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Work from home future fades in Asia as companies seek more office space
The study also found that almost half of the Asian companies prefer dedicated seats for their staff, rather than sharing in what’s known as “hot-desking,” since most of them don’t intend to adopt hybrid work. While more than 60 per cent of the respondents said the staff-to-desk sharing ratio will increase over the coming couple of years, most of them were Western companies. That means an office desk will serve more employees in the future.
3523 Air India employees affected by Covid of which 56 died: Centre to LS
“On the death of a permanent/fixed-term contractual employee due to COVID-19, their families are paid compensation of Rs 10,00,000 and Rs. 5,00,000 respectively. Families of casual/contract workers are paid compensation of Rs 90,000 per two months’ salary,” the minister said. It further informed that COVID centres have been opened by the company in various locations to take care of the affected employees/ families.
“Reimbursement of vaccination charges are being provided to employees and their families if paid by them,” it added
Infosys reopens offices as India Inc eyes long road back to work
In its memo, Infosys said the country’s safety situation seems to be improving, with growing vaccination coverage.
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, the country’s biggest outsourcer, said earlier this month that it hoped to vaccinate all its employees and their families by September.
“Recognizing that vaccination was our best bet to an early return to normalcy, we undertook a pan-India vaccination drive that began in May,” said Chief Executive Officer Rajesh Gopinathan, adding that 70% of the company’s staff had been fully or partially vaccinated so far.
Nagaland asks staff to get vaccinated or show no-Covid report for salary
The salaries of those who have not taken a single dose of the vaccine against coronavirus or who will fail to furnish COVID-19 negative test report will be stopped beyond July 31, 2021, and they would not attend office, it said
Top EU court says headscarves can be banned at work under certain conditions
“A prohibition on wearing any visible form of expression of political, philosophical or religious beliefs in the workplace may be justified by the employer’s need to present a neutral image towards customers or to prevent social disputes,” the court said.
“However, that justification must correspond to a genuine need on the part of the employer and, in reconciling the rights and interests at issue, the national courts may take into account the specific context of their Member State and, in particular, more favorable national provisions on the protection of freedom of religion.
Job openings for permanent staffers to be adversely affected due to 2nd wave of COVID-19: Survey
”At the beginning of the year, India was witnessing a steady economic recovery and an upward curve in hiring. But the overwhelming situation due to the second wave of COVID-19 had a huge impact on the employment rate and hiring process in the country. Restrictions in mobility also resulted in job losses in many sectors,” Genius Consultants CMD R P Yadav said.
India’s June services activity shrinks at fastest rate in 11-months
“PMI data for June showed quicker declines in new business, output and employment that were sharp but much softer than those recorded in the first lockdown.”
Muted demand sank the new business sub-index to its lowest since July 2020.
As a result, firms shed headcount for a seventh straight month, with the fastest reduction rate recorded in June. A Reuters poll taken around a month ago showed the job crisis may worsen over the coming year.Asia’s third largest economy, which has already recorded more than 400,000 COVID-19 deaths, is still reporting over 40,000 coronavirus cases per day, taking the total number of infections to over 30.5 million.
Majority of urban unemployed Indians want Job, not cash handout:LSE study says
“Younger individuals, in the bottom half of pre-Covid earnings, experienced higher levels of worklessness,” the authors wrote, based on responses from 4,763 individuals between January and March this year in three lower-income states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.
Office supply jumps 75 pc annually during Jan-Jun across 7 cities despite COVID-19
New office space supply stood at 14.38 million sq ft during January-June 2020 across seven cities — Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai.
JLL India Head (Office Leasing Advisory) Rahul Arora.said,He added that in the second half of the year, if the country can ensure that most of the active workforce gets fully vaccinated, the shift back to office premises will be more feasible and sustainable.
AI pilots body seeks compensation to family of pilot succumbing to Covid infection
Stating that in the current pandemic situation, the government has announced an ex-gratia cover of Rs 50 lakh for any frontline worker who contracted Covid 19 and succumbed to it under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package, the Guild said, “however, none of the pilots’ families who have succumbed to Covid having contracted the same while operating the Vande Bharat or Air Bubble flights have been so compensated.”
According to the Guild, major airlines in India are providing compensation to their pilots up to Rs 5 crore while some companies have fixed the insurance cover equivalent to the wages of what the employee would have earned till the date of his superannuation.