Tag: pandemic

Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has paid over Rs 14,000 crore towards settlement of 56.79 lakh COVID-19 non-refundable advance claims, last year. Following the virus...

More than 50, 000 employees of the North Municipal Corporation of Delhi (North MCD) have decided to go on an indefinite strike January 7...

Karnataka’s deputy chief minister has asked employees of the information technology (IT) companies in the state to continue working from home, as the number...

Daimler, the Stuttgart-based carmaker and owner of the Mercedes-Benz brand, will pay €1000 as bonus to its 160,000 employees in Germany. This is to...

Keeping in mind the safety of its employees, Wipro has decided to let its staff in India and the US work from home till...

COVID-19 has thrown a lot of challenges and concerns at the HR industry. If the persistent job cuts is not enough trouble, managing a...

COVID-19 brought the world to a grinding halt but work must go on, and it did, albeit virtually. While getting used to the new...

By the time the first lockdown was announced in India, on March 24, 2020, most multinational corporations in the country had already felt the...

Employee branding has never been ad important for organisations as it is now. How companies behave during a crisis, impacts their employee value proposition. “Crises...

Keeping its employees’ health and safety as a priority, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has taken all required steps to enable the return to work...

The Government of India’s Skilled Workers Arrival Database for Employment Support (SWADES) initiative is conducting a skill mapping of the Indian workers who have...

Succession planning is a lengthy ongoing process in any organisation. A successor is often groomed over the years to be able to step up. Yet,...

Employees of KPMG want to be compensated for the 20 per cent pay cuts that were imposed on them in April, without any reduction...

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...

Due to the financial crunch, which has hit all sectors, many companies in India have decided to defer increments and bonuses for their employees...

Under the flagship programme of the company, called ‘AI Accelerator’, all employees at OLX India have been given quarterly targets to learn different aspects...

Hospitality company, OYO, has decided to restore the full salaries of its employees in India and South Asia. While those earning a fixed salary...

People across the globe are yearning for the year 2020 to end fast, with the hope that the dreadful pandemic will get over by...

Hyderabad-based airline, Trujet, has decided to cut 50 per cent of its employees’ salaries. The decision has been conveyed to the employees via an...

Of all the sectors affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, aviation has been the hardest hit. With travel restrictions, grounded fleets, benched staff, schedule uncertainties,...

Changes in life can either be gradual, or happen overnight. The outcome is usually the result of the choices that you make in life....

The office culture in India has always been about developing warm and rich interpersonal relationships among individuals. Offices across the country are alive with...

The management of Amazon has decided to show its appreciation for its front-line workers by giving them a one-time ‘Thank You’ bonus. This is...

A few years ago, Professor Ram Charan created quite a stir by suggesting splitting the HR department into two halves and doing away with...

According to the New Democratic Labour Front (NDLF), an IT employee union, the US- based IT major, Cognizant, has begun terminating its benched employees as...

Lockdowns and other restrictive measures to contain the pandemic have had a devastating impact on already weak labour markets, as well as production and...

Saudi Aramco, the Saudi Arabian multinational petroleum and natural gas company, has begun to downsize by slashing hundreds of jobs, starting June 2020. This...

Tata Motors is planning to lay off 1,100 temporary employees at its luxury Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) unit, in pursuit of a target of...

While most businesses are imposing pay cuts and even laying off employees to stay afloat amidst the economic slump caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Capita, London-based international business process outsourcing and professional services company, is planning to lay off about 200 employees, as per media reports. The Company, which...

During these times, when companies across the globe are being forced to either lay off their valuable employees or furlough them in order to...

Companies across the globe are either laying off their employees or introducing pay cuts to safeguard their businesses and survive the economic after-effects of...

With countries sealing their borders and international flights being grounded, many professionals from other countries have been stuck in the US during the pandemic,...

The Power Employees Joint Action Committee of Uttar Pradesh, has demanded that the power employees be given an insurance cover of Rs 50 lakh,...

In the month of March, about seven lakh jobs were lost in the US, owing to the coronavirus outbreak. As per the US Labour...

The Union of IT and ITES Employees (UNITE) has sought the fulfilment of certain demands by the state governments and the Centre. The first...

The current pandemic has threatened to disrupt businesses and organisations are worried about continuity and timely payment of salaries. This will particularly affect the...

The technology and business services provider is planning to explore share buyback. Bengaluru-based Quess Corp, which is backed by Fairfax, witnessed a dip in its...

According to a report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), almost 25 million jobs may be lost, globally, owing to the coronavirus pandemic. However,...

Facebook has shown its commitment to the well-being of its employees by announcing $1000 bonus for each employee, to deal with contingencies during the...

As part of measures to check the spread of coronavirus, Nepal has stopped issuing visas on arrival to tourists, irrespective of the country they...

Business organisations are taking productive measures to curtail the spread of the pandemic and keep employees safe. Prompt alterations in the mandate and timely...