Recently, the Railway Ministry shared a video of a courageous and committed employee, Ganesh Ghosh, assistant loco pilot, who restarted the train which suddenly came to a halt on a bridge. Without any hesitation, Ghosh crawled under the train in the tight spaces and fixed the problem. The train halted due to an air-leakage problem and Ghosh risked his life to restart the train and saved many lives by doing so. The Railway Ministry, posted the video on social media and shared, “Railsevaks are committed to serve their passengers 24×7. An exemplary display of courage by Ganesh Ghosh, ALP who…
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MakeMyTrip aims to expand its team of over 850 women ‘holiday experts’ who have been the reason for the online travel company’s success and growth. The all-women team of freelancers managed to curate holiday packages for more than two lakh travelers in financial year 2022. In fact, the Company closed the year with highest-ever packages sold by these experts in over a decade. Naturally, the Company now wishes to expand the franchise network and widen its pool of holiday experts across India. Presently 43 per cent of these holiday experts are mothers and caregivers working from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata,…
Fi, a neobank that helps millennials manage their personal finances, is looking to double its workforce. The fintech company for digital natives has already expanded its team from 20 to 200 in just 18 months. As part of its mixed recruitment strategy, the financial app is reaching out to talent through digital- and alumni-outreach programmes, which include job posting campaigns. The firm is also working with talent agencies and social media for a better reach. An FI Academy is on the cards to offer internal skill-development courses. The Company that embraces the hybrid model, encourages employees to work from home…
After 27 years of hard work and perfect attendance, an employee looks forward to being rewarded for his service. While Kevin Ford, an employee at Burger King did receive a reward in the form of a goodie bag, when he excitedly opened the same, the contents disappointed him. It was just that — a goodie bag with kiddish stuff. All those who saw the video of him opening the bag, were truly shocked at the contents and wondered whether employers truly deserve this level of sincerity from their staff. The video, which went viral, shows Ford opening his reward, the…
CWT, the business-to-business-for-employees (B2B4E) travel-management platform, has announced the appointment of Laura Watterson as executive VP, chief human resources officer, starting 5 July, 2022. She takes over from Catherine Maguire-Vielle, who is moving on from the Company to pursue new professional opportunities. An alumna of Cornell University, from where she did her master’s in industrial and labour relations, the longest stint of her career was with General Mills, where she started off as an HR intern in 2000. Within a year, she was elevated to the role of assistant human resource manager, based out of Iowa City. Another year later,…
Treebo Hotels, the Indian chain of budget hotels, has appointed Purvaja Prabhakar as its head of people & culture. Prabhakar, who comes with over 13 years of experience across various dimensions of the human resources function, moves from Entrepreneur First, where she was head of founder talent and partnerships, India for over a year. An alumna of IBS, Bangalore, Purvaja began her professional journey as a management trainee with Mentorware Inc. in 2006. She then worked for IBM as senior HR generalist for over two and a half years, based out of Bangalore, before joining Deloitte as human resource analyst…
Amazon’s robots to make work safer and easier for its employees Proteus and Cardinal are two robots that are taking over some of the manual and heavy work from the workers Amazon, the e-commerce company, has started using robots for the heavy manual work, which at times can lead to injuries to workers. The Company has clarified that these robots, called Proteus and Cardinal, will not replace human workers but will only ease their burden and make the workplace safer for them. These robots are capable of moving large packages around in a safe manner, without injuring or hurting other…
IKEA, the Swedish home furnishings firm, recently opened two stores — one in Nagasundara near Bengaluru in Karnataka, India, and the other in the Sultanate of Oman. The store at Nagasundara is probably the largest IKEA store in India and the fourth in the country. The furnishing retailer will be investing about Rs 3,000 crore in Karnataka. This means there will be innumerable job opportunities for the locals. The outlet hopes to see about five million people visiting this year. It is reported that IKEA will be hiring locals for 75 per cent of the available job openings. When the…
Having opened a new office in Bengaluru, Fynd, the omnichannel platform is gearing to hire at least 2,000 more engineers by the end of the financial year 2023. In May, the Reliance-backed platform had revealed its plans to hire 30 per cent of its talent from Ahmedabad (Gujarat) as part of a recruitment drive. At the time the Company had revealed plans to hire over 1200 people across levels, junior and senior. It was then looking for talent trained in the areas of full stack, Java, Python, DevOps, Node, Mobile & IoS, and so on. The firm, which had doubled…
