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The worlwide slowdown has put hiring plans of IT companies in the deep freeze. India’s Top Four have not only scaled down their hiring plans, but also deferred joining dates indefinitely for those candidates they had made offers to, TCS and Satyam being in the forefront.

The TOI had an article about the Centre rolling out some heavy duty sops for all mothers in government service. In an order effective 01-Sep-08, maternity leave has been increased from 135 days to 180 days per child for upto two children. Secondly, they are also entitled for paid leave for two years during their career for [...]

The ET carried a story today about the Government allowing employees of call centres / BPOs and other service providers to work from home. According to a recent memorandum issued by the Department of Telecom (DoT), the concept of work-from-home agents has been introduced for companies registered under other service providers (OSPs) category which would have to pay [...]

Given the talent crunch that almost all companies are facing, a lot of them are trying novel means to retain their employees. This is even more prevalent in the BFSI sector, with the stock markets taking a tumble. Clients, especially the HNIs, are drying up, and the once hefty bonuses, incentives and commissions are now becoming scarce. India’s [...]

Happened to read an article in the Business Standard about the Rs.650 crore R K Swamy BBDO group, one of India’s largest creative agencies planning to launch an HR e-services portal. The name of the portal is hrdirectiononline.com, and it will aim to provide services in 28 different categories. The group will pump in close to Rs.3 crore and expects to touch a revenue of [...]

An employment tribunal has awarded £30,000 as compensation to estate agent Julie-Anne Reed of Exeter, Devon after she was repeatedly criticised by her boss for her 36 DD chest size. He is also alleged to have told her on several occasions to “either reduce the size of her breasts or get some new blouses.”, which induced bouts of depression [...]

The Business Standard reports that Tata Consultancy Service (TCS) has terminated services of almost 20 employees at its Kolkata centre after a background check revealed these employees had faked their resumes.  This is not all that surprising as there have been several such instances recently, not just in India but even abroad. Secondly, this is not restricted to the junior-middle level management, [...]