Over 33,000 employees at TCS, availed themselves of COVID-19 advances totalling Rs 1.5 crore during the said period, data shared by the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) showed

Unemployment in August was far higher than in pre-COVID-19 lockdown months of January and February when it stood at 7.76 per cent and 7.22 per cent, respectively

The first three months in this fiscal saw 8,47,649 new jobs compared to 30,02,975 jobs in the same period previous fiscal.

The government on Thursday relaxed eligibility criteria to offer half of three months salary as unemployment benefit to the industrial workers hit by job loss due to the coronavirus crisis between March 24 and December 31

At least 4,98,262 people joined the formal workforce in June, according to the latest payroll data released by the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Thursday

State-wise data on unemployment from various states suggests Haryana, Puducherry and Delhi have the highest jobless rate of 24.5, 21.1 and 20.3 per cent, respectively

The overall employment rate has continued its recovery in July with average employment rate rising to 37.5 per cent during the first three weeks of the month

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology wrote a letter to all these Chinese firms, warning that continued availability and operation of these banned apps, directly or indirectly, was an offence under the Information Technology Act

Businesses are looking for senior professionals to steer the company out of troubled water; hiring is not really for business expansion but related more to meet the pent up demand

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With unemployment rate of more than 23% in the first two months of FY21 only 4.19 lakh net jobs were created

Paid customers went up by four times between January and April- one of the fastest growth worldwide, according to the company

Retirement body has revised official employment data for April to 1,00,825; amid coronavirus, net new enrolments with it dropped to 5.72 lakh in March from 10.21 lakh in February

As per SBI report, India created 60.8 lakh new payroll (first job) in FY20, which was 28.9 lakh less than the net jobs generated in FY19

EPFO has been releasing the payroll data of new subscribers since April 2018, covering a period starting from September 2017

The latest data from EPFO shows that only 321,800 firms paid PF dues for April to their employees. The number is 178,000 fewer than the companies that paid the said dues in the previous month (March, 2020)

Coronavirus update: There are at least nine countries in the world that have successfully controlled COVID-19 so far. These include New Zealand, Iceland, Tanzania, Fiji, Montenegro, Vatican City, Seychelles, Mauritius, and Papua New Guinea

In terms of wage slab, more than 74 per cent of total claimants during the lockdown period belonged to bracket of less than Rs 15,000 wage, EPFO data showed

While the EPF reduction will put some extra cash in you hands in these times of crisis, there will be an impact on your retirement savings; here's what you can do

Corona lockdown 3.0 live updates: COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra crossed the 15,000-mark with 841 new cases in 24 hours. Mumbai alone has almost 10,000 coronavirus cases. National capital Delhi has 5,104 cases