Cognizant recently allowed its employees in India — in support functions — to work from home as part of a space-management strategy.
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Twitter has apparently decided to discontinue its global engineering work at its Bengaluru development centre and is laying off some employees.
A civil lawsuit was filed last week, accusing Samsung and LG of agreeing to avoid poaching each other’s US employees.
Dell Technologies will cut 2,000–3,000 jobs, majorly in the United States.
The tech giant has apparently shut shop on parts of its most ambitious initiatives — the self-driving car.
India’s net employment outlook for the October-December quarter of 2016 stands at 32 per cent, the highest among 43 surveyed nations.
The move is being speculated as a measure to reduce costs by relocating those roles to India.
Taking a step towards developing skills and capabilities in the aviation sector, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has recently entered into an agreement with the US–India Aviation Cooperation Programme (ACP).
Taking a step towards developing skills and capabilities in the aviation sector, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has recently entered into an agreement with the US–India Aviation Cooperation Programme (ACP).
The move comes ahead of the Maternity Benefits (Amendment) Bill expected to be tabled in the Lok Sabha later this year.
The Union Government last week increased the minimum wage of non-agricultural, unskilled workers in the central sphere from Rs.246 to Rs.350 per day.
A total amount of Rs 12,000 cr. would be provided through the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY).
Pensioners will be engaged as inspecting officers and members of the flying squad to conduct and oversee examinations.
The bright, spacious and modern work environment is aimed at creating a more open and non-hierarchical organisational culture.
Although he will still continue to be involved with Wipro as an advisor, he plans to extend his expertise as an advisor and leadership coach to several other companies.
The 4,00,000 sq. ft. area will add 3500 new workstations and take Sapient’s total India capacity close to the 10,000 mark.
Those less than happy with their work early in their careers tend to be more depressed, worried and sleepless.
Kaur will drive core functions, such as talent management, employee engagement and corporate trainings at the e-commerce organisation.
The incentivised leave at the oil and gas company, Schlumberger, is an alternate to avoiding job cuts while retaining skilled staff amid the global downturn within the sector
This is in response to the concerns that firms may let go of existing employees and hire replacements to avail the incentives.
Businesses across the country are aiming to get more done in a shorter amount of time so that people have the energy to enjoy their private lives.
The collaboration aims to bring computer science education to 2,000 students and 150 faculty members over the next three years.
The company may announce the cuts within the next few weeks, as it transitions from a hardware-centric organisation to a software-centric one.
To set up the country’s first Railway University, the National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR) and the Maharaja Sayajirao University in Vadodara, Gujarat are signing an MoU.
The minimum wage for unskilled workers in the capital will increase from Rs 9,568 to Rs 14,000.
The company will carry out an orderly ramp-down, chiefly in India, over the next few months.