Tag: Contractual Employees

Street light workers of Lucknow Municipal Corp. on strike, demand pending...

Highlighting the issue of pending salary for six months, the contractual workers in the Lucknow Municipal Corporation have gone on strike. The street light...

25,000 contractual staff in Punjab will be regularised

About 25,000 contractual employees in Punjab can look forward to being regularised. Of these, a significant 8,000 contract workers belong to the Education Department...

Contractual staff hired without public ad cannot be regularised

A petition was submitted by a driver who was appointed for three months and whose service was later extended, and then eventually terminated without...

Odisha government gives 25% hike to contractual employees

The Odisha government has made Diwali more beautiful for its contractual employees. The state government has announced a 25 per cent increase in the...

50% hike in initial salaries of contract staff in Odisha government

Following a state cabinet meeting in Odhisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced that the initial salary of all contractual employees in the state would...

Kerala HC says maternity benefits are applicable to contractual employees too

A judgment passed by the Kerala High Court said that women employees working on contract should also be able to enjoy maternity benefits. The petition...

Delhi Govt told to hire contract workers directly

The move will help the Government save not only on GST bills but also on the monthly agency charges being paid to contractors by departments 

39K new regular jobs but 1.26 lakh contract & casual jobs...

While six out of eight sectors have added new jobs, manufacturing and transport have lost jobs.

Contractual employees on sick leave can’t be sacked: Delhi High Court

Alliance Air did not renew the contract of its air hostess, Chitra Sharma, who was on sick leave due to back pain.

EY develops digital HR tool to manage gig workers

The job-placement portal, GigNow, is capable of sorting resumes, ranking competencies and matching them with available openings

“Infosys’ longevity will depend on how well we build on our...

Richard Lobo is a qualified mechanical engineer who decided to pursue a career in human resources. Post his PGDM in Marketing and Finance, from Xavier Institute of Management, Lobo dabbled in sales and marketing at Godrej & Boyce.

He joined Infosys in 2000 where he was recently appointed as the senior vice-president & head-HR. In his new role, he oversees the functions of business HR, employee relations, geography-HR and HR delivery for Infosys.

In the last one year, the company has introduced several changes in terms of people practices. Lobo chats with HRKatha on the company’s people strategy and his overall view on the changing dynamics of the human resource function.Excerpts!

Hundreds of Walmart jobs being cut at its  5 e-commerce fulfillment...

Walmart has been in the news lately for laying off several employees at its five e-commerce fulfillment centres across the US due to a...

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NMMS app to capture attendance for MGNREGS workers

To ensure more transparency in the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) in the states and Union...

Air India launches second phase of VR scheme

Air India, which was acquired by the Tata group in January 2022, has announced a second round of voluntary retirement schemes (VRS) for its...

100 job cuts at Livspace

Livspace, a Singapore-based omni-channel home interior and renovation platform, has recently laid off a small percentage of its workforce in an effort to control...

Workhuman, Logitech, and Indeed lay off employees

Workhuman Workhuman, an Irish software firm, has announced to let go 10 per cent of its workforce as a part of its restructuring process. The...

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