The agenda for lowering the rate of contribution from the present 12 per cent to 10 per cent was considered, in a meeting of the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) and Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF).

The e-commerce player had over 9,000 employees until July last year. However, soon after, it decided to cut down the talent pool to 1200. Now with further attrition, the team size may just remain at 500.

A demonstration was organised last Saturday in Bengaluru’s Freedom Park, in protest of the IT companies and the State government for mass sackings. The demonstration saw the participation of hundreds of employees working in IT companies as well as those who recently lost their jobs.

Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI) organised a roundtable on the applications of AI in HR and the challenges that come along with it. The panel consisted of Baburaj Nair, CHRO, Hindu Group of Publications, Purvi Sheth, Shilputsi HR Consulting, Alok Sheopurkar, Head HR, HDFC Asset Management Company and Prasad Rajappan, CEO, Zing HR. The panel was moderated by Prasanth Nair – Managing Partner InHelm Leadership Consulting.

The company is finding it hard to retain its senior managers since its recent IPO.

As per the Bill, now IIMs will have statutory power in their functioning, which includes the appointment of the directors, faculty members, and power to award degrees instead of diplomas to the students.

Deep listening skills are the foundation of strong relationships, respectful communication and responsive leadership. 

In line with the revised organisational structure, the company will now have five level-wise designations followed by the function/responsibility

Start paying women well: Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg says both public policy and corporate policy are required to close gender pay gap.

The two-pizza team rule states that a team should only include as many people as two pizzas can feed.

The existing 15 labour laws will be grouped into four broad categories based on their functionality.

The company denied claims of unexplained layoffs, clarifying that the decision was in line with the business strategy and that they were ensuring a smooth transition for those fired.

Employees also expect their bosses to work upon improving accountability, positivity, honesty and work ethic.

Academy will help improve knowledge, competence and expertise of people in finance and business.

Unlike other tests, which only measure the state of employability just before hiring, this comprehensive programme will assess candidates on their employability skills.

If the court summons a decision in favour of these employees helping them recover their dues, it will set a benchmark for thousands of other employees.

This online complaint filing system will encourage more women to speak up about harassment at the workplace and get quick redressal.

No employee can be denied these benefits as per the labour laws in the country. 

The hackathon helps find the best coding talent, who is a pro in new and disruptive technologies in Machine learning, AI and Data Science

Even small tweaks in workplace practices, can make a huge change in attracting more talent and keeping employees happy and engaged

Upset about not being given wage hike by the 3rd Pay Revision Committee, employees have declared a day-long nationwide strike on July 27

Situated in Gurugram, the new workplace will house over 450 employees from both Noida and Gurugram branches

Registrations for the weekend classes—to be held at XIMR, St. Xavier’s College Campus, Mumbai—are open till August 31

This year, the bank will visit more IITs for campus recruitment

While PSUs offer comparatively lower salary than private players, they offer job security, work-life balance and hoards of other benefits. Is that why employees stay put with a PSU or is it the comfort that makes them linger on? HRKatha reviews the war of talent between PSUs and private companies.

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