Tag: immigration
International students in Canada can work over 20 hours a week...
Till 31 December 2023, international students in Canada will be allowed to take up work outside their campuses for over 20 hours a week....
Canada enhances the Temporary Foreign Workers Programme
Henceforth, all employers will have to provide temporary foreign workers all the information pertaining to their rights in Canada. This is part of the...
Singapore to launch ONE pass from January 2023
Come January 2023 and the ONE pass will come into effect in Singapore. An abbreviation for Overseas Networks & Expertise, ONE pass is a...
32,000 jobs added, vacancies in Canadian healthcare, social assistance sectors rising
Canada has more jobs on offer now, with about 32,200 vacancies waiting to be filled. As per statistics in the May-June period vacancies rose...
Indians to benefit from the UK’s points-based immigration system
A new points-based immigration system was announced by the UK with the objective of drawing the best global talent. With effect from 1 January,...
UK’s skill-based immigration system to benefit Indians
The new point-based immigration system, that will be implemented from 1 January 2021, will assess EU and non-EU workers without any partiality towards the...
Green card norms to be overhauled, preference to foreigners based on...
The US President is expected to propose a new immigration system, which will give preference to foreigners based on merit, unlike the current system...
Job cuts at CNN, affected staff to be informed soon
A ‘gut punch’ is what Chris Licht, CEO, CNN rightly described the announcement of layoff plans as. Licht recently sent a memo to the...
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Will wage ceiling for EPFO’s retirement saving scheme be revised?
As per media reports, there is a likelihood of the Government revising the wage limit for the retirement saving scheme of the Employees’ Provident...
Should employers steer clear of frequent job hoppers?
There was a time when it was common practice for people to spend their entire careers at the same organisation. Today, a constantly- changing...
J&K approves HR policy for Anganwadi women workers, helpers
The administrative council of Jammu and Kashmir has approved the HR policy for Anganwadi women workers and helpers, who are employed with the Integrated...
100 British companies sign up for 4-day work week
The ‘4 Day Week Campaign’ started by a group — comprising academics from Oxford and Cambridge, along with experts from Boston College, US —...
DIALOGUE
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....
“Being good to everyone is being unjust to performers,” Mathew Job, CEO, Crompton
Q. In today’s times, what’s more challenging for a CEO like you — profit & business growth, talent & people, diversification, compliance or managing...
