PTI report: Almost 2,500 contractual workers at Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India's (HMSI) Manesar plant on Tuesday observed a tool-down strike against retrenchment of around 400 contract workers.
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Employee Union leaders alleged that the company has reduced the production of the facility by 50 percent and is in the process of retrenching more contractual workers.
The...
McDonald’s announced Monday that Global Chief People Officer David Fairhurst has left the fast food giant following the departure of CEO Steve Easterbrook, who was fired over the weekend for having a consensual relationship with an employee.
“David was a good leader who helped us set the direction for People at one of the largest companies in the world,” said Derek...
Smriti Krishna Singh, Senior Vice President, and Chief Human Resources Officer at Flipkart has quit after a nearly one-year stint. She took up the position of CHRO at Flipkart in December 2018 and was reporting to Krishnamurthy.
Smriti was responsible for overall people and culture charter. Prior to joining Flipkart, she was the Chief Human Resources Officer for Sony Pictures...
As I write this, I’m reminded of a quote by Richard Branson - “Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.” So apt and sums it up beautifully. No wonder they say, people leave managers, not companies! A subject that is very close to my heart and the reason I...
According to Times of India reports, after Cognizant, now Infosys is laying off over 10,000 middle and senior-level executives.
The company is letting go of 10% of the workforce, or around 2,200 people, in the JL6 band (job level 6), an internal job code for senior managers. Infosys has 30,092 employees in the JL6, JL7, and JL8 bands. TOI...
Hon'ble Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment launched 3 Apps: UAN REGISTRATION, E-INSPECTION, AND DIGI LOCKE, developed by Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) at its 67th Foundation Day.
"Speaking on the occasion Mr. Gangwar said that these Apps will immensely enhance the Ease of Doing Business and promote transparency in the working in the EPFO"
He further said...
Standard Life Aberdeen Plc has introduced nine months of full paid parental leave for all new mothers and fathers. In total, parents will be able to take 52 weeks in up to three separate blocks over two years in a way that suits the employee.
The new policy, which comes into force on 1 January 2020, will apply to all new mothers...
HCL Technologies has announced the launch of HCL’s Google Cloud Business Unit to accelerate enterprise cloud adoption worldwide. This dedicated business group within HCL will be supported by engineering, solutions, and business teams from Google Cloud.
The new expansive and strategic partnership between HCL and Google Cloud will help organizations advance their digital transformation agendas powered by Google Cloud Platform...
Telecom giant Vodafone announced today that all its employees worldwide will be offered 16 weeks of fully-paid parental leave.
Any employee whose partner is having a baby adopts a child or becomes a parent through surrogacy will have the flexibility to take up to 16 weeks paid leave at any time during the first 18 months.
Vodafone employees will...
IndusInd Bank on October 31 announced that its board has finalized the name of the next Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Current MD & CEO Romesh Sobti, who joined the bank in February 2008, will retire in March 2020, when he turns 70.
The bank has submitted an application to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), seeking approval for...