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DoPT notification empowers government for removal incompetent all-India service officers after 15 yrs - February 7, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Feb 07, 2012 08:03 AM

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.

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Skilled manpower shortage in electrical equipment industry - February 6, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Feb 07, 2012 07:56 AM

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.

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Rural non-agri employment is the need of the hour - February 6, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Feb 06, 2012 06:58 AM

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.

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Aviation, a sunrise sector - February 6, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Feb 06, 2012 06:47 AM

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.

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PM indicates a second green revolution under NREGA - February 3, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Feb 03, 2012 08:21 AM

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.

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Approx. 10,000 jobs in telecom sector to be affected by SC’s verdict in 2G case - February 3, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Feb 03, 2012 08:13 AM

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.

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Corporation Bank set to recruit 1,000 people by September - February 2, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Feb 03, 2012 08:04 AM

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.

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PM directs state governments to ensure payments within 15 days under MNERGA - February 2, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Feb 03, 2012 07:54 AM

The Prime Minister today urged the state governments to ensure that workers falling under the MNREGA scheme should be paid their wages within15 days.

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Economic condition not to effect the salary hikes in India this year - February 2, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Feb 02, 2012 08:10 AM

Not considering the economic conditions and cost and margin pressures, India Inc. is planning to hand out increments in double digits just like last year, only slightly lower than last year.

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Outsourcing whistle-blower activities seems to be a growing trend - February 2, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Feb 02, 2012 08:02 AM

With employees hesitating to use their company’s whistle-blower service fearing the level to which the information will be kept secret more and more companies are preferring independent service been provided external agencies to ensure the effectiveness of the system.

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Social sector talent retention becoming a challenge for NGOs - January 31, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 31, 2012 06:13 AM

With an increasing number of companies queuing up to recruit talent from the social sector, retention of talent is fast becoming a challenge for the not-for-profit or development sector, comprising non-governmental organisations (NGOs), intermediaries, specialist firms and microfinance institutions among other.

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Current challenge for HR managers is talent retention - January 29, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 30, 2012 09:20 AM

Industry experts are saying that talent retention is posing a challenge for HR managers in terms of designing a performance reward policy to boost employee morale.

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Corporate executives facing challenge in terms of succession planning for top talent - January 27, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 30, 2012 09:16 AM

Corporate executives globally are facing major concerns in terms of succession planning and strengthening of the leadership pipeline, according to a study by Deloitte.

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WEF report speaks about the financial inclusion of farmers under MGNREGA - January 27, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 28, 2012 08:04 AM

A World Economic Forum report said that the improved financial access to the farmer’s under the MGNREGA scheme is opening up greater scope for further agricultural and economic growth of the country.

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More and more IT companies going for temp staffing - January 27, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 28, 2012 07:57 AM

With more and more IT companies opting for temporary staffing, the number of temporary staff employed in the IT industry has gone up dramatically in the past two years.

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TN government planning to create over 400 vacancies in Rly police - January 27, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 28, 2012 07:51 AM

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today approved the proposal to create over 400 new vacancies in Railway Police to increase the strength after many years.

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Workers under MGNREGS paid Rs. 1-10 in some parts of Rajasthan and Karnataka - January 27, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 27, 2012 06:56 AM

In the states of Rajasthan and Karnataka, instances of workers being paid wages as low as Rs 1-10 have come up, against the promised wage of Rs. 100 per day under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).

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ILO report highlights role of India’s labour productivity in South Asian growth - January 25, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 25, 2012 08:55 AM

The International Labour Organization said that India is leading the robust economic growth in South Asia, but the major reason behind it was a rise in labour productivity rather than increase in jobs.

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Centre plans creating job opportunities for nearly 100 million urban poor - January 24, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 25, 2012 08:45 AM

Centre now shifts its focus toward job creation for the urban poor after launching employment schemes for rural India. The UPA government has proposed a National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) to address issues related to urban poverty which will also include job creation for the nearly 100 million urban poor.

