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Updated on: Sep 2021
Apple to pay bonuses of up to $1,000 to store employees
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Apple to pay bonuses of up to $1,000 to store employees

Apple Inc will pay one-time bonuses of as much as $1,000 to store employees next month, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The company will give out $1,000 to retail staff hired before Mar. 31, while those who joined later will get $500, the report said. New employees for the holiday […]

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L&T hires women employees under its career re-entry program
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L&T hires women employees under its career re-entry program

India’s biggest engineering, construction, manufacturing, technology, and financial services company Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) invites applications from women professionals who are on a career break. The company said, “A Career Renewal Initiative for Women -“Renew” is an initiative that stems from L&T’s strong belief in diversity & equal career opportunities for all. It is aimed […]

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Ford India workers protest over planned plant closure
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Ford India workers protest over planned plant closure

Hundreds of workers at a Ford Motor Co factory in India’s western Gujarat state protested outside the automaker’s plant on Tuesday, demanding that the factory’s closure plan be scrapped or workers to be provided other jobs. The blue-uniformed workers gathered outside what is Ford’s car manufacturing and engine-making facility in Gujarat’s Sanand city and said the plant’s closure planned for the […]

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Atos to hire 15000 employees in India over next 12 months
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Atos to hire 15000 employees in India over next 12 months

Atos, a French multinational information technology service and consulting company, has announced its plans to hire 15000 employees in India over the next 12 months. Currently, the company has a total headcount of 40,000 people in India, and globally Atos has more than 1.0 lakh employees. In an interview with Economic Times, Elie Girard, Chief […]

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Nestle India increases Women Employees to boost its gender diversity
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Nestle India increases Women Employees to boost its gender diversity

Nestle India, the world’s largest food and beverage company is increasing the number of its women employees as part of its gender diversity efforts. Currently, around 23 per cent of Nestle India’s workforce are women, its Chairman and Managing Director Suresh Narayanan said on Monday in a statement. “We moved a fair degree on this. When […]

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Ford India workers’ future in TN govt’s hands: Ex-Union leader
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Ford India workers’ future in TN govt’s hands: Ex-Union leader

The job security of the Ford India Private Ltd’s workers is in the hands of the Tamil Nadu government and it cannot be a neutral player, said a former union leader of Hindustan Motor Finance Corporation Ltd and a noted lawyer dealing in labour matters. Car maker Hindustan Motors Ltd-part of the C.K.Birla group- had its car […]

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Hyundai mulls robot dog Spot for facility inspector job
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Hyundai mulls robot dog Spot for facility inspector job

Automaker Hyundai Motor Group has launched a pilot project to deploy a robot to inspect safety at its factory, in a first collaboration with the US-based startup Boston Dynamics. The automotive group said the factory safety service robot based on Boston Dynamic‘s four-legged robot Spot went into pilot operation at its subsidiary Kia Corp.’s plant in Gwangmyeong, southwest of Seoul. It […]

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TCS to invest Rs 690 crore in Kerala, will create 10,000 jobs
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TCS to invest Rs 690 crore in Kerala, will create 10,000 jobs

India’s biggest IT service provider company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), has signed an MoU with Kerala Government to set up a ‘TCS Innovation Park‘ in KINFRA Electronics Manufacturing Cluster at Kakkanad, Kochi. The IT major has agreed to invest Rs 690 crore. The new project is expected to create 10,000 jobs when fully operational. The […]

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HCL Technologies Celebrates One Year in Sri Lanka
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HCL Technologies Celebrates One Year in Sri Lanka

HCL Technologies, a leading global technology company, has completed one year of operations in Sri Lanka and recently surpassed a milestone of recruiting more than 1,000 local employees, including recent graduates as well as seasoned industry professionals. According to the press release, HCL entered Sri Lanka in 2020 with an aim to make it a […]

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PepsiCo has inaugurated its new foods manufacturing plant in Mathura
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PepsiCo has inaugurated its new foods manufacturing plant in Mathura

15th September 2021, PepsiCo has inaugurated its new foods manufacturing plant spread over 29 acres in Kosi Kalan, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh under the Government of India’s Atmanirbhar Vision. In the spirit of “Unnati Ki Sajhedhari”, the plant was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri. Yogi Adityanath. Located in Kosi Kalan, Mathura, Uttar […]

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Snapdeal rolls out 6 months WFH for new mothers beyond maternity leave
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Snapdeal rolls out 6 months WFH for new mothers beyond maternity leave

Snapdeal, an E-commerce company has announced additional wellness measures for its women employees, which also includes an option for new mothers to work from home for 6 months beyond their existing maternity leave. The company said in a statement, “We all are acutely aware that childcare is not easy and many times women leave the […]

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Amazon reaches agreement with trade unions in Italy
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Amazon reaches agreement with trade unions in Italy

Amazon.com Inc has struck a deal with Italian trade unions promising to engage with them more in the running of operations in the country. The framework agreement, seen by Reuters, comes shortly after news that a group of Canadian workers are seeking to unionize as Amazon continues to manage discontent among some workers at its warehouses. The world’s largest online retailer has […]

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