Youths demand education reforms, pollution-free environment, and less conflicts. They seek CCTV cameras for public transport safety, central universities, NEP implementation, budget allocation for health and education, fair elections, aid to local artists, and transparency in examinations.
Although no job cuts have been implemented so far, the adoption of generative AI could significantly transform customer support centres, which have traditionally provided employment to thousands of people.
Several IT employees who are on the voter list in other states are in a fix as IT companies are not bound by law to give a paid holiday for voting in other states.
The state, being a welfare and progressive state, has guaranteed 180-day maternity leave to every woman employee, stated the MAT judgment pronounced on Friday by its member Medha Gadgil. Such leave is as much a right of the newborn to be with the mother as it is the mother's to be with the child, it held in an application filed last year by the woman, now a divisional forest conservator at SGNP. She had challenged the 2015 order.
While the regulations have been tweaked, many are interpreting it to mean a mandate from the regulator to ensure that those over 65 are not denied health insurance. Sources told TOI without mandating detailed norms, Irdai is going to monitor how companies are going to respond to the new regulations issued recently.
Bandhan Life's MD and CEO, Satishwar B, said, "Our vision for the next five years is set... We will expand our presence across all relevant product categories, thereby enhancing the services we provide." He added, "We have heavily invested in technology and data-driven processes to keep pace with our strategy of using tech as an enabler. This combination will help us achieve our goal of growing with the new Bharat."
According to the new policy, employees who work from office for less than 60% of the time will not receive any variable pay for the quarter. Those with an office attendance between 60-75% will receive 50% of the variable pay, while employees who come to the office 75-85% of the time will be eligible for 75% of the variable pay. Only those with office compliance levels above 85% will receive the full variable pay for the quarter.
The quest for lucrative employment opportunities faces a hurdle this placement season at the esteemed Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). As companies reduce their hiring and provide reduced salary packages, students towards the end of the line are receiving offers with annual packages below Rs 10 lakh. Companies that would select several students are now choosing only one or two.
Ankit Dakhane and Mamta Chiniya, telecom engineers at IOCL, embark on separate MBA journeys at IIMA and IIMB. The couple values the diverse peer networks and rigorous academics of their simultaneous studies.
Several private companies have announced paid time-off on polling days or made such days meeting-free, apart from providing employees with information on travel policies so that those registered at booths outside their work city can vote too. Typically, states declare election day as a public holiday. Accordingly, all commercial establishments offer a paid holiday to workers.
The data reflect approved I-140 immigrant petitions (which is the first step in the entire green card process) as of November 2, 2023. The think tank then calculated the dependents to arrive at an estimated backlog in the top three employment-based immigration categories.
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