Tag: pandemic

The Netherlands is set to become the first country to make work-from-home a legal right for all employees in the country. The lower house...

The Dubai-based mass transit solutions startup, Swvl, will lay off 32 per cent of its workforce. The objective is to enhance business efficiency, reduce...

Shanghai’s latest Action Plan ensures that companies that bore the brunt of the pandemic, especially those in the hospitality, retail and tourism space, are...

Just two years ago, the role of team managers used to be a lot simpler. They had to lead their teams to accomplish a...

While wishing a ‘happy new year’ to everyone today, we can only hope that 2022 really turns out to be a happy one. Why?...

Due to the economic slowdown resulting from the pandemic-induced mobility restrictions and lockdowns, the Government of Argentina had brought into effect two measures —...

MyGate, India’s community app, is all set to expand its 130-strong team by 200. The new hires, who will join over the fourth quarter...

The business world has seen a significant shift with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. One of the biggest challenges is maintaining the quality...

The Madras High Court has directed that the Tamil Nadu government assess the number of employees laid off by various industrial units during the...

Starting April 2022, the national living wage in the UK will go up. Those over the age of 23 will earn £9.50 an hour,...

According to the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI), around 32 per cent of those employed in the organised sector of the restaurant and...

After winning the Air India bid, the Central government has asked Tata Sons to not fire any Air India employee for at least one...

Indian Pilots’ Guild (IPG), which is the union of the pilots employed by Air India, wrote a letter to Rajiv Bansal, the recently-elected aviation...

Walmart to hire 1,50,000 store employees ahead of the festive season. It will take on at least 1,25,000 workers at its warehouses and for...

The hybrid work culture is not as welcome to people as it may appear. A good 70 per cent of the respondents, in a...

Zerodha, the financial services company, has come up with a unique strategy to get its employees to meet their health goals and become fitter. The...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced that the Government will pay the provident fund (PF) share of both employers as well as employees for...

Wishup, the 6-year old remote employee platform, received a funding of one million dollars from Orios Venture Partners. The startup will use this capital...

TresVista, the consulting and outsourcing support firm, is growing steadily in strength. The firm has reached the 1000-employees’ mark in August 2021. It expects...

7.ai, the intent-driven customer engagement solutions company, is all set to hire about 5,000 people and increase its team strength in India to more...

With the aim of ensuring financial inclusion, Paisabazaar.com, the Indian personal finance platform, is looking to hire from multiple cities over the next couple...

A pandemic bonus of $1,500 has been announced by Microsoft for all its employees, as a gesture of appreciation for their hard work amidst...

In a meaningful partnership between IBM and NASSCOM Foundation, about 5000 underserved youth from Karnataka, Telangana and Delhi-NCR have been trained in data science...

Despite the pandemic, Mindtree managed to take on more than 3,400 people in the quarter ending June 2021. With lucrative deals in the pipeline,...

Nucleus Software Exports, the technology solutions firm catering to the financial sector, is looking to hire over 500 fresh engineers from the smaller cities...

The Telengana government is expecting people to return to working from office. In fact, by end of September, offices in the information technology (IT)...

A recent video on a video-sharing platform went viral showing employees at a McDonald’s outlet standing outside the outlet in mid-shift, refusing to work....

Bengaluru-based NetConnect Global (NCG) is gearing to expand in India. As part of its expansion plans, it is all set to hire 5,000 people...

In a bid to push things back to normal, a Japanese semiconductor equipment company has asked its employees working from home to give a...

The Government’s wage subsidy scheme, which was to end today, that is, June 30, has now been extended till March 31, 2022. The scheme...

iD Fresh Food, the fresh food company, is working to expand its workforce in India and abroad. It hopes to ensure more gender diversity...

There was much cheer and celebration amongst members of the Karnataka State IT/ITeS Employees Union (KITU), when a Wipro employee who was forced to...

As we move into the second quarter of this finance year, there are at least two broad scenarios in front of us: Either life...

Reliance Retail has been witnessing significant growth even amidst the pandemic, as per the data revealed during the Company’s 44th annual general meeting. Not only...

For the over four lakh employees at Tata Consultancy Services, the future of work lies in the ‘third place’ or the satellite office. Natarajan...

McDonald's, the American US fast-food giant, has revealed plans to hire 20,000 people in Britain and Ireland to help fulfil the surge in demand...

The pandemic has affected each and every one of us, albeit in different ways. Some effects have been truly positive. For instance, it is...

CNH Industrial, a global producer of agricultural and construction equipment in India announced its in-house COVID-19 vaccination drive for its 4,000-strong Indian workforce, including...

As part of its attempt to recover from the aftermath of the pandemic, the UK government has given the nod for 160 projects across...

Tata Consultancy Services is reportedly preparing to bring back about 25 per cent of its workforce to office. According to an ET report, the...

Reliance Industries (RIL) has announced that it will pay five years’ salary to the family of those employees who have lost their lives to...

While the employment scenario in 2021 and 2022 will witness a rebound, it will not be enough to close the gap in employment brought...

The hiring of qualified pilots who possess residency rights, that is the right to live and work in Hong Kong, is part of Cathay’s...

Fulcrum Digital Inc. will hire over 750 digital technology experts this year, that is, 100 per cent more than last year. These lateral hires...

IndiGo has asked its senior employees to go on compulsory leave without pay (LWP) for up to four days every month till September 2021....

Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has launched a new feature with the help of which principal employers can now check the compliances of those...

‘Pandemic’ is a word that combines the Greek words ‘pan’ meaning all and ‘demos’ meaning people. The focus of the word is on the...

Deutsche Bank presently has about 600 senior executives, with only about 24 per cent of them being women. Now, the German lender, is aiming...

Despite the uncertainties brought on by the pandemic over the last year and a half almost, IIM Amritsar managed to conclude the academic year...

With the Department of Telecom (DoT) approving applications of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Reliance Jio, and other telecom companies to begin 5G trials in...