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Hitachi Systems Micro Clinic to increase workforce by 20% in India

In line with its aim to become a $1 billion firm by 2021, Hitachi Systems Micro Clinic, the IT infrastructure solutions unit of Hitachi Systems, on Tuesday announced it would increase its workforce by 20 per cent by hiring more women employees in India.

Only 3% workers worry their health care: ASSOCHAM Survey

Quoting findings of the Survey, Mr. Rawat said that in terms of physical fitness, 37% of corporate employees surveyed by ASSOCHAM team said, that they hardly have any time to exercise. While 25% said that they do physical workout devoting less than one hour a week. 24% of such employees said that they exercise for 1-3 hours a week although 9% of employees said that they exercise for 3-6 hours a week. It is only 5% of corporate employees who regularly exercise for more than 6 hours a week to keep physical fit and mentally agile.

Thyssenkrupp steel workers back labour plan ahead of Tata deal

DUESSELDORF (Reuters) - Steel workers at Germany's Thyssenkrupp voted on Monday in favour of a labour agreement that will safeguard jobs and plants in a planned joint venture with Tata Steel until 2026, removing another key hurdle for the tie-up.

HC rejects PIL for recovery of bus strike loss from staff

The Madras High Court today rejected a PIL seeking a direction to the Tamil Nadu government to recover the loss incurred by the state during a recent bus strike from the transport employyes who took part in the stir. The First Bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Abdul Quddhose declined to entertain a plea by Chennai residents N Janardhanan and M Muthukumar, saying it pertained to service matters. The bench said, "Whether action should be taken against any employee or whether loss caused to an employer should be recovered from the employee are service matters in respect of which PIL cannot be entertained. "PIL is misconceived.. dismissed," it said. The petitioners submitted that the 8-day strike by the transport unions had not only affected the public but also the transport corporations which incurred financial loss. Asserting that shifting of the financial burden on the public through fare hike would set a bad precedent to other government ...

German union accepts ThyssenKrupp-Tata guarantees

German workers approved today their union's results in talks with India's Tata Steel and ThyssenKrupp's steel division ahead of a planned merger -- but the vote does not remove all obstacles to the tie-up. Some 92.2 per cent of IG Metall members polled agreed to executives' guarantee not to slash jobs or close major sites until at least September 2026 if the fusion succeeds, the union said in a statement. "We managed to clear up important points in favour of the employees," said Detlef Wetzel, who sits on ThyssenKrupp Steel's supervisory board as a worker representative. Nevertheless, workers' acceptance of the guarantees does not mean the deal can immediately go ahead. "Only the supervisory board can decide that, and it's far from certain whether worker representatives will agree," Wetzel continued. IG Metall has commissioned expert studies on whether the merged companies would be economically viable, it said. ThyssenKrupp and Tata's tie-up would create a firm with ...

Haryana govt amends rules for labourers in construction work

The Manohar Lal Khattar government has notified Haryana Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Amendment Rules, 2018 for the benefit of the labourers engaged in construction works in the state. A spokesperson of the Haryana Labour Department said that as per the notified rules, the Haryana Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board may sanction an amount of Rs 3,000 per mensem as disability pension to a beneficiary who is permanently disabled due to paralysis, leprosy, cancer, tuberculosis and accident. In addition to the pension, he or she would be eligible for ex-gratia payment of Rs 1.50 lakh for upto 50 per cent disability, Rs two lakh for 51 per cent to 75 per cent disability and Rs three lakh for 76 per cent and above percentage of disability, he said. The spokesperson said the board may also sanction an amount of Rs two lakh to the dependents or nominees of a registered member towards financial ...

Another 452 jobs to go at collapsed UK builder Carillion

(Reuters) - Another 452 jobs are to be cut at Carillion, the British government said on Monday, meaning about 5 percent of the collapsed construction and support services company's domestic workforce has been put out of a job so far.

Unions protest against Bengal tea workers' interim wage hike

Protesting against the hike in the daily wages of tea garden workers by Rs 17.50 in Bengal, tea workers' unions are not accepting the "interim measure", a union leader said on Monday.

NTPC to introduce fixed-term employment for specific tasks

State-run power giant NTPC will introduce fixed-term employment in the company to take care of the specific time-barred projects as it seeks to consolidate its position as an integrated energy entity. "We will start fixed-term employment. Though the number of such people will not be very big, considering the specific requirement, mainly from new businesses, we will be taking professionals for specific projects for the duration," Director, Human Resources, Saptarishi Roy told PTI. In common parlance, fixed-term employment means that the employees' contract ends on a specified date, or when a specific task is completed, or when a specific event occurs. In 2016, fixed-term employment was introduced for labour intensive sectors like apparel manufacturing. Last week, in the Budget speech, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced fixed-term employment for apparel and footwear sectors as a measure for job creation. He said the facility of fixed-term employment will be extended to

Analysis: A decade after recession, a jump in U.S. states with wage gains

OAKLAND, Calif./CANTON, N.Y./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The kind of pay raises for which American workers have waited years are now here for a broadening swath of the country, according to a Reuters analysis of state-by-state data that suggests falling unemployment has finally begun boosting wages.

Shatrughan Sinha joins Yashwant Sinha's MP protest

BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha on Sunday joined disgruntled party leader Yashwant Sinha's sit-in in Narsinghpur.

