Employees
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Bonanza for 125 employees as Surat diamond merchant gifts scooters as performance bonus
India | Apr 21, 2017, 11:41 AM ISTSurat-based businessman Laxmidas Vekaria has gifted his 125 employees a scooter each this year as an increment for their performance.
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Wipro sacks at least 600 employees after performance appraisal: Sources
Apr 20, 2017, 08:56 PM ISTThe country's third largest software services firm Wipro has sacked hundreds of employees following its annual "performance appraisal".
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Cognizant likely to fire 6,000 employees this year: Report
Mar 20, 2017, 07:13 AM ISTStruggling with growth in the fast-shifting IT environment, Cognizant Technology Solutions is likely to fire at least 6,000 employees in India as part of its appraisal cycle, which represents 2.3 per cent of its total workforce.
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Employers can ban workers from wearing Islamic headscarves, rules EU court
World | Mar 14, 2017, 04:37 PM ISTEuropean Union’s top court ruled on Tuesday that employers may bar staff from wearing visible religious symbols. The court’s order came during a hearing on the issue of women wearing Islamic headscarves at work.
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Banks, ATMs running out of cash; salary week could be ‘cash less’
Nov 30, 2016, 11:31 AM ISTThe enormous cash crunch continues to cause more pain to people as shortage of cash forced banks to ration withdrawals and down shutters early as the supply of notes failed to keep up with the increasing demand.
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Employees, take note: Being curious makes you more creative. Know how
Lifestyle | Nov 18, 2016, 06:46 PM ISTPeople who are more curious makes them innovative at work, a new study has found. This is especially true for those with a strong diversive curiosity trait, or curiosity associated with the interest in exploring
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Workplace stress alert! 60 per cent employees plan to quit jobs soon, claims survey
Lifestyle | Nov 15, 2016, 05:09 PM ISTAlmost 80 per cent of working professionals in India complain that they suffer from stress and their organisations don't have any programmes to manage stress at work. Of them, a resounding 60 per cent want
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'Dissatisfaction with job on rise, 80 per cent looking for job change'
India | Oct 19, 2016, 07:20 PM ISTA whopping 80 percent of employees are looking for change owing to dissatisfaction with their current jobs, according to a TimesJobs survey.
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Flipkart rubbishes lay-offs report, says encouraging ‘underperformers’ to seek other opportunities
Jul 30, 2016, 03:16 PM ISTE-commerce giant Flipkart today rubbished the reports that it was downsizing or laying off 700-1000 employees for poor performance, saying it has been done to “encourage low performing staff” to look for other opportunities in
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In major shake-up, Flipkart asks 700-1000 ‘under-performing’ employees to resign or take severance pay
Jul 29, 2016, 04:11 PM ISTSoon after the Jabong acquisition, India’s giant e-commerce player Flipkart has now asked its under-performing employees to either resign or be sent off with severance pay.
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Abbott lands in thick soup after employee’s ‘suicide’ over heavy sales targets
Jul 25, 2016, 06:07 PM ISTIndia’s second largest drug maker Abbott has been drawing flak from its employees following a shocking incident of one of its medical representatives allegedly committing suicide last week blaming the company for putting immense pressure
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CEO Vishal Sikka, COO Pravin Rao among 54 crorepati employees at Infosys
May 20, 2016, 05:54 PM ISTInfosys, India’s second largest outsourcer, currently has 54 employees who earn annual salaries of at least Rs 1 crore, the company said in its annual report
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Employees to file assets details for three years by July: Government
India | Apr 12, 2016, 10:59 PM ISTAll Central government employees were today told to file details of their assets and liabilities, along with that of their spouses and dependent children
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Inhuman! Chinese company made employees to crawl on knees after they failed to hit sales target!
Mouthful | Oct 06, 2015, 07:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a shocking incident, a Chinese company ordered its employees to crawl on the streets after they failed to achieve their sales target.As per reports, employees were told to finish a lap around
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Majority of employees intend to switch jobs within a year: Survey
India | Jun 11, 2015, 01:13 PM ISTMumbai: With a new wave of career opportunities in the country, employees are more likely to switch jobs in the next one year, according to a survey.It found that 82 per cent of respondents were
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Chinese company rewards all its employees with Rs 75 lakh Tesla sedan
Feb 18, 2015, 10:51 PM ISTNew Delhi: A Chinese IT start-up WiFi Master Key (our translation), a startup backed by Chinese game developer and publisher Shanda is making global headlines for rewarding its top-performing staff with Tesla cars as year-end
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Air India to cut salary of staff responsible for delayed flights
Feb 02, 2015, 02:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: In an attempt to check the problem of unending flight delays and poor performance, government has asked Air India to cut salary of any employee who causes delay in flights.Those who would be
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Employees in India to see 10.9% salary hike in 2015: Report
Nov 07, 2014, 02:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: Employees in India will see their salaries increase by an average of 10.9 per cent in 2015, the third highest pay rise in Asia after Pakistan and Vietnam, says an ECA International report.According
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JK employees clash with police during protest march
India | May 26, 2014, 03:41 PM ISTSrinagar: Six employees of Jammu and Kashmir government were injured in police action and over a dozen others taken into preventive custody when they tried to take out a protest march in support of their
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Six employees injured in 'hot water spillage' at N-plant
India | May 14, 2014, 04:09 PM ISTKudankulam: Six employees at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant here sustained injuries today following ‘hot water spillage'.“There was a small incident. Some maintenance work was going on when there was hot water spillage. Three of