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Not happy? Do not come to work: Chinese firm introduces 'unhappy leave' for employees

"Everyone has times when they're not happy, so if you're not happy, do not come to work,” China's retail tycoon Yu Donglai has said this to his employees.

Singapore orders all employers to consider employees' flexi-time requests

While the guideline isn't enforceable by law, it does require all firms in Singapore to set up a process for employees to submit a formal flexible-working arrangement request

AIESL union threatens strike on April 23 over salary, promotion issues

New service agreement unfairly treats permanent vs FTE staff with disparity in notice period and benefits

White-collar gig jobs see a 184% uptick in hiring, says Foundit report

The share of IT software in the gig economy has nearly doubled, jumping from 22 per cent in March 2023 to a dominant 46 per cent in March 2024

India Inc likely to see an average salary hike of 9.6% in 2024: EY report

The highest salary hikes are expected to be seen in e-commerce (10.9%), financial services (10.1%), and professional services and real estate (10% each)

Manipur introduces 'no work, no pay' rule for officials who remained absent

The Manipur government on Wednesday introduced a "no-work, no-pay" rule for its employees who have remained absent from office "without valid and accepted reasons." An office memorandum by the department of personnel and administrative reforms said, "Officials who are unable to attend office at their usual place of posting on account of the prevailing law and order situation in the state had been attached with Deputy Commissioners/line departments/field level offices to enable them to function therefrom, or for discharging such responsibilities as may be assigned to them, by the Deputy Commissioners concerned, or such authorities duly authorised in this regard." It further stated that there have been reports that "many such officials so attached are not attending offices to which they have been attached or not reporting for duty." Deputy commissioners, heads of departments have been informed to maintain register to record attendances of the said "attached officials", the circular ..

Journalists not employees under Unfair Labour Practices Act: Bombay HC

Working journalists do not fall in the definition of employees under the Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act as they enjoy a special status, the Bombay High Court has said. Consequently, a complaint filed by a working journalist under these Acts before an industrial court would not be maintainable, a division bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and Sandeep Marne said in its order of February 29. They enjoy a special status under provisions of the Working Journalists Act and have a recourse to settle their disputes under the Industrial Disputes Act, the HC said. The judgement came on petitions filed by two working journalists challenging orders of the industrial court in 2019 rejecting their complaints on the ground that working journalists did not fall within the term of employee or workman under the Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act. The bench noted that the Working Journalists Act, 1955 has already established a mechanism for .

Ex-Twitter execs including Agrawal sue Musk for $128 mn in severance pay

As soon as he took over Twitter, Musk fired several other top-ranking executives in addition to Agrawal: Vijaya Gadde, who was the company's top legal and policy official

Central govt workforce likely to decline by nearly 50,000 in 2025

The Interim Budget documents for FY25 show central government employee strength is estimated to peak in 2024 at 3.51 million, growing 12 per cent over the preceding year

Decision on FY24 interest rate likely in EPFO board meet on Feb 10

A letter from the social security organisation regarding the convening of the 235th CBT meeting has been sent to all the board members, soliciting their presence in the meeting

Move near an office or leave company: IBM's ultimatum to its managers

Many companies have increased return-to-office requirements over the last year, replacing employee-friendly incentives like happy hours and commuter subsidies

Centre allows woman employees to nominate son, daughter for family pension

In a path-breaking decision with far-reaching socio-economic impact, the Centre has allowed woman employees to nominate her son or daughter for family pension, instead of her husband, according to an official statement issued on Monday. Previously, family pension was granted to the spouse of a deceased government servant or pensioner, while other family members became eligible only after the spouse's ineligibility or demise, the statement said. Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said that the Department of Pensions and Pensioners' Welfare (DoPPW) has introduced an amendment to the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021, allowing female government employees or pensioners to grant family pension to their eligible child/children after their own demise, in place of of their spouse. The amendment will address situations where marital discord leads to divorce proceedings or cases filed under laws such as the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, Dowry ...

Employment process for 150,000 employees complete, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

Vaishnaw highlighted the annual employment procedure and the objective behind it

Employees' payment for canteen services will not attract GST: AAR

GST and input tax credit applicable for company's payment to canteen service provider not recovered from employees

Q3 results: TCS, Infosys headcount fall continues; over 11,000 exit

The fall in headcount is a serious issue for the sector as well as for engineering graduates, as both these firms are the largest recruiters from campuses

Delhi LG Saxena approves higher pay scale to assistant public prosecutors

Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has approved a proposal to grant higher revised pay scale to assistant public prosecutors working under the Directorate of Prosecution in Delhi government, Raj Niwas officials said on Monday. The assistant public prosecutors (APPs) will also get all consequential benefits with effect from September 3, 2015. The APPs will now get 'Pay Band 3' with grade pay of Rs 5,400, the officials said. The existing pay scale for the APPs is in the 'Pay Band 2' with grade pay of Rs 4,800. The proposal for revising the pay scale was placed after the Home Department examined the matter in consultation with the Finance Department of the Delhi government which concurred with the proposal for implementation of revised scale for APPs, the officials said. The revision of pay scale for APPs came after protracted litigations in the Delhi High Court involving the Delhi government and others and correspondence involving Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the LG Secretariat.

Byju's pays November salaries to 1,000 employees after 4-day delay

Cash-strapped edtech company says technical glitch led to 'limited employees' missing payments on Dec 1

ESOPs: Boon or bane

Simply put, a stock option is, as the name suggests, an option but not an obligation to an employee to buy shares of his or her company at a predetermined price (exercise price)

Gharwapsi: India Inc taps former talent pool to fill executive positions

There has been a growth in the number of boomerang employees over the last few months; experts say the trend of 'great resignation' has now evolved into the 'great regret'

Emerson's Journey Through the Pandemic: Insights, Adaptations, and Future Directions

By Anil Bhatia, VP and MD, Emerson, India