NASA launches new anti-harassment policy for employees

Taking a firm stand against workplace harassment, NASA has launched a new campaign for its employees saying that the space agency will not tolerate any kind of harassment.

NTPC to plug retirement gap with Harvard training course

State-run power giant NTPC would send 150 senior executives to Ivey League Harvard Business School for a training course, to guard against any gaps emerging from retirements. "We have very low rate of attrition...may be less than one per cent. But we are facing the problem of superannuation. Many of our senior leaders are retiring and in the ongoing expansion phase we do not want any gaps," Director Human Resources Saptarishi Roy said. He further said: "This year we have started sending senior executives like EDs (Executive Directors) and General Managers to expose them to Ivey League to build leadership pipeline including for diversification requirement." NTPC has identified 2,000 employees for a Harvard training course. He said the entire programme of training has assumed highest level with top priority and added that learning and development budget this year has increased ten times over the last year. Roy said, this year also the company would send about 150 ...

HP govt employees to get Interim Relief along with Feb salary

The employees and pensioners of the Himachal Pradesh government would be paid a additional eight per cent Interim Relief in March along with their salary for February 2018, an official spokesperson said today. The employees would be paid theIR in cash from February while the IR arrears from January 1, 2016, to January 31, 2018, would be credited to provident fund, he said. The pensioners, however, would get their arrears in cash along with the pension for February 2018, the official added. On the occasion of the Statehood Day on January 25, Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur had announced eight per cent IR to all employees and pensioners with effect from January 1, 2016. The move would cost the state exchequer nearly Rs 700 crore. The pay and allowances of the Himachal government employees are linked to the Punjab Pay Commission. As the VI Punjab Pay Commission is yet to submit its report, the employees did not get pay revisions alreadygiven to employees of the central ...

IT park to generate jobs for engg graduates: Pondy CM

Chief Minister V Narayanasamy today said the territorial government was setting up an Information Technology park in Puducherry, which would generate large scale employment opportunities for engineering graduates. 'Work on setting up the IT park is progressing well and it will start functioning soon. It will generate large-scale employment opportunities for engineering graduates," he said at the annual convocation at the government Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Institute of Engineering and Technology (PKIET) in Karaikal. "With locational advantages, infrastructure facilities, perfect law and order and industry-friendly administration, we expect to attract a good number of companies," the Chief Minister added. Stating that Puducherry had been rated the 5th best in India in education, he said the government's aim was to make it the best in the country. He also said the Puducherry government had acquired land to establish a permanent campus for PKIET and work would commence ...

Modi lacks will to implement MGNREGA properly: Congress

The Congress on Saturday accused the Modi government of lacking the determination to properly implement rural employment guarantee scheme.

Italian minister slams Amazon's rumoured plan to tag workers

Rome, Feb 3 (IANS/AKI) Italy's Economic Development Minister Carlo Calenda on Friday slammed US online retail giant Amazon's move to patent electronic wristbands for its workforce, saying this would "never happen" in Italy.

HC frowns over TN G.O. allowing govt employees to work abroad

The Madras High Court today took a serious view of a 1991 Tamil Nadu government order permitting its employees to work in private companies outside India after securing leave, and posed questions on the validity of the order. A bench comprising justices N. Kirubakaran and R. Tharani directed the government to state how many employees had used the G.O. No.196 of May 20, 1991 to go abroad and how many had rejoined after returning. The court was hearing an appeal by the government against the order of a single judge directing it to consider the representation of a deputy tahsildar for a notional promotion as deputy collector after working abroad for three years. The bench wondered on what basis such a G.O was issued. "When there was unemployment problem in this country, how can the government allow an employee to leave the country for three years. When an employee is abroad, would it not affect the local administrative job. "The post will remain vacant for so many years and .

US adds 200,000 new jobs in January

US job creation accelerated in January, as labour markets continued to absorb workers at a robust pace, unemployment clung to a record low and wages moved higher, the government reported today. The world's largest economy added 200,000 net new positions in the month, more than expected, driven by gains in construction, retail, restaurants and health care, the Labour Department reported. The result beat forecasts, which predicted an increase of 180,000, and helped offset December's disappointing result. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate remained at 4.1 per cent for the fourth month in a row. Hourly wages continued to rise for the month as labour markets remained tight -- with wages posting their largest 12 -month increase in more than nine years. That will strengthen the case for the Federal Reserve to raise the benchmark interest rate in March, as it is widely expected to do. Hourly wages rose 0.3 per cent from the prior month to USD 26.74, putting worker pay up 2.9 per ...

CM assures Paper mill workers to take their grievances

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today assured the workers and employees of Nagaon and Cachar Paper Mill that he would take their grievances to the Secretary of the Union Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises for release of their salary and statutory dues. Following the Chief Minister's assurance, the Federation of workers and employees of Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited's Nagaon and Cachar Paper Mills called off their reported plan of forming human chain tomorrow at the venue of the Global Investors' Summit here, an official release said. A delegation representing the workers and employees of Nagaon and Cachar Paper Mills and Kagajkal Suraksha Mancha accompanied by Morigaon Deputy Commissioner Hemen Das called on the Chief Minister and requested his intervention for early release of salary and statutory dues of workers, employees and associates. The Chief Minister assured that he would to take the matter to higher authority. Sonowal informed ...