Tag: India
Stressed out docs, medical workers across India seek better treatment, pay
Even amidst the second wave of the pandemic, frontline workers, especially those associated with the medical field and the medical fraternity seem to be...
56% of salaried women exited the workforce in India in a...
Whatever the employment arrangement may be, women have always been more disadvantaged than men in the Indian workforce. According to the State of Working...
Royal Caribbean Cruises stalls India hiring amidst surge in COVID cases
Citing the surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in India, Royal Caribbean Cruises has temporarily suspended its plans to hire from India. According...
“Diversity will get new dimensions in 2021,” SV Nathan
2020: What to learn – what to erase
The biggest boon right now is that travel has become highly selective. Previously, we used to feel...
FarEye to hire 100 techies this year
FarEye, the logistics platform, is looking at expanding its global tech team in the face of unexpected rise in demand from manufacturers, retailers, and...
[24]7.ai accelerating hiring in India
7.ai , the intent-driven customer engagement-solutions company has disclosed its plans to hire more people for its rapidly expanding workforce in India. The Company...
HGS to hire 3,200 by May 2021
Having bagged some great deals and with many more in the pipeline, Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS), which is a BPO under the Hinduja Group,...
Open leave policy — is India ready?
A great deal of thought goes into a leave requisition. After all, balance leaves have to be adjusted and one has to be prepared...
Reforms needed for India to create 90 million jobs by 2030
By the end of the next decade, an estimated 60 million workers will be looking for jobs in the non-farm sectors and an additional...
At JLL India, employees have the option to work from office
While work-from-home (WFH) was the sought after option by employees in the past, in the new normal, employees at Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) India...
Reckitt Benckiser claims to eradicate gender pay gap
The Indian region of Reckitt Benckiser (RB) has outperformed other regions in terms of achieving gender pay gap.
RB India has achieved a mean gender...
TVS halts manufacturing, assures there will be no job or salary...
TVS Motor Company has announced that it will be halting all manufacturing operations at its India and Indonesia plants, to protect its staff from...
Nasscom expects India’s IT sector to grow by 7.7%
According to the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), the information technology (IT) sector in India can expect to grow by 7.7...
STEM-related jobs on the rise in India
Jobs in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics space have risen 44% in three years.
Science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM)-related job roles have witnessed...
Indian Gen Zs are keen on learning rather than stability at...
The employers of today are familiar with Gen Z— a generation born between 1996 and 2010. Though many of them are still aged around...
India and Germany formally collaborate for skill development and vocational education
India and Germany have entered into two formal agreements, to collaborate in the areas of skill development and vocational education. The formal agreements will...
Gautam Anand resigns as CPO, Airtel, India and South Asia
An Airtel spokesperson has confirmed the exit and said that Gautam is leaving due to personal reasons.
A little over a year after he was...
Why indian Gen X are not slackers
Being the youngest of three boys and 11 years younger to my eldest brother, clearly my parents planned to have a third child very...
AI will cause two-fold increase in employee productivity in India by...
A report by Microsoft reveals that in two years, India will witness a two times increase in employee productivity due to businesses adopting artificial...
Cognizant to lay off employees in India
Cognizant, the US-based IT services company, is expected to lay off a significant number of its employees, most of them in India. It is...
Uber India to expand its product and engineering teams
Uber is readying to expand its engineering and product teams across its technology centres in Hyderabad and Bengaluru. Presently, Uber Engineering India has over...
Govt. working to ensure Indian workforce in UAE matches upto its...
The two nations plans to create a framework for skill development and formation of a Joint Working Group (JWG) for smoother operations between the countries.
India opens its top institutes to foreign students
Under the Study in India programme, 160 top institutes of the country will offer 15000 seats to foreign students.
8th Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Hyderabad to support women empowerment
The event, to be hosted by the governments of India and the US, will have women participants from over 10 countries.
World talent competitiveness: India ranks 51, Switzerland 1st
Out of the 63 countries surveyed in the IMD World Talent Ranking 2017, India stands at 51st position, three places better than last year.
India and Japan sign MoC on Technical Intern Training Programme (TITP)
India will now be able to send technical interns to Japan for on-the-job training for three to five years.
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...
Harness.io: Cultivating a talent powerhouse in the tech crucible
The tech scene, be it in India or San Francisco, is equally crucible, fiercely competitive and unforgiving. In both the landscapes, attracting and retaining...
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...
H-1B visa holders can fight visa-denial case if employers commit fraud
If Indian H-1B visa holders find that their visa is about to be revoked just because their employer has been found to have indulged...
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Re-evaluate climate-change legislations, create new ones to protect workers: ILO report
Why does the International Labour Organisation feel that it is time to come up with climate-change specific policies and even create new policies to...
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...
No variable pay to employees with less than 60% attendance: TCS
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has introduced a new policy tying employees' quarterly variable pay to their in-office attendance. Now, employees with attendance below 60...
Granting childcare leave is Constitutional duty: SC
The Supreme Court recently observed that denying childcare leave or CCL to women is a violation of Constitutional Duty. It stated that childcare leave...
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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....
