The labour ministry on 10th April, Friday notified the special scheme wherein the government will contribute 24% of the employee and employer provident fund share per month for three months to PF accounts of employees earning less than Rs 15,000 to tide over the impact of Covid-19 on small establishments.
"EPFO puts in place Online Mechanism to credit EPF and...
No one saw the recession coming- Gordon Ramsay
Very apt to understand that nobody is or can be actually fully ready as we don’t see it coming. This is where and why HR has been more predictive, intuitive and prepared to meet the need of time. It’s wise to PREPARE for worst and sail through difficult times really well than...
India’s unemployment rate could have climbed to more than 20% as the economy lost jobs after a nationwide lockdown took effect in the last week of March, according to a survey by the CMIE Center for Monitoring Indian Economy Pvt. Ltd.
The jobless rate was 23.4% for the week ended April 5 based on a sample size of 9,429 observations, Mahesh Vyas,...
Google is issuing a ban on the use of the Zoom teleconferencing platform for employees citing security concerns.
"Google emailed employees last week about the ban, telling workers who had the Zoom app installed on their Google-provided machines that the software would soon no longer function."
According to Google spokesperson, Zoom‘s desktop client doesn’t meet the company’s security standards; employees can...
Dabur has appointed Biplab Baksi as Executive Director- HR. He replaces V Krishnan who is on his way out and is serving the notice period.
In his new role, Biplab will be responsible for all HR functions across domestic and international entities of the company and he will report to CEO Mohit Malhotra.
Biplab has over 26 years of experience in...
“When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.”
(When the situation becomes difficult, the strong will work harder to meet the challenge.)
Today’s most vehemently conversed and the discussed subject is global ‘Economic Slowdown’; right from the security guard to the top bosses of an organization, all seem to have some opinion or other, on this growing crisis.
According to...
Today, the Income Tax Department, on its official Twitter handle, announced that Government of India to give income tax refunds up to Rs 5 lakh immediately due to coronavirus impact.
According to the announcement "In context of COVID-19 situation & to grant immediate relief to taxpayers, GOI has decided to issue all pending income-tax refunds upto Rs.5 lakh & GST/Custom...
Being ahead with time has become a necessity in the current time. Change is taking place everywhere in our surroundings and the change has been only constant in the business.
Recently in my organisation, the name of "HR department" has been changed to "People and Culture department" as we work for people and culture of the organisation and care for...
SightsIn Plus, April 2020: Skilling, Reskilling, and Upskilling Amidst the Crisis
Most of the organizations are done with appraisals and this is the time for them to fix the Skills gap. Due to the current coronavirus crisis and lockdown employees are working from home. And we need to look at different ways for skilling, reskilling and upskilling workforces amidst the...
Capgemini tweaks its leave policy in India amid coronavirus lockdown
According to a Business Standard Report, firm Capgemini has tweaked its leave policy in India temporarily apart from deferring increments and promotions of senior-level employees by one quarter.
Capgemini India said, We had tweaked leave accumulation only up to Q2 (FY21) end, and only as an interim measure. “Our overall leave policy for the...