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ILO points out to the urgent need to create 600 mn jobs over next decade - January 24, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 25, 2012 08:36 AM

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has emphasized on an urgent challenge of creating 600 million jobs across the world looking to the ratio of workers either unemployed or living in poverty.

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SC directs centre to pay wages on par with states - January 24, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 24, 2012 06:37 AM

The Centre’s fight against a Karnataka High Court ruling of paying workers as per the higher state rate under MGNREGA has led to the Supreme Court directing the Centre to pay wages on par with states.

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Centre mulls over idea of weekly payment under MGNREGA in West Bengal - January 24, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 24, 2012 06:31 AM

The Centre is receptive over the West Bengal government's idea of paying workers under MGNREGA’s 100 day work scheme on a weekly basis.

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MPs can now allocate funds for the rural employment guarantee programmes - January 20, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 24, 2012 06:25 AM

Just ahead of the Budget, an official release said that Members of the Parliament can now allocate funds from their local area development scheme kitty for rural employment guarantee programmes.

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Karnataka high court’s verdict to result in amendments in MGNREGS - January 20, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 20, 2012 07:15 AM

The Karnataka govt. is getting ready to amend the Minimum Wages Act to fix a lower figure for payment to those employed under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) as a result of Karnataka high court ordering payment of Rs. 82 a day as the minimum legal wage against the state government’s fixed amount of Rs. 119.42 a day.

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Recruitment for more than 800 medical vacancies in Tamil Nadu to begin soon - January 19, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 20, 2012 07:10 AM

Tamil Nadu government today declared that vacancies for over 800 positions in government-run hospitals across the state will be filled soon.

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SC rules employer’s accountability in case of default in PF contribution - January 19, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 19, 2012 08:15 AM

The Supreme Court has ruled that the employer will be held accountable in case of default in making payment of contribution to the provident fund even though they come under the 'exempted establishments' under the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.

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Territorial Army recruitment to be conducted between Jan 21-23 - January 18, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 19, 2012 08:06 AM

A release from the Defence establishment has declared the dates of recruitment for the 118 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) Grenadiers, Sitabuldi Fort, to be between January 21 and 23. Candidates from Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan and the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Goa, Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep and Pondicherry can apply for this recruitment drive.

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Skill development programme launched jointly by NSDC and CREDAI - January 18, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 19, 2012 08:01 AM

Looking to the Real Estate Industry’s requirement of at least 25000 skilled workforce every year owing to the overall requirement of more than 1.25 crore skilled labour, the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI) has launched a skill development programme jointly with the national skill development corporation (NSDC).

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More unorganized sectors to be covered under the BPL health scheme - January 13, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 13, 2012 07:48 AM

Reviewing the implementation of the five year old Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), the government said that the scheme will be further extended to more unorganized sectors to provide benefits to a higher number of unorganized workers.

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Domestic workers may soon be covered under the sexual harassment law - January 12, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 12, 2012 08:19 AM

A parliamentary panel has put its recommendation to the women and child development ministry to include domestic workers under the sexual harassment law thus giving them the right to complain against sexual harassment.

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With rising environmental concerns, demand for energy professionals may go up - January 11 , 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 12, 2012 08:12 AM

The growing concerns of green house emissions and the measures been taken to control the same is rapidly increasing the demand for energy and sustainability professionals.

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January-March quarter to witness improved hiring - January 9, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 10, 2012 10:13 AM

Staffing firm TeamLease said that the January-March quarter of 2012 is about to witness a slow rise in the hiring activity, post a quarter of sudden dip.

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Domestic workers in Guwahati demand a new union for protection of rights - January 8, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 10, 2012 09:31 AM

The domestic workers of Guwahati are demanding a new and separate union to take care of the workers’ rights and privileges besides standing against any injustice meted out to them thus working for their upliftment from time to time.

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2012 to see 60% rise in green jobs - January 8, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 09, 2012 08:47 AM

With an aim of becoming environment-friendly and supporting the global warming efforts, more and more companies are hiring green professionals, who can help them reduce energy consumption.

