In a bid to attract skilled Indian workforce, South Africa is considering giving special visa with relaxed norms to make it easier for them to work in the country and is close to signing an agreement with India.
Customer service operations of British Midland (bmi), a British airline company, will be outsourced to India under a five-year outsourcing agreement it has signed with the United Kingdom's contact centre management company Ventura.
'China is fantastic. It's superb. I recommend all of you to go to China to understand it,' says Genpact CEO Pramod Bhasin.
Age and experience not less relevant but firms are gradually moving towards younger leadership teams
The new move is expected to help boost employee morale.
'There are 8-12 members living in the same accommodation. While in pre-lockdown days, since most were out on work, social tension among them was less because of limited interaction. But now, no food and livelihood, along with having to live in cramped conditions, is taking a toll on their mental health.'
Currently most of its 119 planes have been taken back by the lessors and many have been leased to other airlines like SpiceJet. The second challenge is that it has to repay banks.
Google is the most attracitve employer in India followed by Sony
Integration of workforce has been a thorny issue and a cause of litigation and strikes.
Husbands need to take equal share, parents can lend a hand. It is important for women to dispel any self-doubt they have.
In the age of robots and automation, skills such as people management, coordination and negotiations will be relevant, says Babita Shekhar.
A century-old company -- that started as an infrastructure provider for large religious gatherings like the Kumbh Mela -- has expanded its role to keeping the premises of such gatherings litter-free.
Chennai-based California Software Company Ltd (CalSoft) will acquire Bangalore-based WebSpectrum Software Pvt Ltd in a deal valued at about Rs 2.2 crore (Rs 22 million).
Aiming to cash in on the growing digital imaging and print management solutions market, EFI Inc is planning to expand its India operations by doubling the workforce and opening up new centres.
India has been put in lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. People have been told to stay indoors, but for many daily-wage earners this is not an option.
Union sources claimed production at the Chennai plant, considered one of the biggest for Nokia, had declined from 13 million handsets per month to four million per month.
While the lockdown hit employment in all age groups, it hit the employment of youngsters who are less than 29 years of age much more. The lockdown also hit women more than it has affected men, reveals Mahesh Vyas.
Expert staff in the line of fire in the tech sector. Analysts attribute these job losses to a slowdown in growth, automation of lower-end work.
British banking major HSBC on Thursday announced a consolidation exercise under which it will almost halve the number of branches in the country to 26, which will lead to 300 job losses.
The CMOAI had earlier called for a three-day strike that began on Thursday.
The prime minister held a meeting with chief ministers via video-conferencing, and said it was imperative to work on war footing, identify hotspots, encircle them and ensure that coronavirus does not spread out.
Watch out for "3Cs -- chamchas, chelas and cronies," Anil mbani said in a subtle message amid battle for control of Reliance empire with his elder brother Mukesh.
The introduction of more technology platforms has also helped.
The coronavirus pandemic has changed how businesses look at payments. Earlier, fintech companies said when they were talking to merchants, they were not interested in digitisation.
Cottage industries across India have suffered heavily because of the note ban. In the second of a six-part series, Sanjay Jog travels to Bhiwandi to examine how the power loom industry here is coping five weeks on.
'The rupee has lost value against all other major Asian currencies, including that of Bangladesh and, of course, China.' 'Why should this be the case when the Indian economy has been growing faster than these economies, other than China?'
As Covid-19 cases surge in India, companies have realised it's a tightrope walk between maintaining production and ensuring employee safety.
Global information technology consulting major Accenture on Wednesday said it would more than double its workforce in India to 10,000 by December 2004, from the existing 4,300 professionals.
Millennials crave career progression, though 66 per cent are under-prepared, reveals Monster's 'MyFirstJob' survey.
'Rolling out the vaccine is not a major challenge in India.'
An insider said that over the past decade or so Cipla has become immune to the exits of leaders. There have been no directional change in the long-term strategies.
The Netherlands-based ABN Amro Bank NV has identified India as one of the six key markets for its working capital services.
Disgruntled executives are already pinning hopes on the new banks, too.
IMF MD Christine Lagarde hailed the government's latest Budget.
'The ultimate satisfaction of helping in the country's space programme is the bigger achievement attracting women to space research -- and they are so good at it!'
The employment structure of India's organised manufacturing sector has undergone substantial changes over the last decade.
