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MGNREGA funds get just a moderate hike - March 17, 2012
MGNREGA funding under budget 2012 has been hiked only moderately inspite of this year’s budget focuses on rural development.
PF rate reduced to 8.25% - March 16, 2012
The Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has reduced the return on statutory savings under provident fund from the earlier rate of 9.5% to 8.25% for the current fiscal.
Companies offering split shifts to help employees maintain work-life balance - March 16, 2012
Increasing number of companies across industries are offering split shift work options to their employees to help them have a work-life balance to manage their personal activities.
Economic survey stresses on better handling of employment inequality - March 15, 2012
The Economic Survey has stressed the need for India to focus on a more inclusive employment generation to tackle the existing inequality, including urban-rural income disparity and inequalities in the labour force employment.
Govt. employees to soon get performance based incentives - March 15, 2012
Based on the recommendations made by the sixth Central Pay Commission, the Government is working on guidelines to remunerate its employees with performance based incentives.
Job sector expectations high from Budget 2012 - March 15, 2012
Industry experts are looking forward to a positive hiring impact in most sectors including IT/ITeS, Banking & Finance Infrastructure, Power and Healthcare as an outcome of Budget 2012.
Massive hike proposed for remuneration of panchayat members - March 14, 2012
A massive, hike up to five times, in remuneration of panchayat members is being proposed by the Assam government.
Hiring to bee at its peak amongst Indian cos in next 3 months - March 14, 2012
As per an annual study on the presence of women as board members, it was found that the number of women on the company boards are increasing with an average of nine out of every ten large companies now having at least one female director.
Gurgaon orders against working of women employees after 8 pm - March 14, 2012
A day after a 23-year-old Gurgaon woman was abducted and gangraped in the city, the city administration on Monday has passed an order to all malls, commercial establishments and pub owners to stop assigning duties to women employees after 8 pm to ensure their safety, thus avoiding any such unfortunate incidents in the future.
Women presence rising on companies' boards: Study - March 13, 2012
As per an annual study on the presence of women as board members, it was found that the number of women on the company boards are increasing with an average of nine out of every ten large companies now having at least one female director.
Railways plan to hire around 1,50,000 employees in Group C and D category - March 13, 2012
Indian railways’ is planning to recruit around 47,000 employees in the Group D category by this month-end and another 60,000 employees in Group C and 40,000 in Group D are expected to be recruited by October this year, to tackle the backlog of recruitment of around 250,000 employees.
A slipping economy forces India Inc to cut down on employees' medical reimbursements - March 13, 2012
The slipping economy is worrying the whole of India Inc and not just the HR departments of these companies, which has thus lead to reduction in the employees’ medical benefits to save some cost and reduce company overheads.
Fill 4,100 posts for physically challenged: HC to Rlys - March 12, 2012
Indian Railways has been directed by the High Court to start recruiting and close the 4,100 vacant posts, meant for physically challenged persons, within six months.
February hiring trends show improvement in construction and banking industry - March 12, 2012
As compared to the month of January, the hiring trends showed improvement in February with increase activities in construction and banking sectors, says a report by leading job portal Naukri.com.
Height norms for promotion of women constables in Delhi Police to be relaxed - March 11, 2012
The Central Administrative Tribunal has asked Delhi police to relax the minimum height requirements for promotion to the post of head constable for a woman, who had been given the relaxation for her appointment as constable.
HR managers been haunted by attrition worries - March 10, 2012
The key challenges been faced by HR managers across the industries are hiring and employee retention as identified through a survey conducted among more than 200 HR managers.
By 2016, 25 million jobs are expected to be created by the Tourism industry - March 9, 2012
Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai today said that the tourism sector is expected to create 25 million jobs in the country in 2012.
Jobs in India not affected by the Eurozone crisis - March 7, 2012
The Eurozone crisis seems to be having a positive effect on the job market in India with a surge in jobs outsourced to India, and a corresponding increase in ITES and IT jobs in India.
Employers offer flexi-timings for women to balance their work and personal lives - March 7, 2012
Growing number of companies are recognizing the advantages related to retention of their talented female staff and are thus providing them with customized profiles with flexible work timings and options to work from home to help them balance their work and personal lives.
India to see 2 million job been created in the field of by cloud computing by 2015 - March 6, 2012
A study commissioned by Microsoft and conducted by International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that with growth in the field of cloud computing, 14 million new jobs would be created worldwide by 2015, out of which over 2 million jobs would be created in India alone.