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Labour unions to discuss higher returns on special deposit scheme (SDS) with finance ministry - January 7, 2012

by Khushi Mehta — Jan 07, 2012 12:19 PM

Labour unions are planning to propose labour reforms such as increase in returns on employee's provident fund on a sustained basis and bringing enterprises with more than 10 employees within the purview of the EPF organisation, to the finance ministry during the pre-budget meeting to be held later this month.

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12th five-year plan to include skill training and job placements for 5 million - January 5, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 05, 2012 09:43 AM

The Centre is about to launch A Rs. 25,000 Cr. National Urban Livelihood Mission as part of the 12th five-year plan (2012-17). The scheme will help to tackle poverty in cities and towns by ensuring skill training and job placement to five million people.

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Govt. approves proposal for cover and pension benefits for overseas Indian workers - January 5, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 05, 2012 09:36 AM

The government has given its approval to a proposal aimed at setting up of a Pension and Life Insurance Fund for the benefit of overseas Indian workers particularly those who are in the Gulf countries.

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Experts suggest the average pay hike in 2012 to be 14% - January 4, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 05, 2012 08:30 AM

Experts believe that employees can expect a pay hike of 14% at an average, 3% higher as compared to last year’s average pay hike of 11%. Even the hiring activities in 2012 are expected to be robust in various sectors.

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Cabinet gives approval to fill 50K SC, ST and OBC vacancies - January 4, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 05, 2012 08:28 AM

With elections approaching in five states, the Cabinet gave its nod for recruitment of 50,000 pending vacancies of Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and OBCs in the central government.

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Companies offering flexi work hours and work from home options to employees - January 4, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 04, 2012 08:34 AM

Companies like IBM, Google and SAP are setting trends by providing flexi hours and work from home options to their employees. Initiatives like these are increasingly helping employees in maintaining work-life balance.

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Centre cautions about arbitrary hiking of minimum wages by States - January 4, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 04, 2012 08:24 AM

Inspite of fears of backlash regarding the Centre’s stand being against higher wages to the labourers, the Centre cautioned against cancellation of powers to fix wages under the MGNREGA scheme stating that this may lead to undue advantage of the scheme by the states in the form of arbitrarily hiking their 'minimum wages'.

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State Bank of India starts its recruitment drive - January 3, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 04, 2012 08:22 AM

State Bank of India (SBI) has started its recruitment drive by inviting applications for Clerical Cadre vacancies for its various branches. The last date for registration of online applications is 20-01-2012 and the written examination will be held on 18-03-2012.

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Government data shows increase in employment rate during July-Sep 2011 - January 3, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 04, 2012 08:19 AM

The government report on 'Effect of Economic Slowdown on Employment in India' depicts increase in employment rate during the July to September period of 2011. This trend was seen in all sectors except leather and transport where there was a marginal fall.

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Six Gulf nations to have unified job contract for foreign domestic helps - January 3, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 04, 2012 08:16 AM

At a recent meeting of the undersecretaries from the ministries of labour of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, Qatar has proposed preparing a unified format of employment contract for foreign domestic helps across the six Gulf nations.

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Companies like Kirloskar Brothers and Cummins lead the changed gender dynamics - January 3, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 03, 2012 08:12 AM

Engineering companies like Kirloskar Brothers and Cummins India have fuelled the gender dynamics scenario by employing an increasing number of women on the shopfloor.

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Companies passing on leave management responsibility to their employees - January 3, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 03, 2012 08:09 AM

Companies like Marico, Hindustan Unilever, Asian Paints and Jyothy Laboratories have stopped following CL/SL system, thus empowering their employees to manage their own work schedules and be responsible for achieving their targets.

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Domestic helps in Nagpur to fall under the Minimum Wages Act - January 2, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 03, 2012 07:54 AM

Maharashtra labour department has given notification directing the domestic work to be included under section 27 of Minimum Wages Act.

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Delhi’s industrial park to create around 3 lakh job opportunities on completion - January 2, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 02, 2012 07:16 AM

Work for setting up a knowledge based industrial park in Delhi’s South-west region has been initiated by Delhi government's premier infrastructure development agency, DSIIDC. The park is expected to generate nearly 1 lakh job opportunities of direct employment and another 2 lakh indirect employment opportunities.

