Alex Joseph has joined Amazon as Director – HR. He has confirmed this development through a social media post. Also read: Trends in Human Resources and The Workplace Prior to this appointment, Alex Joseph was associated with Fidelity Investments as Senior Manager – Talent Acquisition...
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91% of Indian employees are willing to work from office if they can socialize with co-workers: Microsoft Work Trend Report
Microsoft released the India findings of the 2022 Work Trend Index Pulse Report, “Hybrid Work Is Just Work. Are We Doing It Wrong?” on 29th Sep.22. The data makes clear that hybrid work has created a growing disconnect between employees and leaders. They’re at odds about what constitutes...
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People who delayed their career goals during pandemic were able to prevent anxiety, depression: Study
(ANI): According to a new study, individuals who delayed their long-term ambitions during the pandemic were better able to prevent anxiety and depression. Researchers at the University of Waterloo aimed to investigate the relationship between what they call COVID-frozen goals – goals for which...
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Employees needs and priorities changed, majority professionals will not go back to IT sector in future: Report
(PTI): Retaining a business-critical talent has undergone a great change in the last two years, especially in the IT sector, with a significant percentage of the professionals considering not returning to the sector in the future, according to a report. According to leading tech staffing firm...
(IANS) One out of two Indian employees is currently considering a job switch due to long remote working hours, says a report. Burnout is the pandemic’s unrecognised health epidemic and has been a significant impact on working professionals, organisations and larger communities. According to a...
Jammu and Kashmir High Court in The New India Assurance Company Ltd. vs. Hilal Ahmad Rather W.P(C) No. 1771/2022, while dealing with the case of suspended employee who has not been served with a charge-sheet despite efflux of more than four years from the date he was placed under suspension...
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TDS Certificate issued to freelancer relevant for determining Employer employee relationship: Delhi HC
Delhi High Court in Kaushal Kishor Singh vs. M/S Sita Kuoni World Travel India Ltd. W.P.(C) 11631/2018, while placing reliance on documents such as Form 16A and experience letter issued by the management to the petitioner held that the petitioner cannot claim the existence of employer – employee...
Supreme court in Satish Chandra Yadav vs. Union of India & Ors. SLA No. 20860/2019, on September 26, 2022, affirming the dismissal of the employee who withheld the information about his involvement in the criminal case observed that the reason of termination of his services by the employer was...
The Supreme Court has held that leave encashment is part of salary. The Court held that the condition in Rajasthan Voluntary Rural Education Service Rules,2010 that barred carry forward of balance privilege leave is an arbitrary and unconscionable condition, which cannot be enforced. In this case...
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Six in 10 employees in India considering quitting because of mismatched values with their employer
As employees place increasing emphasis on working for organisations that align with their individual needs and purpose, new research from Qualtrics reveals 60% of respondents from India are considering leaving their current employer because it does not exemplify the values they hold. More than half...
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