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Federal employees across US return to offices amid threat from Elon Musk

Federal employees across the country, many of whom have worked from home since the COVID-19 pandemic, were back at agency offices Monday under President Donald Trump's return-to-office mandate. Billionaire Elon Musk, who is leading Trump's Department of Government Efficiency scouring government agencies for suspected waste, delivered a warning Monday to workers on his platform X. Starting this week, those who still fail to return to office will be placed on administrative leave, Musk wrote. Lee Zeldin, Trump's new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said Monday on X, formerly Twitter, Full-time, COVID-era remote work is DONE under @POTUS leadership. In a video he posted, Zeldin said average attendance at EPA headquarters on Mondays and Fridays last year was less than 9% of employees. Our spacious, beautiful EPA headquarters spans two city blocks in D.C. across five buildings, Zeldin said. But our hallways have been too vacant, desks empty and cubicles filled with

Workers' strike continues at Samsung India's Chennai unit; talks fail

The strike began on February 5, after the management took disciplinary action against three employees

US judge keeps block on Trump employees' buyout plan in place for now

The decision by US District Judge George O'Toole in Boston prevents Trump's administration from implementing the buyout plan for now, giving a temporary victory to labour unions

Samsung Electronics TN unit sees second labour dispute in 5 months

Around 500 workers held a sit-in protest on the premises of the plant on Friday

At many companies, workers to take 500 years to match top exec's pay

The analysis examined top executive pay for 110 firms within the Nifty 200 with available data since FY19, comparing it to the median pay of employees

TCS headcount down by over 5K; attrition rose 13%, promoted 25K in Q3

India's largest IT services firm saw its headcount decrease by 5,370 in Q3 FY24

Regular employees in CPSEs dropped 3.1% to 0.81 million in FY24: Survey

CPSEs across categories employed a total of 1.5 million people in FY24, reflecting a growth of 2.05 per cent

Infosys to give 90% bonus payouts to eligible employees for Q2 FY25

The Q2 bonus is also higher than the firm's Q1 FY25 bonus, which was around 80 per cent, and significantly higher than the 60 per cent bonus in Q4 FY24

Boeing CEO calls on employees to collaborate, be accountable after turmoil

Relations with workers have been particularly strained by a strike that lasted for more than seven weeks and consumed much of Ortberg's first months on the job

Mandaviya suggests integrating Centre and state portals for employment data

Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has suggested integration of the Centre and state portals for comprehensive data on employment and emigration trends, an official statement said on Tuesday. The Union Minister of Labour & Employment and Youth Affairs & Sports made these suggestions on Monday during a meeting focusing on the key issues related to employment data and overseas emigration trends, the statement said. "Mandaviya highlighted the need for a mechanism to have complete data of citizens going abroad for jobs/ studies to ECR/ Non-ECR countries. "He also suggested that there should be an integration of National Career Service (NCS) portal, MY Bharat Platform, MADAD, eMigrate, eShram portals, state portals etc for a comprehensive view of supply and demand side of employment," the statement said. The industry associations can play a pivotal role in collating the employment data and NITI Aayog can facilitate the compilation of employment-related data from various ministries, ..

Employee background verification discrepancies surge 44% in key industries

The rise in remote work and the prevalence of fake employment verification services led to the employment verification discrepancies rising to 14.26 per cent in FY24 as opposed to 9.9 per cent in FY21

Salesforce unveils 'Agentforce' AI agents to enhance employee productivity

The low-code tools in Agentforce enable organisations to easily build and deploy custom agents, said the company

Sebi rebuts allegations of employee mistreatment, improper work culture

In a press release, the regulator stated that its junior employees were misinformed about automatic promotions and being underpaid despite having a cost-to-company of Rs 34 lakh per annum

UPS: Central staffers may get to keep higher returns from riskier bets

Employees could choose the investment plan of their choice based on their contribution and 10% contribution by the government

Right to Disconnect: A law for work-life-balance?

Starting August 26, employees in this country can now ignore work-related messages outside of work hours without facing any consequences, thanks to a new ‘right to disconnect’ law.

Unified Pension Scheme - A Game-Changer for Central Government Employees

On August 25, the government announced the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS), set to roll out on 1st April, 2025. What is the UPS all about and what are its benefits? Watch the video to find out.

Foxconn wants women workers to take up lead in design, tech space: Chairman

iPhone contract manufacturer Foxconn wants women employees in India to take up lead positions in design and other technology-related positions, a top company official has said. Foxconn has 48,000 employees across India and 25 per cent of its new hires are married women. "We see not only the assembly work for women but also some design, technology-related positions. Lot of our current employees are highly educated. We would like to give them more opportunity to advance their position, not just limited to assembly work," Foxconn Chairman Young Liu told PTI. The Foxconn factory has about 70 per cent women and 30 per cent men. The company recently inaugurated a women-only residential complex built by the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) in Sriperumbudur near Chennai that can house over 18,000 women employees working with Foxconn. Liu had then said there is an upward trend in all types of hiring by the Taiwanese electronics manufacturing major in India and

IT workers rally in Bengaluru to protest 14-hour workday proposal

The proposal was presented in a meeting called by the labour department with various stakeholders in the industry recently

Assam govt employees get special leave to spend time with parents, in-laws

The Assam government has declared two days of special casual leave in November for its employees to spend time with their parents or parents-in-law, the chief minister's office (CMO) said on Thursday. The special leaves cannot be used for personal enjoyment and those without parents or parents-in-laws will not be eligible for the leaves, it added. "The Assam government, under the leadership of CM Dr @himantabiswa, has declared special casual leave for state government employees on November 6 and 8, 2024, to spend time with their parents or parents-in-law," the CMO said in a post on X. It said the leave must be used "solely for spending time with aging parents or parents-in-law to honour, respect, and care for them, and not for personal enjoyment". The leaves can be availed along with holiday for Chhat Puja on November 7, second Saturday holiday on November 9 and Sunday on November 10, the CMO said. It said that employees in essential services can avail it in a phased manner, and t

73% of Indian workers surveyed content with their salary: ADP Survey

ADP's annual flagship survey, People at Work 2024: A Global Workforce View, reveals that salary continues to be the most important factor for Indian workers surveyed in a job (55%)