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Meesho announces 10-day company-wide break for staff post festive season

The 10-day company-wide work break is the first ever move by an Indian startup to prioritise employee well-being and mental health support, the firm said

Majority of corporate employees want to WFH at least once a week: Survey

Nearly 80 per cent of corporate employees want to work from home at least once a week post-COVID, according to a survey by property consultant JLL India

Employees' pension scheme: SC refers pleas against HC order to larger bench

The Supreme Court referred the pleas challenging the 2018 verdict of the Kerala High Court which had set aside the Employees' Pension scheme 2014, to a larger three-judge bench for adjudication.

Two Blackstone staffers win Rs 74 lakh in firm's charity contest

The award money will support Bal Gurukul, IDF's flagship project that provides supplementary after school education programmes to needy children

Ola rewards employees with Rs 400-cr stocks, expands ESOP pool to Rs 3k cr

The initiative by the SoftBank-backed mobility firm is aimed at long term meaningful wealth creation in the run up to IPO.

High-paid jobs saw salary hike during Covid-19 lockdown, says PLFS

The Periodic Labour Force Survey for 2019-20 has found that average salary of those in the regular wage/salaried status actually rose by 5 per cent in the lockdown period from the previous quarter

Is WFH leading to social loafing?

Social loafing describes the tendency of individuals to put forth less effort when they are part of a group, or working together as a co-located team

Railways lost 2,903 employees due to coronavirus: Ashwini Vaishnaw

The Railways has lost 2,903 employees due to Covid-19, minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed Parliament on Friday.

US private equity fund Lone Star lays off majority of Asia staff: Report

The people accounted for more than 75% of the total workforce in Asia ex-Japan

Send bank staff in sensitive operations on leave without intimation: RBI

As a prudent risk management measure, banks should have a 'mandatory leave' policy with an element of surprise, apex bank says. The revised norms repeal the circular of April 23, 2015

95% Jet staff must consent to Kalrock-Jalan proposal or lose benefits

Voting on the consortium's offer for employees and workmen began on Monday and will go on till August 4

Google says it made significant gains in hiring employees of colour

Google has made significant gains in hiring employees of colour, saying that it is excited to build on the goals such as increasing representation of underrepresented groups by 30 per cent by 2025

Google is at its peak, but employees see cracks and question CEO Pichai

Employees say Google is rocked by workplace culture fights, and Pichai's attempts to lower the temperature had the opposite effect.

Wipro announces salary hike for 80% of eligible staff, second in CY21

The salary hike will be effective from September 1, 2021.

IDFC offers compensation 4x CTC to corona affected employees' families: MD

IDFC FIRST Bank is offering compensation equivalent to four times of the CTC, continuation of salary for two years to the families of the employees who lost their lives due to the covid says MD.

Amazon to ask corporate staff to return to office for three days a week

Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday some corporate employees will be offered the option to return to office for three days a week and work remotely for the other two days.

Tata Steel global CEO and group ED get remuneration raise for FY21

Average percentage decline in employees' salary 2.6% due to pandemic

3 in 4 Indian workers keen on flexible remote work, says Microsoft report

While more than 3 in 4 Indian workers are keen on flexible remote work options, 57 per cent employees feel overworked as digital intensity increases in the country, a new Microsoft report showed

upGrad plans to hire over 1,000 employees in 3 months as demand grows

Global edtech firm upGrad on Tuesday said it is planning to hire over 1,000 people in India in the next three months across departments to address the growing demand of the company. The opportunities will be across departments like Learning Experience, Delivery, Marketing, and Program, along with Sales which will remain predominant, upGrad said in a statement. The edtech company will be hiring from its own learners' talent pool through upGrad Rekrut hiring drive. The fresh Sales recruits will work in a 'Temporary Safe Workplace Bubbles' across 5-star hotel properties in Mumbai and Bangalore, which will further extend to cities like Hyderabad, Delhi and Kolkata. "Our hiring plan is a result of the rapid growth that we have seen in the last 18 months. With global expansions taking shape, we are all set to ramp up our support and business teams to continue meeting the strong demand for LifeLongLearning that we are experiencing, upGrad CEO- India, Arjun Mohan added.

Deutsche tells US investment bankers they must be back in office by Sep 6

Deutsche Bank is still working through how much flexibility it will offer employees over the long term, according to a separate memo earlier this week from investment-banking chief