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Companies to hire over 5 lakh employees in 2012 - January 1, 2012

by Gunjan Pandya — Jan 02, 2012 07:12 AM

With companies planning to hire over 5 lakh new employees in 2012, the year seems to have brought reasons for job-seekers to cheer about. Also, the employees can expect double digit salary hikes in 2012.

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Recruitment of 1 lakh health workers and 5,000 doctors on Bihar government’s agenda - December 29, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Dec 30, 2011 07:41 AM

Bihar Health Minister, Ashwini Kumar Choubey said today that the state government will recruit 5,000 doctors, 55,000 paramedic staff, 35,000 nurses and 10,000 swasthya mitras in additional primary health centre, primary health centres and district hospitals across Bihar during the next financial year (2012-13), state.

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Companies turning towards employee-driven initiatives to get cost effective - December 27, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Dec 27, 2011 07:18 AM

Organizations are turning towards employee driven initiatives like, linking cost management with KRAs of senior and middle management employees and allowing employees to go on leave without pay for one day in every month, as initiatives to save cost and be cost effective to hold on in the weakening economy.

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Failed and beginner entrepreneurs find takers in top IT companies - December 27, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Dec 27, 2011 07:04 AM

Top IT companies are hiring professionals who tried their hands on entrepreneurship but were unsuccessful in their attempts.

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254 village panchayats across Gujarat to be ruled by women - December 26, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Dec 27, 2011 06:59 AM

254 village panchayats across Gujarat have unopposedly elected women as Sarpanchs and panchayat members as a result of the‘incentive-driven’ women empowerment scheme by the state government called ‘samras’.

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Double-digit pay hikes in store for 2012 inspite of slow hiring trends - December 26, 2011

by Khushi Mehta — Dec 26, 2011 07:27 AM

With employers moving ahead with an extremely cautious yet optimistic approach in the wake of the current economic uncertainty, the Indian job market may see slower hiring activity but double-digit pay hikes.

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R&D can expect up to 20% more hiring in 2012 - December 25, 2011

by Khushi Mehta — Dec 26, 2011 07:23 AM

Hiring in the research and development segment is set to go up by nearly 20 per cent in 2012 with more and more global companies shifting their research and development base to India so as to become cost effective.

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With protection of workers on their minds, trade unions in India and Bahrain join hands - December 23, 2011

by Khushi Mehta — Dec 26, 2011 07:21 AM

In order to tackle exploitation of workers in Bahrain and other Gulf countries and getting them educated about their rights, trade unions in India and Bahrain have joined hands.

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UPA’s legal challenge to Karnataka HC opposed by MGNREGA governing body - December 24, 2011

by Khushi Mehta — Dec 24, 2011 06:47 AM

MGNREGA governing body has opposed UPA government’s legal challenge against the HC ruling on the issue of Karnataka High Court's ruling on payment of minimum wages to workers.

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No development on interest rate finalization by EPFO - December 24, 2011

by Khushi Mehta — Dec 24, 2011 06:44 AM

Due to the lack of consensus between the trade union representatives, the apex organization and employers, the Employees Provident Fund Organisation has failed to fix the interest rate on statutory savings of over 4.7 crore subscribers.

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Hiring timelines stretched to avoid mismatch - December 23, 2011

by Khushi Mehta — Dec 23, 2011 07:46 AM

Companies across the nation have become vary about recruiting new candidates and are taking longer durations in shortlisting and finalizing the candidates. Candidates have also become cautious before jumping onto a new job and taking their own time before deciding on joining a new company.

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Companies offering employees the choice to design their own salary package - December 22, 2011

by Khushi Mehta — Dec 23, 2011 07:43 AM

Companies have come up with an option to satisfy their employees in terms of their salary structure. While the CTC will be fixed by the employer, employees are now being offered a chance to design their pay packages and decide the components they would like to have as part of their salary.

