro, the Indian multinational software company has announced that most of its employees will receive a 10 per cent increment in September. The top performers may even receive over 15 per cent increment, basis pay scale. The Company also intends to offer promotions every quarter. These announcements are part of Wipro’s endeavour to reduce attrition rate and draw more youngsters into its workforce. Promotions will reportedly start happening in July, and from now on will happen every quarter up to middle management. Attrition levels have been high for Wipro for quite some time. In…
Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google, has conveyed to the employees that the Company will slow down hiring for the remaining part of the year. Pichai clarified that hiring will not be entirely frozen. In alignment with the Company’s long-term goals, techies and engineers will continue to be hired along with other critical talent, but the pace will be considerably reduced amidst the uncertain economic environment. Instead, the Company will now allocate resources to areas of higher priority. As per the memo, a copy of which was obtained by The Verge, Pichai has called upon the employees to be “more entrepreneurial” and…