Page 26 - Employment

E-commerce firms to create 300,000 jobs this festive season: RedSeer

E-commerce companies see a large chunk of their business coming in during the festive sales

Railways generates over million man-days of employment in six states

Indian Railways has generated 1,066,246 man-days of work till September 25 under Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan in 6 States

Govt proposes liberal hire-and-fire rules for firms with under 300 workers

Proposal will be a part of the Code on Industrial Relations, 2020 scheduled to be introduced by Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar in the Lok Sabha

EPFO records 845,000 new enrolments in July, up from 482,000 in June

Provisional payroll data released by the EPFO last month had shown that net new enrolments stood at 655,000 in June this year. The figure has now been revised down to 4,82,352

FM urges ADB to step up lending, private sector operations to ease poverty

India has the absorptive capacity to receive about USD 4 billion a year from sovereign operations and about USD 1.5 billion annually from the private sector financing window, Sitharaman said

Indian economy staring at double-digit decline as Covid-19 cases spike

The failure to get infections under control will set back business activity and consumption -- the bedrock of the economy -- which had been slowly picking up

Flipkart says Big Billion Days will create 70,000 direct jobs in festivals

Flipkart is undertaking training programmes for its direct hires in various aspects of the supply chain

Need to support youth in their 'fight' for employment: Priyanka Gandhi

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said the youth are raising their voice over stalled recruitments, exam dates and new jobs, as she underlined the need for supporting their "fight" for employment

Covid-19: Strengthening rural jobs scheme critical to address migrant woes

MGNREGS, which offers 100 days of work in a year to rural households who seek employment, has played a critical role in curbing distress migration and in building assets in rural areas

How national recruitment agency will help both employers, job seekers

Overall cost for both will come down but financial health of entities will lead to fewer new recruitment

EPFO records 655,000 net new enrolments in June, up from 172,000 in May

The net new enrolments with the EPFO hover around 700,000 every month on an average

Four-fifths of CEOs expect Covid pandemic to entrench remote working: PwC

New York, London and some other major cities currently have only a fraction of their normal workforce in offices as employers and governments have told staff to work from home

MGNREGA work demand drops in July 2020 as labourers get jobs in farms

Despite the drop, however, demand is almost 71% more than July 2019

Civil society wants 100-day guaranteed employment for urban poor

Wants one-third of beneficiaries to be women, says wages should not be less than urban state minimum pay, with provision to revise in line with cost of living

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Employment drops sharply in the US this month

From Italy's extra spending to boost the economy to China aiding Latin America and Caribbean in getting vaccine access

Tamil Nadu signs MoUs worth Rs 5,137 crore, to create over 6,000 jobs

The companies that signed MoUs include Adani Enterprises (Rs 2,300 crore), Visteon (Rs 500 crore) and Airflow Equipments (Rs 320 crore), among others

Skill, re-skill, up-skill to stay relevant: PM Modi tells India's youth

Coronavirus pandemic has changed the workplace, says Modi on fifth anniversary of Skill India Mission

58 Indian-origin executives employ over 3.6 mn across 11 countries: Survey

Indian leaders surveyed are as young as 37 and the median age is 54, according to a group called Indiaspora.

UK to double work coaches as lockdown hammers jobs market

The number of work coaches at British job centres will double to 27,000 at a cost of 800 million pounds.

Covid-19 impact: Demand for work under MGNREGA saw 21% jump last month

Data sourced from the MGNREGA website till June 1, shows that in June, around 43.7 million households sought work under the scheme that was the highest in last seven years