Microsoft’s special mentoring scheme — the APAC Enabler Mentorship Programme — which focusses on making people with disabilities (PwDs) in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region more employable, has now been extended to nine more countries from the earlier five. Under this programme, PwDs with special abilities will receive mentor-based career coaching, according to their area of specialisation. Microsoft has tied up with various NGOs to train these PwDs in software as well as technical skills, and later place them in jobs, especially in the IT sector, across APAC. So far, over 7,000 people with special abilities have been successfully trained.…
Shriram Housing Finance, the affordable housing company, has launched the ‘SHeFirst’ programme to improve the representation of women at the workplace. Under this programme, the organisation wants to hire more women within a year. The programme aims to provide a conducive environment to women by offering them a host of new policies and initiatives via which they plan to recruit working mothers, single mothers and women from nuclear families. Ravi Subramanian, MD & CEO, Shriram Housing Finance, said, “The ‘SHeFirst’ initiative will enable Shriram to be a gender-balanced organisation that will increase innovation, profitability, customer success and employee satisfaction”. Shriram…
Flyhomes, an end-to-end real-estate brokerage and technology firm, has initiated a countrywide employee-engagement programme called ‘Flyhomies Connect’. The initiative is a city-specific programme, and will take place in the cities with a large number of Flyhomes employees. The programme will see employees meeting each other for physical get-togethers, either for lunch or for dinner. The objective is to allow employees working in the same city an opportunity to connect with each other. Employees at Flyhomes enjoy the flexibility to work from home and office, as per their convenience following the hybrid model. The senior leaders in the Company are also…
Thousands of Rolls-Royce employees have rejected the auto giant’s offer of £2000 cash benefit, citing that the money is far too less to enable them to meet their expenses. The luxury car manufacturer was gearing to disburse this lumpsum cash bonus to its employees across the UK, but was rather shocked when the union workers declined the offer. This one-time bonus was offered to about 14,000 employees to help them through the spike in the cost of living amidst the unfavourable market conditions, supply chain issues and shortage of labour. About 3,000 workers who are not members of the union…
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced that Agniveers who are not absorbed into the Armed Forces post their four-year tenure, under the Agnipath scheme, will be given jobs in the Harayana government. According to Khattar, the Agniveers who wish to be part of the state government will be guaranteed jobs there, and be hired for Group C jobs, while those who wish to join the police force will be given relevant opportunities in the force. Meanwhile, Anand Mahindra, chairman of the Mahindra Group also assured that the Group would hire Agniveers. He tweeted that the “discipline & skills…
On 21 June, the Kerala High Court ordered that the salaries of the employees of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) should be disbursed by the 5th of every month, as was the earlier practice. Earlier, KSRTC had also been directed to ensure that its drivers, conductors and mechanics were paid first before the supervisory staff. This order will still hold true. The HC’s interim order states that KSRTC should use the revenue earned in the month of June to pay the salaries for the month of July. The Court maintained that it was because of the employees that…
Central government employees will have to follow new rules to avail leave travel concession or LTC, as per the 7th Pay Commission. The Ministry of Finance now requires that government employees choose the cheapest ticket to travel in order to be eligible for reimbursement. Also, they should book the single ticket through an authorised travel agent, and that too a minimum of three weeks in advance. Employees have been advised to refrain from cancelling tickets. The authorised agents are Bomer Lawrie & Company, Ashok Travels and IRCTC as reported by India.com. Employees need not pay any fees to these agents.…
When Tesla decided to lay off about 500 workers at its Nevada Gigafactory, little did it know that the move will actually cause two workers to drag the Company to court. Two of the sacked workers, John Lynch and Daxton Hartsfield, have filed a lawsuit saying that the auto manufacturing company had gone against the law by failing to give advance notice of the job cuts. As per federal law, employers are supposed to give a notice of 60 days before laying off employees. In Tesla’s case, the mass layoffs apparently came without any such notice or warning at the…
Meesho, the Indian internet commerce company, has rolled out a new unlimited leave policy, allowing employees to avail up to 365 days of paid leaves, in case they are battling some critical illness. The policy is applicable even if an employee’s loved one is critically ill and requires constant attention and frequent hospitalisation. This initiative is part of Meesho’s comprehensive MeeCARE programme that has been conceived and designed with an aim to boost holistic wellbeing for Meeshoites and their families. Employees will receive full salary for leave period if they themselves are ill, and up to 25 per cent of…
