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EPFO may fix Rs. 1000 per month minimum limit for pension - February 20, 2012
EPFO (Employees' Provident Fund of India) body may fix Rs. 1000 per month limit for fixing the minimum pension for its subscribers, at a meeting of the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) scheduled on February 22.
Cos attracting talent through better medical benefits - February 17, 2012
Companies like Wipro, Philips, Intel and others are offering better and bigger medical benefits to retain the in-house talent and to attract new talent.
Call for national minimum wage - February 16, 2012
The 44th Indian Labour Conference (ILC) on Wednesday suggested a national minimum wage and raising the monthly wage ceiling for the Employee Provident Fund (EPF) Act, from Rs 6,500 to Rs 15,000, in order to widen the scope and bring more people under the EPF Act.
Part-time women staff can expect better provisions soon - February 15, 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh emphasized that in order to increase the participation of women in the workforce, the government needs to make better provision for part time work, bringing at par with full- time employment.
Micro enterprise development in villages been hindered by MNREGS - February 15, 2012
A research paper by the Indian School of Business says that the development of micro enterprises in villages has been hindered due to high agricultural wages due to the success of government's flagship employment guarantee programme.
Prime Minister emphasizes on periodic review of labour laws - February 15, 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday emphasized on the need for periodic assessment of the labour laws to keep a check on its impact on employment and industrial expansion.
Study brings out the benefits in revenue and productivity due to flexible working - February 14, 2012
A recent report based on a study conducted on Indian companies shows that in 79% of the companies felt that flexible working practices have resulted in increased productivity whereas 77% companies witnessed revenue generation as an outcome of flexible working.
Jairam Ramesh urges states to keep a check on corruption under MNREGA - February 14, 2012
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today said that the states have a right to check on any irregularities under MNREGA and thus the states should keep a strict vigil to prevent misuse of central funds and rein in corruption.
Software industry to add up 2,30,000 jobs this fiscal - February 14, 2012
The Indian software industry is estimated to add around 230,000 jobs by the closing of fiscal year 2012.
Monster.com’s monthly index indicates improved hiring in IT and FMCG - February 13, 2012
Leading job portal Monster.com's monthly Employment Index report shows that the IT and FMCG sectors indicated better recruitment conditions with improvement in their hiring activities.
Improved hiring activity across major industries - February 9, 2012
IT/Telecom and Manufacturing & Engineering industry hiring conditions have improved with overall stability in the hiring activity across major industries with.
Employees opting for clean and professional exit - February 8, 2012
A survey by the staffing firm TeamLease indicated the growing concern among employees towards a professional and clean exit looking to the future consequences related to it.
2012 begins with cheers for job hunters - February 7, 2012
2012 seems to have begun with reasons to cheer for job seekers with hiring activities surging across all sectors during the month of January, inspite of the prevailing economic uncertainty.
DoPT notification empowers government for removal incompetent all-India service officers after 15 yrs - February 7, 2012
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has set new rules empowering the Centre to remove incompetent all-India services officers from service after 15 years instead of the current cut-off of 30 years.
Skilled manpower shortage in electrical equipment industry - February 6, 2012
Electrical equipment industry is facing a major labour crunch with lack of skilled and employable manpower on one hand and increase of manpower requirement up to 35 lakh in this sector on the other hand by 2012.
Rural non-agri employment is the need of the hour - February 6, 2012
In order to revive the agriculture sector, Indian needs to generate a substantial number of jobs in the rural non-farm sector so as to overcome the prevailing crisis in the agriculture sector.
Aviation, a sunrise sector - February 6, 2012
Industry veterans and experts have indicated that the aviation sector is a sunrise sector in India with potential to generate a large number of design, production and management jobs.
PM indicates a second green revolution under NREGA - February 3, 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh indicated that the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act could lead to a second green revolution in its sixth anniversary year through land development and irrigation facilities.
Approx. 10,000 jobs in telecom sector to be affected by SC’s verdict in 2G case - February 3, 2012
Approximately 4,000 direct jobs and over 6,000 indirect jobs in the telecom sector would face the brunt of the Supreme Court’s order of canceling 121 2G spectrum licences.
Corporation Bank set to recruit 1,000 people by September - February 2, 2012
The Mangalore based Corporation Bank is planning to hire 1,000 people by September as a result of its plan of adding 200 branches to expand rapidly in growth centres like Gujarat and Punjab and the rural belts of Uttar Pradesh to grow agricultural advances.