Employees
- News
Google sacks 28 employees involved in protests over Israel govt contract
New Delhi: Tech giant Google has laid off 28 employees who were involved in sit-in protests at its offices over a Google contract with the Israeli government. The layoffs happened after nine…
- Andhra Pradesh
LS poll: Andhra govt orders releasing dearness allowance to employees
Amaravati: Less than 24 hours before the announcement of the Lok Sabha and Andhra Pradesh assembly elections schedule, the state government Friday night issued orders for releasing dearness allowance (DA) to employees…
- India
Assam govt employees to be fined for delaying people’s applications, says CM
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that the state would undergo a massive overhaul of its governance in the coming days, and the employees will be fined for…
- Business
Byju’s manages to pay some portion of salaries for 20,000 employees
New Delhi: Embattled edtech company Byju’s on Sunday announced that it has disbursed a portion of the pending salaries for over 20,000 employees for the month of February. The company has also…
- Business
Byju’s likely to miss March 10 salary deadline for 20,000 employees as funds remain stuck
New Delhi: Embattled edtech company Byju’s is likely to miss the March 10 deadline to pay salaries for the month of February to its more than 20,000 employees as funds raised via…
- Technology
56 pc Indian employees trust their bosses to teach AI skills: Report
New Delhi: More than half of Indian employees (56 per cent) believe their organisations will teach them skills they need to adapt to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation, compared to the global…
- India
Two forest employees injured in tiger attack in MP’s Bandhavgarh reserve
Umaria: Two employees of the forest department have been injured in an attack by a tiger at the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) in Madhya Pradesh’s Umaria district, an official said. The incident…
- Business
PayPal laying off about 2,500 employees to ‘right-size’ the company
New Delhi: Online payment gateway PayPal has kicked off layoffs that will affect at least 9 per cent of its workforce — about 2,500 employees. According to verified PayPal professionals on anonymous…
- News
Jack Dorsey’s fintech firm Block lays off nearly 1,000 employees
San Francisco: Jack Dorsey’s financial services company Block is laying off close to 1,000 employees, which will affect staff in the Cash App, Afterpay and Square subsidiaries of the company. About 1,000…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Urban Company workers protest against ‘discriminatory practices’
Hyderabad: Women workers associated with Urban Company, a one-stop service for household repair works, beauty treatments, deep cleaning, and pest control, on Monday held a protest in front of the company’s main…
- Business
Global IT firm Veeam Software lays off 300 employees
San Francisco: Global data management solutions provider Veeam Software has reportedly laid off 300 employees. The workforce reduction came after Veeam let go 200 workers in a separate round of layoffs last…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia: Over 45% of employees worked more than 40 hours a week in 2023
Riyadh: A total of 45.8 percent of employees in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) worked more than 40 hours per week in 2023. According to a new report released by the…
- Business
US clean tech unicorn Palmetto lays off employees in multiple job cuts
San Francisco: US-based clean-tech unicorn Palmetto has reportedly done multiple rounds of layoffs amid the market slowdown. Some of the jobs eliminated include operations strategy managers, coordinators and warehouse managers, according to…
- Technology
US judge allows 9K women employees to sue Disney for pay discrimination
San Francisco: A US judge has allowed 9,000 women to sue entertainment giant Disney via a class-action lawsuit that alleged pay disparity. The lawsuit includes female Disney employees who worked for the…
- Technology
Tech glitch delayed some employees’ salaries, to be paid on Monday: Byju’s
New Delhi: Some employees of edtech unicorn Byju’s had their salaries delayed due to a “technical glitch” and they were in the process of being paid on Monday, the company said. The…