The job fair organised by Retailers Association of India (RAI) in association with the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) saw more than 500 students of the distance learning graduation course in retailing bag jobs in the retail space. The Fair was held at the IGNOU Headquarters, New Delhi, where over 35 retail brands participated and offered jobs to over 500 students. The Association has created a comprehensive distance-learning graduation programme through IGNOU that includes periodic coaching sessions, guidance and internship opportunities with leading retailers. More than 3,000 students registered for the course in 2021. In the words of Lawrence…
By October 2022, Hinduja Global Solutions will be hiring 400 employees locally, for its new delivery centre at Mysuru, Karnataka. Company that provides solutions in consumer engagement, digital CX and business process management (BPM), will be hiring aggressively through the year, as it plans to enter new markets and expand in terms of capabilities and geographical presence. The Company, which currently employs over 8,600 people across eight delivery centers in Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Vizag, is looking to hire graduates with proficiency in English. The Company has a strong presence in seven countries, with over 21,600 employees across 38 delivery…
IntrCity, the Indian mobility platform conducted medical check-up camps for the over 1000 fathers who are part of its team of drivers. To mark the occasion of Father’s Day, IntrCity decided to recognise the hard work and dedication of the Company’s bus staff, that is, the drivers and cleaners of its fleet of buses. The Company arranged for ‘A Gift of Health to #PapasOnDuty’, for these employees who are dedicated to ensuring that inter-city travellers arrive at their destinations safely and on time. IntrCity acknowledges the fact that just like fathers anywhere in the world, its bus drivers ensure the…
The Centre has announced job opportunities for Agniveers under the Agnipath scheme. Ten per cent of the jobs in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), Assam Rifles, 16 defence public-sector undertakings (DPSU), defence civilian posts and the Indian Coast Guard, will now be reserved for those who have completed four years of training and service as Agniveers. This reservation will be over and above the reservation that already exists for former defence personnel. The proposal to reserve jobs in the Defence Ministry was given approval by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. All required amendments will be made in the rule book…
Over 10,000 vacancies will be filled across government departments in Telangana, as per the Government of Telangana’s latest directives. These vacancies are in addition to the 35,220 vacancies that were notified earlier by the State Finance Department, of which over 6,000 vacancies were to be filled by the Telangana State Public Service Commission(TSPSC) Of the recently-announced 10,000+ vacancies, 995 posts will be filled via TSPSC, while 9096 will be filled through Telangana Residential Educational Institutions Recruitment Board (TREIRB) and 14 through the District Selection Committee (DSC). In total, 45,325 vacancies have been announced across various departments, by the Government of…
Future Generali India Insurance (FGII) celebrated Pride month in a show of support to the LGBTQIA+ community. It organised a flash mob as well as a Pride parade at its office in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore, where employees came dressed in rainbow colours and were presented a celebratory merchandise kit comprising flags, badges and sweet treats. Along with the management and staff of Future Generali, the event was attended by celebrities and supporters of the community such as Celina Jaitley and Sushant Divgikar. Wishing the employees and the world a “very happy and empowered Pride month”, Anup Rau, MD and…
An Apple CORE — short for Coalition of Organised Retail Employees — union has finally come into being for the first time in the US, at an Apple store in Maryland. This is the tech major’s first retail union in the country. Considering that Apple has about 270 stores across the US, this is a major achievement. Of the 110-strong team of workers at the Baltimore store, 65 voted in favour of unionising, expressing their willingness to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), while only 33 voted against the move. While this is the third store…
The persistence and efforts of 48-year old Thiruvamali Selvan finally paid off when Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) finally reinstated him after a seven-year long legal battle. Selvan had been working with TCS as an assistant systems engineer, but had been laid off in 2015. He approached the court seeking continuity of service. Although Selvan managed to find odd jobs and freelance work in the last seven years, he did not give up his court battle with TCS, his employer. In fact, TCS had told the court that he was not a ‘workman’, but a ‘manager’ who had been asked to…