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Campaign launched by trade unions to improve labour conditions - December 18, 2011

by Khushi Mehta — Dec 23, 2011 07:39 AM

To improve labour conditions across the nation, the Hind Mazdoor Sabha, Indian National Trade Union Congress and Sewa has launched the ITUC Global Campaign 12x12 in the Delhi on Saturday. This campaign is also to urge the government to endorse the International Labour Organisation's Convention 189.

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Unions oppose labour court’s handling of gratuity dispute cases - December 15, 2011

by Khushi Mehta — Dec 23, 2011 07:36 AM

Although the state government's recent move to allow labour courts rather than the labour department to handle gratuity dispute cases, was enforced with an intention to simplify and speeden up the dispute solving procedure, it doesn’t seem to have gone down well with unions, who are now opposing this move.

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Supreme Court makes court’s interference legal in case of arbitrary management decision on contractual jobs - December 20, 2011

by Khushi Mehta — Dec 22, 2011 07:42 AM

Looking to the changing nature of employment, the Supreme Court has said that termination of contractual job can be challenged in the court and that the courts can now legally interfere in such matters of arbitrary decision-making by the management.

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Hiring on rise in the online retailer sector - December 20, 2011

by Khushi Mehta — Dec 20, 2011 06:54 AM

Online retailers have been on a hiring spree during the current fiscal year and the trend seems to continue to meet the growing number of online consumers.

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IT sector may add 2-2.5 lakh jobs in next 1 year - December 19, 2011

by Khushi Mehta — Dec 20, 2011 06:51 AM

Co-Chairman of Infosys, Kris Gopalakrishnan said that India’s IT sector is expected to add approximately 2-2.5 lakh jobs in the next one year.

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MGNREGS labour to be used for agriculture in Maharashtra - December 19, 2011

by Khushi Mehta — Dec 19, 2011 07:39 AM

Maharashtra is planning utilization of MGNREGS labour for agriculture, to fulfill the supply of farm labour thus tackling the shortage issue, said Deputy Chief Minister of the state, Ajit Pawar.

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Retirement age of public enterprise regular employees likely to be raised in UP - December 17, 2011

by Khushi Mehta — Dec 19, 2011 07:34 AM

The Mayawati government has decided to raise the retirement age of public enterprise employees from 58 to 60 years. In addition to the above the government also assured promotions on completion of 10, 16 and 26 years of service.

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Central paramilitary forces to hire ex-servicemen for Group B jobs - December 16, 2011

by Khushi Mehta — Dec 16, 2011 06:42 AM

Defence minister A K Antony on Thursday announced that the home ministry is working towards filling of 10% of the Central paramilitary forces’ Group B or below-officer rank posts by hiring ex-servicemen.

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2012’s Jan-March qtr to see rise in hiring activities - December 12, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Dec 13, 2011 06:04 AM

A survey by MyHiringClub.com says that increased hiring in sectors like infrastructure and IT is set to result in the overall rise of hiring activity in the job sector during the Jan-March quarter of 2012.

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Paramilitary forces have 1 lakh vacant positions - December 11, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Dec 12, 2011 11:30 AM

Seven of paramilitary forces in the country as a whole have over 1 lakh vacant positions including 25,000 in the BSF and 17,000 in the CRPF. A Home Ministry official said that the government hopes to fill up all the vacancies in the next two years.

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OECD report indicates the rising inequality in earnings in India - December 5, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Dec 08, 2011 11:52 AM

A recent report by OECD, a Paris-based think tank shows that earnings inequality has increased significantly in India since the early 1990s. The report presents the observations on inequality patterns and related areas in emerging economies of India, China, Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia, Russia and South Africa.

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MGNREGA wages to beneficiaries will be videographed - December 3, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Dec 05, 2011 02:24 PM

Union Rural Development Minister, Jairam Ramesh in Ranchi said that to keep a check on corruption in payment of MGREGA wages, the government is planning to introduce the process to video graphing the payment made to the beneficiaries.

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Advance payment of Wages under MGNREGA - December 5, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Dec 05, 2011 02:22 PM

There are many questions that are raised on the implementation and success of MGNREGA scheme launched by the government. It is seen that the due to non-payment of wages on time is one of the essential factor of failure.

