The Supreme Court on Tuesday emphasised that a beneficial law like the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 (Act) cannot be overridden by employers through settlements or contracts which effectively curtail workers’ rights and dues [Bharatiya Kamgar Karmachari Mahasangh vs M/s...
The Rajasthan assembly on Monday 24th July 23 passed a bill extending social security to gig workers in the state, a first of its kind in the country. The Rajasthan Platform Based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare) Bill, 2023 seeks to register all gig workers and aggregators in the state...
(IANS): Global networking giant Cisco has begun a round of layoffs affecting employees across business units, which are part of an earlier “rebalancing effort”. According to verified Cisco employees on anonymous professional community forum Blind, some business units allegedly affected...
Quick commerce platform Dunzo informed its employees about next round of head reduction in an ‘all hands’ meeting, according to sources aware of the development. This is the third time the company has said good bye to its employees during 2023 according to media reports. While the company did not...
Recent report by Slack, which surveyed more than 2000 Indian desk workers reveals that Indian organisations are leading the way in adopting artificial intelligence (AI) and automation tools to enhance employee productivity and streamline workflows. The report titled ‘State of Work,’ found that 75...
Bengaluru-based AI tech support startup, Saarthi.ai, to achieve profitabilityhas reportedly terminated employees and withheld salaries, causing concern among the employees.The company claims that these measures were taken under “investor pressure” to achieve profitability. Founder and CEO Vishwa...
A user’s post on Reddit sparked a row on to what extent organisation can go low to create a fear among employees to perform Established theory of motivation since long is that the talent should be provided an open and encouraging environment free from any fear where he can deliver his best and...
Atasi Baran Pradhan has been appointed as the Director, Human Resources (HR) of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on Wednesday. Pradhan has over three decades of experience serving both public and private sectors across various industries such as engineering, paper, aerospace and defence. Also...
(IANS) : About 7 in 10 Indian job seekers are looking for work flexibility in comparison to salary, which includes the ability to work from home, set their own hours and take breaks as needed while on the job hunt, a new report said on Wednesday. According to the leading job portal Indeed, about 70...
(PTI): HDFC Bank’s Managing Director and Chief Executive, SashidharJgdishan expressed concerns over the attrition rate at the bank, which had over 1.70 lakh employees at the end of March 2023 according to its annual report. The bank’s attrition rate was at 34.15 per cent in FY23, as...
