Tag: Employees

The company CEO Tobi Lutke said in a statement that Shopify has to go through a reduction in workforce that will see about 10 per cent leave by the end of the day.

Bhubaneswar: City bus drivers and conductors staged a demonstration at Master Canteen bus stand today against State government’s decision to allow city buses to ply on 6 routes instead of existing 14 routes. The decision was taken keeping in view the recently launched ‘Mo Bus’ services. In the first phase of Mo Bus initiative, as […]

  Nayagarh: Students of Ladukeswar Jew College in Kumbharpada, Nayagarh have been issued fake receipts by college authorities against examination fees deposited by them. According to sources, the fake receipts were issued after collecting Rs 1,000 from each student towards examination fees. While there are 180 students in the college, receipts were issued to each […]

Nabarangpur: Emergency health care services were badly affected as 108 ambulance drivers resorted to cease-work protesting termination of some employees in Nabarangpur on Thursday. As per sources, nearly 18 drivers of the district were terminated from their jobs while the employees termed such move as ‘arbitrary’. The employees also alleged that their salaries were held […]

Bhubaneswar: After implementing the 7th Pay Commission recommendations, the State Government has taken a step forward to appease its employees post retirement as it agreed to provide death-cum-retirement gratuity to employees who were appointed post 2005. Amid speculation over the kind of benefit to employees post retirement, the government has started administrative processing to benefit […]

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is likely to take final decision on House Rent Allowances (HRA) for the central government employees on June 28 putting an end to the year-long wait of the employees. The Empowered Committee of Secretaries (E-CoS), which was set up to screen the Lavasa panel recommendations on allowances, has already […]

Bhubaneswar: The wait could be excruciating for some, but good news might be on its way as the fitment committee constituted for implementation of 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations is likely to submit its report tomorrow. Earlier, the fitment committee was supposed to submit its report on February 28 which was extended by 2 months. With […]

Bhubaneswar: Failure of the Fitment Committee set up by the Odisha government to finalise the modalities and submit a report within the deadline has increased the likelihood of delay in implementation of the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission for the government employees and pensioners. The 6-member Fitment Committee, constituted on October 31, 2016 was […]

Bhubaneswar: The Fitment Committee constituted for implementation of the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission today convened a meeting at the State Secretariat and prepared the modalities. Along with the chairman of the committee, senior administrative officers were present in the meeting. Also Read: 7th Pay Commission fitment committee holds its first meeting According to […]

Bhubaneswar: The fitment committee set up to finalise the modalities of the 7th pay commission recommendations for the State government employees and pensioners, began holding discussions with various employee associations from today. According to sources, the fitment committee will hold discussions with 117 employee associations. Associations representing the teachers and lecturers are being given priority, […]

Bhubaneswar: The fitment committee set up by the Odisha government for implementation of 7th Pay Commission recommendations for its employees and pensioners will submit its report to government in four months. The 6-member panel will be headed by Development Commissioner R Balkrishnan while Home Secretary Asit Kumar Tripathy, Forest and Environment Secretary Suresh Mohapatra, Finance […]

San Francisco: In a bid to take on mobile dating apps like Tinder and Bumble, Facebook has begun testing its dating project internally with employees. According to a report in The Verge on Friday, an independent app researcher Jane Manchun Wong found evidence of the dating feature testing and posted it on Twitter. “This product […]

New Delhi: Delhi government employees would continue to not meet ministers till Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal apologises for an alleged attack on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by two AAP MLAs, the employees’ association said on Saturday, countering the government’s claim that the association has “assured full cooperation”. On Friday, Delhi government spokesperson Nagendar Sharma tweeted […]

New York: Are you a boss who bullies and belittles juniors? Beware, your well-being may be at risk, new research suggests. The researchers have found that supervisors who were abusive felt a sense of recovery because their boorish behaviour helped replenish their mental energy and resources. “The moral of the story is that although abuse may […]

Bhubaneswar: The Central government is likely to implement the New-Wage Code Bill 2021 from April 1, 2021. This may change the existing monthly Provident Fund (PF) and gratuity contributions by employees. As per the provisions under the new system, the share of basic salary in CTC could be 50 per cent or more. It means […]