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FDI in retail to soon create higher number jobs for rural youth - December 1, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Dec 01, 2011 11:03 AM

Rural youth may soon find higher number of job opportunities in foreign-owned superstores as a result of the government’s proposal towards reserving of at least 50% of the jobs in superstores for those who have migrated to cities from villages.

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Power sector’s growth indicates probability of 6 lakh job creations in 2012-17 - November 29, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Nov 30, 2011 09:36 AM

A top government official said today that, the growth rate of the country's fastest growing power sector indicates generation of as many as six lakh jobs during the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2012-17).

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Thousands of openings to come up in the E-commerce sector - November 27, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Nov 28, 2011 09:07 PM

Thousands of middle and higher level job openings are coming up in the E-commerce industry owing to the rapid expansion in the industry, says Elixir Consulting.

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TN govt. proposes State Level Recruitment Board to fill vacancies in the Medical sector across state - November 27, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Nov 28, 2011 09:02 PM

So as to fill in as many as 15689 vacancies in the Medical sector, the Tamil Nadu Government has proposed to set up a State level Medical Recruitment Board. These vacancies are mainly for the positions of doctors and professors besides paramedical staff in Medical Colleges and Hospitals across the state.

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Supreme Court gives preferences to employee’s PF payment over arrears by financial institutions in case of a company’s liquidity - November 10, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Nov 11, 2011 10:30 AM

The Supreme Court has ruled that in case of a company’s liquidity, its employees PF payment will be given priority over arrears due to banks, financial institutions and the government

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Survey shows trend of slow salary and bonus rise - November 10, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Nov 11, 2011 10:28 AM

A recent industry survey by MyHiringClub.com, a hiring vendor consolidator firm, shows that although almost 86 per cent of the Indian companies are planning to hike their employees’ salary and bonus in the 2011-12 appraisals, but the percentage increase would not be very attractive.

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Companies plan to dole out double-digit hike for employees hit by inflation - November 10, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Nov 11, 2011 10:25 AM

A survey by MyHiringClub.Com shows that as a measure to tackle the rising inflationary pressure on day-to-day life of their employees, a majority of Indian companies are planning double-digit hike in the employee salaries and bonuses.

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MGNREGA to come under scrutiny by CAG - November 7, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Nov 08, 2011 09:58 AM

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is soon to be scrutinized by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in relation to the expenditure and outcome in the 12 states which receive the largest share of funds.

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Centres instructs state governments to fill up 280 vacant positions of consumer panels - November 7, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Nov 08, 2011 09:48 AM

The Centre has instructed state governments to fill up the vacant 280 positions at the deistrict as well as state consumer grievances disputes redressal commissions so as to speed up redressal of consumer.

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National Investigation Agency on way to expansion with plans of recruitment and 3 new offices - November 6, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Nov 08, 2011 08:24 AM

The National Investigation Agency is planning to expand its operations with opening of three new offices in Lucknow, Kochi and Mumbai and increasing the organisation manpower strength by recruiting approximately 500 more employees.

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Several MNCs in India hiring researchers - November 4, 2011

by Khushi Mehta — Nov 05, 2011 08:33 AM

At a time when the prevailing economic condition is making companies reluctant towards hiring, more and more R&D centres are hiring researchers and paying them higher salaries t o retain talent.

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Recruitment portal Naukri indicates 16% fall in hiring activity - November 3, 2011

by Khushi Mehta — Nov 05, 2011 08:18 AM

Owing to the economic uncertainity and the festive season, the hiring activities across key sectors, including IT and banking, saw a decline of 16% in the month of October, says a report released by recruitment portal Naukri.com today.

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Manpower requirement across the nation’s solar energy industry may go up to 1 lakh people by 2022 - November 1, 2011

by Khushi Mehta — Nov 01, 2011 09:22 AM

Indian Solar energy sector is likely to generate approximately 1 lakh job opportunities by 2022.

