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Dept proceedings necessary even for termination of temp employee: HC
Labour Law

Dept proceedings necessary even for termination of temp employee: HC

The Madras High Court has recently observed that the employer should follow the procedures of departmental proceedings even for the termination of a Temporary employee. Conducting a disciplinary enquiry can help the employer, in the framing charge that is relevant or not against the employee. Thereafter deciding the issue are concerning for the temporary employees. […]

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Edtech firm Vedantu lays off 424 employees
Industry

Edtech firm Vedantu lays off 424 employees

Edtech firm Vedantu CEO Vamsi Krishna said in an email to employees that the company has laid off 424 people. That is about 7 per cent of its total workforce of 5,900 employees. While saying that a decision like this was extremely difficult to take, he added that it is “days like these that are […]

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Twitter CEO says two leaders to depart, hiring paused amid Musk takeover
Industry

Twitter CEO says two leaders to depart, hiring paused amid Musk takeover

Two senior Twitter leaders who oversee the consumer and revenue divisions will depart the social media company, Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal told employees in a memo on Thursday. In one of many greatest shake-ups on the firm since billionaire Elon Musk introduced he would purchase it for $44 billion. Whereas no layoffs are planned, […]

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Henkel is slashing 2,000 jobs due to rising costs and low demand
Industry

Henkel is slashing 2,000 jobs due to rising costs and low demand

Germany’s Henkel is slashing 2,000 jobs in response to rising costs and low demand for its shampoos and hair sprays and aims to make 500 million euros ($530 million) in gross savings in the medium-term from the merger of its cosmetics and detergents units. The job cut and savings targets, announced on Thursday, illustrate the […]

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Robinhood to lay off 9% of full-time employees
Industry

Robinhood to lay off 9% of full-time employees

The U.S. financial services company Robinhood Markets Inc. declared that it would be laying off about 9% of its full-time employees by removing the duplicate jobs it had added when the company saw excitable growth during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev announced on Tuesday that the financial services company would lay off about 9% of its […]

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Musk acquired Twitter: employees fear layoffs and future
Industry

Musk acquired Twitter: employees fear layoffs and future

Elon Musk takes over Twitter, one of the most popular social media platforms in the world, for a whopping $44-billion cash deal. The 16-year-old company will be a private entity and wholly owned by the celebrity CEO of Tesla after the deal is complete. Twitter Inc. employees reacted on the takeover with a mix of enthusiasm, fear, […]

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Thousands of layoffs are planned as part of Novartis restructuring
Industry

Thousands of layoffs are planned as part of Novartis restructuring

Novartis AG has confirmed that it would cut jobs as part of a wide-ranging restructuring aimed at saving $1 billion by 2024. The Swiss healthcare company said that it would integrate its pharmaceuticals and oncology units into two medicines units–one for the U.S. and one that focuses on the international market. “These efficiencies will come […]

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Meesho lays off 150 employees from the grocery business
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Meesho lays off 150 employees from the grocery business

According to an ET report, e-commerce startup Meesho has laid off 150 people from its grocery business. The positions were axed after the company restructured and rebranded as Meesho Superstore from Farmiso earlier. Last week of this month, the company announced its plans to merge the grocery business with the main app, leading the talks of restructuring […]

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BharatPe sacks Ashneer Grover’s wife Madhuri Jain
C-Suite Move

BharatPe sacks Ashneer Grover’s wife Madhuri Jain

In a first big jolt to Ashneer Grover, BharatPe has terminated the services of his wife Madhuri Jain Grover, head of controls at the fintech platform, for alleged financial irregularities during her tenure. Sources on Wednesday confirmed to IANS that Madhuri Jain’s contract was terminated as the probe has found misappropriation of funds during her […]

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Better.com CEO fires 900 employees over Zoom
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Better.com CEO fires 900 employees over Zoom

According to a CNN report, Better.com CEO Vishal Garg announced the mortgage company is laying off about 9% of its workforce on a Zoom webinar abruptly informing the more than 900 employees on the call they were being terminated just before the holidays. “If you’re on this call, you are part of the unlucky group […]

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Volkswagen CEO tells staff there are no plans to cut 30,000 jobs
Industry

Volkswagen CEO tells staff there are no plans to cut 30,000 jobs

Volkswagen has no plans to cut 30,000 jobs, CEO Herbert Diess told staff in an internal video message, hoping to fix his damaged relationship with the carmaker’s works council that deteriorated further in recent weeks. Diess said he was in talks with labour representatives on how the company’s Wolfsburg site, which the 63-year-old says lags […]

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Nokia to cut up to 10,000 jobs in two years
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Nokia to cut up to 10,000 jobs in two years

Nokia to cut up to 10,000 jobs in two years Finnish telecoms equipment maker Nokia announced on Tuesday it will slash up to 11 percent of its workforce within two years, as part of a 600-million-euro ($715-million) cost-cutting programme. Announcing the wide-ranging restructuring led by new chief executive Pekka Lundmark, Nokia said that market developments in the next […]

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