Tag: employees
Almond Solutions offers unlimited leaves to employees
Almond Solutions, a marketing technology firm, has announced unlimited leaves for all its employees. The Company which employs close to 100 people, wants to...
No change in return-to-office plan for Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs will require its employees to get a booster jab of the COVID-19 vaccine, as part of its return-to-office plan. All its staff...
A week off from work for employees of El Sol Strategic...
El Sol Strategic Consultants, the full-service brand consultancy and growth marketing company, has been offering a week’s paid leave to all its employees annually,...
China proposes law to protect women employees’ rights
The Chinese government has proposed a ban on employers placing gender preferences in their job ads, and also asking women applicants about their marital...
Himachal cabinet approves pay scale revision of 2 lakh govt employees
Himachal Pradesh cabinet has agreed to revise pay scales of two lakh employees of the state government from January 21, 2021. The salary for...
J&K PDD staff strike results in power cuts
Jammu and Kashmir has experienced major power breakdown as a result of the indefinite strike by 20,000 employees of the Power Development Department (PDD)....
How companies measure burnout in employees
Companies have been talking and literally bragging about all that they have done or are doing for their employees’ mental health during and post...
Lakhs of public-sector bank employees strike to protest government’s disinvestment
Lakhs of employees of public-sector banks protested the Central government’s proposition of privatising banks operating in the space. The two-day strike, which started on...
UP govt. hikes DA by 3% for employees
After the Central government increased the dearness allowance (DA) of its employees, the Uttar Pradesh government has also announced an increase in DA by...
American company to offer 2 houses to its employees as incentive
Florida-based air conditioning and plumbing firm, Mechanical One, has taken employee incentivisation to another level. Instead of giving cars or vacations as incentives, the...
Angandwadi and ASHA workers in Odisha want to be recognised as...
In a bid to call the Government’s attention to low minimum wages, thousands of Angandwani workers participated in a massive rally in Bhubhaneshwar recently....
Google employees to lose pay if they don’t get vaccinated
Google has warned employees that they’ll lose pay and eventually be fired from their jobs if they fail to get vaccinated by January 18,...
“Fire unvaccinated employees if you want”: Armenian govt tells employers
The Eastern European country of Armenia has become one of the very few countries to allow employers to fire workers who refuse to provide...
Google grants $1,600 bonus to employees
Google will provide a one-time cash bonus of $1,600 or equivalent value, to the extended workforce and interns. The bonus is expected to be...
Employers cannot be ruthless, inhumane with employees: Bombay HC
The Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court recently slammed Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MSEDCL) for mistreating one of its employees. The said employee,...
How can HR regain the lost trust of employees?
The Human Resource department of any organisation, feeds on the trust of the employees. It acts as a guardian, protecting the employees and keeping...
Netcore Cloud grants its employees ESOPs worth $8 million
Aritificial intelligence (AI) powered growth marketing platform, Netcore Cloud, has granted $8 million to its employees as part of the ESOP liquidation programme (ELP)...
Central government employees to get salary raise soon
Central government employees are likely to get a raise very soon, close on the heels of an increment they got in the form of...
Indian employers can check vaccination status of employees on CoWIN
In a bid to make information on inoculation of employees easily accessible for employers, the Union Health Ministry has activated a new service on...
Delhi govt employees to work from home till November 26
With the air quality in Delhi being very poor, the Delhi government has extended work from home for its employees till November 26. This...
J&K government deploys over 11,000 of its employees to Ladakh
In a bid to boost the employment figures of the State, the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) government has reportedly deployed over 11,000 of its...
‘Carpooling instead of WFH’: Centre’s suggestion to NCR employees
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court (SC) had advised all Delhi government and Central government offices in NCR to ask their employees to work...
Unacademy offers free subscriptions to children of employees, educators
Unacademy, the Indian learning platform, has announced a new policy for the children of its employees and Plus Educators.
‘Unacademy Nurture’ is a policy which...
Philippines mandates vaccination for employees returning to office
The Government of Philippines has announced that employees who are rejoining offices need to get vaccinated or undergo frequent testing for the COVID-19 virus.
The...
1500 MSRTC employees resume duty amid mass strike
Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) staff have been on strike since October 27. All 250 depots of MSRTC have been shut for a...
Skill-Lync to expand globally, hire 3000 employees in 3 months
Skill-Lync, the engineering education startup, is on a hiring spree, as part of its global expansion plans. It intends to recruit at least 3,000...
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...
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...
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...
Toshiba to let go 5000 in Japan
Toshiba is contemplating a significant downsizing of its workforce in Japan, eyeing a reduction of about 5,000 positions. The move is said to affect...
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Google CEO urges respectful disagreement as protests erupt
The past few days have seen internal tensions rise at Google. Employee protests against the company’s business dealings with Israel resulted in nine arrests...
Will Citi let go 22,000 roles by 2026?
In the process of doing away with five layers of management, Citi’s management layers have been reduced to eight, from the previous 13. The...
Hiring rose 46% for ML engineers, 23% for full-stack AI scientists
There was a significant 46 per cent growth in hiring for machine learning engineers’ roles in India, while hiring for full-stack AI scientist roles...
Navendu Shekhar named head HR at India Today
After serving as director-HR (business, strategy and corporate functions) at Cashree Payments for well over two and a half years, Navendu Shekhar has joined...
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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....
