In a major relief to Telcos, the government has approved 2 years moratorium on spectrum payment. The Telcos were seeking relief from the government since the payment was huge.
According to ET Telecom “In view of the current financial stress faced by major telecom service providers and in pursuant of the recommendations by the Committee of Secretaries...
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for introduction of the Industrial Relations Code, 2019 which is the third & the most contentious labour law amendments.
This code allows companies to hire workers on a fixed-term contract of any duration. The code has retained the threshold on the worker count at...
IT Major Cognizant starts to identify executives from its mid and top tiers for re-skilling and re-training, following plans to optimize the workforce to reduce costs and improve margins.
Karen McLoughlin, Chief Financial Officer said, "The Company is in the process of selecting mid- and senior-level resources among the planned 5,000 employees who will be reskilled."
We are looking now to...
A woman software employee committed suicide on Tuesday night by hanging herself in the hostel room. Allegedly she was depressed after being told that she would not be needed for work anymore.
The young victim, identified as 24-year-old girl Pogaku Harini was working for a software firm in the Gachibowli area and staying in a women’s hostel for the last...
The Government of Karnataka on Wednesday issued an order to scrap the law that bans employing women in night shifts in factories, subject to certain security conditions.
The order issued by the government says that women can work during night shifts (between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m.) in places registered under the Factories Act, 1948. The move comes after the...
The 'BSNL Voluntary Retirement Scheme - 2019', that was roll out recently, will remain open till December 3, 2019. Under this VRS Scheme, employees above the age of 50 years are eligible to opt for retirement. At least 63 percent or 1 lakh BSNL employees are eligible to opt for retirement under the scheme.
According to media reports, around 80,000...
I was recently reading a book, “The War for Talent” by McKinsey & Company consultants Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones, and Beth Axelrod where they have put forth their thoughts after five years of in-depth research on how companies manage leadership talent which includes surveys of 13,000 executives at more than 120 companies and case studies of 27 leading companies....
Beverage and snacks maker PepsiCo elevates Pavitra Singh as Chief Human Resources Officer for India. She takes over this position from Suchitra Rajendra who recently resigned from PepsiCo to join a new company.
Prior to this Pavitra has been working as Director HR at PepsiCo, India, and Head of Talent Acquisition - Asia, Middle East and North Africa...
ViacomCBS has announced the appointment of Nancy Phillips as a new Head- Human Resources. She will serve as Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer. Nancy will be responsible for driving the company’s human resources strategy and delivering global programs to create a positive employee experience and a culture of high performance.
In this role, she will have oversight of...
Close to 1,500 contractual workers who have been staging a sit-in at the company premises since November 5 to protest the retrenchment of their colleagues, vacated the premises and continued their strike outside the premises, after the management agreed to work towards reaching a resolution soon, said Workers' Union President.
The tussles between workers’ union and management at the...