Tag: COVID-19
Unemployment spiked to 21% in Q1 of 2020: Labour Ministry
The stringent lockdown, that was in effect across the nation last year when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the nation with its first wave in...
5 ways to maximise the impact of L&D programmes in 2021
Employee training and development programmes are crucial to the success of businesses across the world. Since they offer opportunities to the workforce to improve...
Venus Remedies to help COVID-affected staff, families
Venus Remedies, the research-oriented pharmaceutical company, is going all out to help its COVID-affected employees and their families. It has launched a COVID protection...
99% of Tata AIA workforce vaccinated
Tata AIA Life Insurance’s 'Raksha ka teeka' campaign has tasted success, with 99 per cent of the workforce being vaccinated with at least the...
Britain to lift WFH restrictions on July 19
Britain has announced the lifting of all COVID-19 related restrictions. Starting July 19, people can move about without wearing face masks or maintaining social...
Strike at Bokaro Steel Plant for pay revision
For the second time in about three months, the workers at the Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) halted work to demand pay revision, which has...
Deloitte lets staff in UK work from anywhere forever
Deloitte’s 20,000 employees across Britain now have the choice of working from home or from anywhere in Britain for ever, if they so wish...
Casio India prioritises staff wellbeing, vaccinates employees and their families
Casio India, the consumer electronics brand, held a free vaccination drive for all its employees and their family members to support the Government’s ongoing...
Tanaya Mishra joins Strides Pharma as global CHRO
Tanaya Mishra has joined Strides Pharma as the global CHRO and will be leading the HR function for the company globally. Mishra has confirmed...
TresVista announces Rs 10L for family of deceased employee
While most companies are offering financial aid, medical insurance and vaccination to all their employees and their families, TresVista is offering aid to even...
CNH Industrial, ADP, BL Agro go for mass inoculation of employees
CNH Industrial, a global producer of agricultural and construction equipment in India announced its in-house COVID-19 vaccination drive for its 4,000-strong Indian workforce, including...
Government jobs for 2,000 PwDs in Punjab
Of the 50,000 vacancies announced in the Punjab government in 2021, four per cent quota will be for people with disabilities (PwDs). Social Security,...
Allow WFH for nursing moms for a year: Centre to States
Realising that nursing mothers are highly vulnerable and need to be protected from COVID-19 infection, the Labour Ministry recently issued an advisory to all...
Escorts, MG Motor offer financial support to staff of dealers
Escorts and MG Motor India have announced both healthcare measures and financial aid for employees and their families in these difficult times. As part...
Amazon to expand workforce in Italy by 3,000
Amazon, which had a 9,500-strong workforce across 50 locations in Italy, will soon expand its team by about 3,000. It plans to hire about...
COVID vaccination: Colorbar, Viridian Group, Narayana Health do their bit
Colorbar, the Indian beauty brand, organised a three-day vaccination drive in association with Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, for its employees and their dependents. The...
Dr Oetker announces COVID support for staff
Dr Oetker, a company offers Western pleasure food to India, has announced a series of initiatives to support employees and their families during the...
Happyness.me offers ‘Employee Voice 24/7’ platform free to all Indian companies
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues unabated, determined leaders and employees of companies big and small, all over India, continue to defy the challenges to...
Coaching as a career amidst pandemic
‘Pandemic’ is a word that combines the Greek words ‘pan’ meaning all and ‘demos’ meaning people. The focus of the word is on the...
Deutsche Bank wants women in 30% senior roles in 5 years
Deutsche Bank presently has about 600 senior executives, with only about 24 per cent of them being women. Now, the German lender, is aiming...
Tata Steel to pay deceased staff’s salary till retirement
The salary of any Tata Steel employee who loses his or her life to COVID will continue to be paid to his or her...
HUL to celebrate May 21 as ‘Gratitude Day’, while Raheja QBE...
Organisations are increasingly realising the need for their workforce to take breaks to avoid burnout. Today, Hindustan Unilever (HUL) announced that it will celebrate...
Microsoft offers Rs 2 crore package to Hyderabad software dev engineer
Narkuti Deepti, from Hyderabad, has managed to get a job as a software development engineer at Microsoft, in the US. She will be paid...
Vaccine allowance of Rs 5,000 for each employee of Roche Pharma...
Each employee at Roche Pharma India will receive a one-time vaccine allowance of Rs 5,000 to cover the vaccination of self and dependents. This...
Family Assistance Policy for dependents of Mahindra staff who die of...
Mahindra & Mahindra has assured that the family of any employee who loses a battle with COVID-19 will receive salary for the next five...
Organisations prioritise employee well-being amidst second wave
Realising the severity of the second wave of the pandemic in India, organisations are taking various measures to support their staff and take care...