Tag: Employee

Retired JK Cement employees demand pending dues

J&K Cements Retired Employees Welfare Association (JKCREWA) expressed serious concern regarding the authorities' postponement in fulfilling their rightful retirement benefits request. The employees demanded...

Apple Store employees earning Rs1 lakh also receive additional benefits

Apple has recently launched its premium stores in Delhi and Mumbai, which attracted a large number of people who eagerly came to experience the...

CIDCO transfers 147 employees after fraud employee salary scheme worth Rs...

After the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) was hit by a Rs3 crore fraudulent employee scheme, the organisation has taken action by transferring...

‘GAIL Abha’ to encourage entrepreneurship among employee spouses

GAIL, a prominent natural gas company in India, has launched a new program called ‘GAIL Abha’ to assist the entrepreneurial aspirations of spouses of...

155k Canadian public servants may protest if  govt fails to negotiate...

The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), the largest union representing Canadian government employees, has announced its intention to go on strike if an...

Forced shutdown of Blinkit Delhi NCR dark stores

Blinkit, a quick commerce platform owned by Zomato, has been facing opposition from its delivery partners in the Delhi-NCR region. The delivery riders have...

Scammers pose as CEOs; ask for Paytm transfers

Scammers have devised a new tactic to con unsuspecting victims out of their money. An employee of the Indian e-commerce firm Meesho, Shikhar Saxena,...

How can employees overcome past-experience stigma?

In the fast-growing education technology industry, some companies have worked up a reputation for their toxic work culture, mass layoffs and often brutal firing...

Pay raise for UK employees: Amazon 

On March 22, 2023, Amazon announced an increase in the minimum starting pay for its UK employees to a range of 11 pounds to...

Meta-hoarding employees; paying workers to ‘fake work’

An ex-employee of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has accused the organisation of paying employees to pretend to work. Britney Levy, who was laid...

Japanese fintech firm makes ChatGPT compulsory for new recruits

As the debate over how artificial intelligence (AI) will impact the workforce continues, one Japanese fintech company is taking a bold step by making...

Silicon Valley Bank employees are offered 1.5 times their salary by...

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has resulted in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) taking control of the bank. The FDIC has offered...

Amazon employees can use their stock for home loans

Amazon has recently launched a new program called ‘Equity Unlocker’ that enables its employees to use their vested stock as collateral when purchasing homes.  The...

Pilgrim launches first-ever ESOP scheme; all employees eligible

Pilgrim, a direct-to-consumer (D2C), personal care brand recently announced the launch of its first employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) scheme. The company has allocated 10...

The Great HR Debate: Rethinking the employee experience

With time, the focus of businesses has shifted from simply providing a pay cheque to their employees to creating a positive employee experience. This shift...

Musk fires dozens of sales & engineering staff at Twitter 

Recent reports have stated that Twitter has undergone yet another round of layoffs. The CEO, Elon Musk, has reportedly let go of dozens of...

HarperCollins US staff finally to get pay raise and bonus

HarperCollins, a book publishing company, faced a strike by nearly 250 members of its staff who are part of the union. On since 10...

Are stricter performance reviews a sign that Uber may lay off?

In 2023, several major tech companies, such as Google, Microsoft, and Meta, have announced job cuts. According to Layoffs.fyi, a website that tracks and...

Google employees  protest against mass layoffs

Google, the tech giant, recently fired approximately 12,000 employees in January, which resulted in protests from workers in both the US coasts. The workers...

Why global trends such as rage applying don’t take India by...

Rage applying, the latest corporate trend, has taken Gen Z workers by storm. Similar to quiet quitting, rage applying started off as a TikTok...

Employers need to change work contracts warns UAE

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has recently announced a change to its labour law, requiring employers to transfer their employees to limited-term contracts. The...

Year-end bonus checks delayed for google employees

In a change in functioning, Google has postponed the distribution of its year-end bonus checks to employees, which is unusual for the company as...

Walmart employee alleges firing over viral TikTok video

A Walmart employee in Florida is claiming that she was fired from her job after she created a TikTok video showcasing her day at...

Employee ordered to pay employer for ‘Time Theft’

An accountant in Canada has been ordered by a court to pay her employer $1841 for 'time theft' after her employer used tracking software...

HCL technologies hired over 5,000 new employees in Q3FY23

During Q3FY23, which ended on December 30, 2022, HCL Technologies hired 5,892 new employees, bringing their total employee count to 222,270. Out of these...

Non-payment of rent by Twitter leads to employees being forcefully vacated

Since Elon Musk has taken over Twitter, the company is all over the news. However, it seems that Twitter employees are the ones suffering...

How this energy company is championing employee inclusivity & engagement

In today’s competitive business landscape, fostering an inclusive and engaging work environment is not just a feel-good initiative; it’s a strategic imperative. Jakson Green,...

Trident’s Asmita leaves blossom into inclusive workplaces

Forget the tired trope of corporate activism. In the heart of India's textile industry, Trident, a manufacturing company, is quietly weaving a revolution in...
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Engagement is outdated: The future of success lies in ‘employee involvement’

In the ever-evolving landscape of the contemporary workplace, a profound metamorphosis is underway, challenging the conventional emphasis on employee engagement. This paradigm shift posits...
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Tata Steel: Journey through excellence in talent acquisition 

Tata Steel, part of the Tata Group, is a multinational steel-making company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is one of the world's leading steel...

TCS to open delivery centre in Brazil, create 1600 jobs

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is gearing to establish a new delivery centre in Brazil’s Londrina. The area is already familiar with the presence of...

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Invest4Edu appoints Hemika Tanwar as chief people officer

Hemika Tanwar has been appointed chief people officer, Invest4Edu. About two years ago, Tanwar was briefly associated with Invest Value Fintech and Invest4Edu for seven...

upGrad records 55,000 placements in FY24

Fresh off a successful fiscal year, upGrad, a learning platform, capped off FY24 with considerable growth in annual placements and transitions, reaching a record...

Levi Strauss to cut roles in Belgium

Levi Strauss, also called Levi’s, is implementing job cuts at its European headquarters in Michelin, Belgium. As reported by a daily, the decision follows...

The QuitTok conundrum: Can public resignation be a force for good?

Brittany Pietsch's viral TikTok video in January 2024 sent shockwaves through the HR world. In it, Pietsch, a former Cloudflare employee, documented her confusing...

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Data analytics and not technology will redefine HR

Q. How satisfying has been your professional journey of 39 years? A. It has been a bagful of mixed experiences. At times I have been...

EQ, IQ & empathy define the success of a CEO

Q. You spent 16 years at LIC before moving to a corporate role at ICICI Prudential. Now, 22 years on, I am still curious...

“The big change has been that we have moved from jobs to skills,” Amaresh...

Q. How would you define the culture at GE? A. Having been present in this region since 1902, GE has been around for 120 years....
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