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Credit Suisse Group to hire over 1,000 IT employees in India in 2021

Credit Suisse said it planned to hire over 1,000 IT staffs in India this year to show its commitment to the country and its intention to establish it as a global technology innovation center for bank

From Cognizant to HCL, India Inc opens up purse for employee retention

HCL had announced a one-time special bonus of $90 million earlier this month to employees around the world as it crossed the $10-billion revenue mark

Nasscom hails ten-month delay in implementing Trump's H-1B allotment rule

Dept of Homeland Security will now push date of the rule March 9 to December 31, will review it as a whole for potential changes or for rescinding it

Naukri.com report shows hiring activity in IT sector picked up in September

Top roles that recruiters were hiring for included software developer, tech lead, tech architect, among others

Mindtree's net profit jumps 88% to Rs 253.7 cr; salary hikes from January

The firm's revenues remained flat year-on-year at Rs 1,926 crore during the period under review and witnessed a marginal 1 per cent gain sequentially

Bench staff at IT firms rising as Covid-19 causes project delays

In the past three months, there has been at least one percentage increase in staffers on the bench

Logging in with facemasks: Offices look different as staff returns to work

Office life in these cities resumed on Monday, albeit cautiously and with full knowledge of the need to maintain social distancing.

Revenue bites: IT firms go aggressive on cost-cutting amid Covid-19 crisis

Travel expenses trimmed and salary hikes put on hold as industry fights slowdown and demand uncertainty

Over 1 mn IT employees to work from home post-lockdown: Kris Gopalakrishnan

The former CEO and Managing Director of Infosys said he does not see job losses in the IT sector

Coronavirus impact: TCS not to retrench employees, freezes salary hikes

The company reported a healthy profit jump for the March quarter, but hinted at very difficult time in the first two quarters of the current fiscal due to COVID-19 crisis, including a revenue contract

Coronavirus: IT firms ask clients abroad to allow staff to work from home

Currently, while many IT employees are working from home, a significant majority has to come to office as companies don't allow these staffers to work from home

FITE to look at legal options if talks with IT companies fail

The conciliation process is expected to be completed in two weeks, with a couple of hearings scheduled. If the talks fail, the Forum will move legally, said Vinod AJ, general secretary of FITE

IT employees' forum says Cognizant has terminated one of its leader

Company cites performance issues and client feedback as reasons for the termination

Overall hiring intention of IT employers drops 5 percentage points: Survey

The report further noted that Indian IT companies intend to hire mostly freshers, up to five years experience

IT industry on hiring spree, adds record number of employees in Q1

Around 85,000 employees added on net basis, highest in six years

Bengal IT, ITeS Employees submit application to form trade union

It is estimated by FITE that West Bengal has 150,000-200,000 employees in the IT and ITeS sector

IT employees rue lesser pay hike even as companies show good growth

Employees working with major IT firms in India rue that the average salary hike has been less than five per cent and in even many cases there have been no hikes at all

Aggrieved techies in TN meet state govt; union might be in the offing

A tripartite meeting between Cognizant Technology Solutions, group of employees along with IT Employees Union and State Labour Department was held in Chennai on WednesdayThis is the second such meeting held by a State Labour department with Cognizant and employees who were asked to leave from the company on the issue. Last week a conciliation meeting was held in Hyderabad, with the company seeking two weeks to respond.During Wednesday's meeting in Chennai, a group of employees under the leadership of Forum of IT Employees (FITE) participated and alleged that the company is forcing some of the employees to submit resignation.While, an email sent to Cognizant seeking its comment on the meeting did not elicit response till the time of going to press, FITE representatives have said during the meeting the company claimed that neither were they laying off employees nor forcing anybody to resign. Vinod, general secretary of FITE said that the company has said that it would look into any ...

Work in IT? Capgemini India chief says 65% workforce can't be re-trained

The company warned of high job losses at the middle and senior levels