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Employee costs to haunt Indian IT even as biz prospects improve: Analysts

Indian IT Services companies, Goldman Sachs said, have doubled their market share in the last 10 years to 6.2 per cent of the global IT spending in CY22

India becoming hub for technology workforce of GCCs: Sarah Pearse

Insurance giant Marsh McLennan is expanding its team in the country, say senior executive of the group

ESIC adds 2.02 million new employees for the month of May: Payroll data

The Ministry of Labor and Employment said in a release that around 24,886 new establishments have been registered under the ESIC for the month of May

Vedanta launches policy for transgender employees to promote inclusivity

Globally diversified natural resources company Vedanta on Friday said it has launched an inclusion policy for its transgender employees in an effort to promote inclusivity and diversity at workplace. As part of the comprehensive policy, Vedanta is extending additional medical benefits in terms of a 30-day gender reaffirmation leave and financial support of up to Rs 2 lakh for gender reaffirmation surgery, the company said in a statement. "At Vedanta, we are actively engaged in cultivating a culture that celebrates diversity, ensuring equal opportunities for all individuals. It gives me immense joy to announce the launch of our inclusion policy, which reflects our commitment to supporting transgender employees. "With this policy, we aim to create an environment that not only recognises the needs of transgender employees but also champions their well-being and personal growth," Vedanta Non-Executive Director and Hindustan Zinc Chairperson Priya Agarwal Hebbar said. In addition to the

Toxic bosses biggest reason for Indian employees quitting jobs: Report

86% of employees state that they plan to leave their jobs in the coming six months citing toxic bosses, hostile work environments, and low wages their reason shows Harappa Insights report

83% Indian employees willing to delegate work to AI to reduce workload

76% of Indian workers claim that they face a time crunch and are unable to get their work done in time

Powered by PLI, India may add 150,000 new jobs in phone manufacturing

The govt's PLI scheme and the long-term plans of many companies to move their production facilities to India are giving a big push to jobs in the sector

Google pauses green card applications from employees amid layoffs

Amid the layoffs come another bad news for employees, especially from India in the US, as Google has paused its Program Electronic Review Management (PERM) program

Amazon to axe 18,000 jobs globally; CEO blames 'uncertain economy'

The job cuts - about 80 per cent higher than earlier estimates - are part of Amazon's annual operating planning review process

2022: When mental health invited action, but work needed on shedding shame

Insurance regulator intervened, India Inc stepped up but the road to awareness and acceptance remains long

With jobs no longer secure, career cushioning is taking centre stage

Professionals and students striving to make themselves future-ready, future-proof

India Inc takes mental health to heart but challenges remain

Firms using data, sensitising managers to help employees as experts say more awareness, acceptability needed

Facing deportation, sacked workers on US visas say Meta abandoned them

The affected workers have now created a WhatsApp group to share their concerns. A majority of the about 300 people in the group are from India, the report said

Facebook parent Meta laid off Indian techies within 2-3 days of joining

Some of the Indian techies, who switched to social media major Meta after quitting their stable jobs just two-three days ago, are among the 11,000 people laid off by the company. Facebook has laid off 11,000 employees across the globe to cut down cost. An IT professional Neelima Agarwal, who joined Meta two days back posted on social media platfrom Linkedin, that she is among the people who have lost their jobs. "Relocated to Canada from india just a week back and joined meta 2 days ago after going through such a long visa process. But the unfortunate sad day has come and i got laid off," she said. Neelime had left her two-year old job at Microsoft Office in Hyderabad to join Meta, according to her LinkedIn profile. After working for over three years at Amazon office in Bengaluru, Vishwajeet Jha said he joined Meta three days back and has been laid off now. "I joined Meta three days back after waiting for the long visa process. Thanks to all the folks who made that transition smo

Trip that includes a foreign leg is not eligible for LTC, say experts

This condition is not satisfied merely by the trip starting and ending in India

After firing half of Twitter's workers, Musk now asks some to return

Some of those who are being asked to return were laid off by mistake, according to two people familiar with the moves

Poor career growth, not bad bosses, behind more Indians quitting jobs

Poor career growth (41 per cent), and not bad bosses (33 per cent), has come up as the top reason for employees leaving their job in India, a new report showed

Why India continues to attract demand for global capability centres

According to a BCG study, India currently has over 1,500 global capability centres, with 300-500 to be added over the next five years

Cisco launches India Webex infra, sees permanent shift to hybrid work model

Facility's dedicated data centre will enable Cisco to offer India-specific pricing for its customers, taking down costs by over 50%

EPFO looks to hire law firms to provide legal opinion, associated services

The approved law firms will be empanelled with the EPFO headquarters in New Delhi for an initial period of one year, which can be extended to three years