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Risk of social unrest due to shortage of 40 mn jobs: ILO - October 31, 2011

by Khushi Mehta — Nov 01, 2011 09:20 AM

ILO has forecasted that the world economy may face a social unrest due to shortage of 40 mn jobs out of the total 80 mn jobs required.

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Govt. to gazette the wage board recommendation for newspaper fraternity salaries - October 28, 2011

by Khushi Mehta — Oct 31, 2011 09:20 AM

The government would soon gazette the wage board recommendations related to the journalist/other employees of the news papers and news agencies, which was approved by the cabinet on Thursday, said Labour and Employment Minister Mallikarjun Kharge.

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Generation of 100 million jobs to be facilitated by the new manufacturing policy - October 26, 2011

by Khushi Mehta — Oct 31, 2011 09:16 AM

With an aim to boost the economy to 22 per cent and create around 100 mn jobs over a period of 10 years, the government today approved a national policy for that will facilitate national manufacturing investment zones, which will offer faster clearances.

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To tackle labour shortage problem, govt. plans to open 1,500 ITIs - October 23, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Oct 24, 2011 09:31 PM

Union Labour and Employment Minister, Mallikarjuna Kharge said that the Centre has proposed starting of 1,500 it is under the 12th Five Year Plan so as to tackle the shortage of skilled labour across the country.

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Farm sector to move to machines to tackle labour shortage created due to labourer’s inclination towards MGNREGS - October 20, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Oct 20, 2011 12:38 PM

The government is planning for agricultural mechanization during the 12th Plan to tackle labour shortage in the farm sector as a result of a higher number of labourers turning to MGNREGS.

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Temporary hiring likely to go up by 25% this year - October 16, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Oct 17, 2011 11:49 AM

According to experts, recruitment of temporary staff on project basis or during their peak business season is gaining momentum and is likely to rise by 20-25 percent in sectors such as banking, FMCG, telecom, construction, infrastructure and pharma.

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Persons facing criminal charges not eligible for govt jobs: SC - October 16, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Oct 17, 2011 11:27 AM

The Supreme Court held that any individual facing criminal charges will not be considered suitable for appointment in government service unless acquitted of the charges.

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MGNREGA remuneration may soon match minimum wages in states: Centre - October 15, 2011

by Khushi Mehta — Oct 15, 2011 10:29 AM

Acting on a court order issued last month, the Centre is planning to raise the payouts under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) so as to match up with the notified minimum wages of states.

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India Inc likely to reduce its hiring activity during the Oct-Dec quarter - October 14, 2011

by Khushi Mehta — Oct 15, 2011 10:26 AM

A report by staffing firm TeamLease says that India Inc may likely witness a temporary reduction in the hiring activity during the Oct-Dec quarter due to the prevalent global economic uncertainty.

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Government planning for hiring of more patent experts - October 11, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Oct 12, 2011 09:06 AM

Government is planning to hire 250 more patent examiners by April 2012 with the aim of expediting the patent grant process within a shorter time span.

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HR shifting roles as trade partners in top companies - October 11, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Oct 11, 2011 11:15 AM

The Human Resource function of various top companies like HUL, Godrej, Essar Group, Mphasis, LG Electronics, etc. is shifting its role from just an employee related function to a trade partner, talking deliverables.

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Fresher hiring rises by 21 pc in Indian companies - October 10, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Oct 11, 2011 11:07 AM

As per experts, campus hiring witnessed 21 per cent growth across industries like energy, infrastructure, consulting, media, IT and retail in India in the July-September quarter.

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Fake job offer warning by ITsAP - October 10, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Oct 11, 2011 11:02 AM

The IT and ITES Industry Association of Andhra Pradesh (ITsAP) has warned job seekers in the state regarding fake job offers floating in the market, guaranteeing jobs in the IT & ITES sectors.

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Expat hiring on a rise in India - October 10, 2011

by Gunjan Pandya — Oct 10, 2011 11:11 AM

Hiring of expats in India has gone up by 20% with a higher number of foreigners looking for jobs in India due to the economic condition and resultant freezing of hiring in Western economies.

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