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Rob Enslin, president- cloud sales, Google has announced the beginning of the Autism Career Programme which aims to develop a system that provides a fair selection process for candidates with autism who wish to apply for a job position.  To ease the process they will work with experts from the Stanford Neurodiversity Project which is a part of Stanford School of Medicine to make this project worthy. People with autism applying for jobs often have to go through certain difficulties in the selection process for example having face to face interviews and needing more time during them but Google Cloud has provided them with an option to extend the duration of face to face interviews or to give them via Google docs to make the process easier. 500 Managers working in Google cloud who will conduct these processes will be helped by Stanford in handling people with autism and will help in facilitating people’s interaction with their employees and new managers. Autism is still sometimes considered a myth and autistic people often become victims of bullying and many meaningless stereotypes. This is a very healthy and equitable process to provide equal and fair treatment and represented these communities.

Hiring activities showed record-breaking growth in July. A sequential increase of 11 percent for overall hiring was seen in July. This shows a strong recovery in economic growth and business after the covid-19 impact. As per the report by Naukri.com, there were a total of 2,625 job postings, as the hiring trend grew to 11 percent in July, in comparison to 2,359 postings in June. Which is the highest ever increase seen in the job hiring.  The Naukri JobSpeak is a monthly index that calculates and records hiring activities, which is done based on per month job listings on the Naukri.com website. According to its report, businesses have continued to do well. Sectors of digitization, the IT software or software services sector have noticed its growth momentum with an 18 percent increase in July compared to June. Positive growth is seen in almost all the sectors. This has brought a wave of hope for job seekers, as per the report. Source: economictimes.com

The union home secretary A K Bhalla stated that an electronic human resource management system (e-HRMS) will be an effective tool in the future. After releasing the progress report about the system, Bhalla mentioned that the application of Artificial Intelligence tools will be an effective support in the policy makings and it will also help in handling matters in respect of personnel. Bhalla also insisted in his statement, that this system needs to be available and in use in other ministries as well. So that there will be better coordination in the administration system. The e-HRMS was launched by the Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh on December 25, 2017. As per the statement issued, the e-HRMS consist of 25 applications of five modules. Now applying the e-HRMS in ministries for better functioning is the agenda for government. Additional Secretary in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) Rashmi Chowdhary said, with the help of e-HRMS governmentemployees can access their service-related information digitally. It has also digitalized the Human Resource process in the Government of India which led to several benefits and increased the employee’s efficiency. Source: economicstimes.com

Just after an incident in Rajasthan which made headlines when an ASHA worker was seen rowing a boat in difficult conditions to reach villagers awaiting vaccination, in Telangana, ASHA workers are raising their voices against low pay. The accredited social health activist workers are seeking an increment from the state government. They are demanding fixed salaries and want to be paid Rs 10,000 a month instead of Rs 7,000 considering that they are overburdened with work. The workers’ unions have approached senior health officials to plead their case. The workers want to earn fixed salaries instead of the honorarium that they are paid. They also want this honorarium to be hiked as per the Pay Commission. The workers point out that their demand for increments have not been met by the state government, so it is only fair that they at least be granted a fixed salary of Rs 10,000, as their counterparts in Andhra Pradesh are receiving. The case of these ASHA workers is being supported by the Telangana Voluntary and Community Healthworkers Union (TVCHU) and the state association of ASHA workers led by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU). The workers are also demanding that pay revision be implemented, as per which they are entitled to a 30 per cent hike. Contract workers and outsourced staff were promised a 30 per cent increment under the 11th Pay Revision Commission in March, which has not been implemented yet. Source: HR Katha

Earlier, the MLAs were drawing a basic salary of Rs 12,000 per month New Delhi: Delhi MLAs, who were earlier earning a basic salary of Rs 12,000 per month, will now receive Rs 30,000 as basic income. This follows the approval given by the Delhi Cabinet to hike their salary and allowances, which is apparently lower than that of the MLAs of other states. Henceforth, the MLAs of Delhi will get a total of Rs 90,000 a month, including basic salary and other allowances. Earlier, this amount was Rs 54,000, exclusive of reimbursements. The revised reimbursement structure is yet to be disclosed. The MLAs will now receive Rs 25,000 as constituency allowance, Rs 15,000 as secretariat allowance, Rs 10,000 as conveyance allowance and Rs 10,000 towards telephone bills. The other reimbursements are paid in the form of electricity and water bills, medical treatment, allowance for attending assembly sessions daily (not more than 40 days a year) and House committee meetings, pension, family pension, yearly travel and monthly reimbursement for data entry operators. A revision has been pending ever since the last revision in 2011. About five years ago, a change in the compensation structure of Delhi MLAs was mooted, when it was proposed that the basic salary of MLAs be raised to Rs 54,000 and the total salary inclusive of allowances be hiked to Rs 2.1 lakh. However, instead of a basic salary of Rs 54,000, the Centre has now approved a basic salary of Rs 30,000. Source: HR Katha

With the advent of the covid-19 vaccine becoming more of a compulsion, a lot of rage and confusion has been raised among the employers. The question is being raised as to what can be done if the workers refuse to take the vaccination for Covid-19. On the other hand, employers are also asking non-vaccinated workers to get tested every week. If in case they are not vaccinated, so that the employers are weekly updated about their worker’s covid-19 infection status being negative or positive. Based on The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), has given the answers to these confusions to some extent. Stating that, “the federal anti-discrimination laws don’t prohibit employers from requiring all employees who are physically entering the workplace to be fully vaccinated, for COVID-19. “ On the other hand, employers in the United States encourage or mandate vaccination must adhere to the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) Title VII of the Civil Rights act of 1964 and other workplace-related laws as per the EEOC.

The XLRI Ex-PGDMs recently organized an HR conclave. With the theme, ‘Redefining the Role of Human Resource for the Future’. As the new era demands the Human Resource management system to go online. The focus of this conclave was to look for the management of Human resources and the extension of boundaries. Also, on the functioning of HR becoming volatile and flexible with the digital world. Recent practices in HR Management have changed the whole idea of the workplace in the covid time. The conclave provided a common platform for academicians and HR professionals to share their insights on new dimensions of Human Resource management and upcoming innovative possibilities. The conclave had two days session that included various experience-sharing sessions by prominent names in the business industry.

Telangana government has also decided to extend the eligibility for reservations in government jobs under EWS quota, by five years Telangana: The state government of Telangana has decided to offer reservation for jobs under the economically weaker section (EWS) quota to people who belong to the unprivileged sector.  Only those candidates will be eligible for jobs under this quota whose family’s gross income is less than 8 lakh or less.  The age limit for government jobs has been extended by five years by the state government of Telangana. Earlier, in February, the state government had issued orders providing 10 per cent reservation to the economically weaker section in educational institutions and in state government jobs, in line with the Centre’s provision.  The reservation for the EWS will be in addition to the prevailing 50 per cent reservation for those belonging to the scheduled caste (SC), scheduled tribe (ST), or other backward classes (OBC) categories.  Additional Provisions and Waivers by the State Government: Social security pensions in Telangana to increase by 6.62 lakh The age limit for pension has been reduced to 57 The pension will be available to only one member of the family The total number of social security pensions to stand at 58 lakh.  The cabinet has waived off farm loans up to Rs 50,000 that will bring relief to about 6 lakh farmers.