1.
Advance
bonus for MP government staff before Diwali
Arrears will be cleared
under the 7th Pay Commission. Before
Diwali, the permanent, contractual, as well as daily wage staff working for the
Madhya Pradesh government will receive advance bonus for November 2020 to March
2021 period. However, only the employees whose salary is Rs 40,000 or less will
be able to avail this bonus.
The state
government has decided to clear all arrears under the 7th Pay Commission. A
notification has been issued to this effect and 25 per cent amount of the third
and last instalment of arrears of the state government staff will be disbursed
this month itself.
This advance and
clearance of arrears will place a financial burden of Rs 400 crore on the state
treasury.
2.
Ex-employee accuses FB
of bias, inaction; to depose before DAC
Mark Luckie has accused Facebook of
nurturing a system of work and culture that fans communal divisions and biasMark
S Luckie, former Facebook employee, had accused the social-media company of
nurturing a system of work and culture that fans communal divisions and bias.
He has complained that Facebook failed to take down harmful content posted on
its platforms, particularly during the riots that took place in northeast
Delhi. The Delhi Assembly’s Committee on Peace and Harmony has, therefore,
summoned Mark S Luckie, to appear for proceedings in this matter. A digital
strategist, journalist and author, Luckie worked with Facebook in the 2017-2018
period. He alleges that the bias in the functioning of Facebook makes it
difficult for minority communities to trust Facebook, and that the social-media
company’s actions make it hard to believe that it focusses on the best
interests of its employees. Luckie has accused Facebook of systematically
excluding underrepresented groups from its communications.
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3.
Haryana’s
job quota becomes cause for worry
The
Bill reserves 75% jobs for locals of Haryana, which violates the provisions of
the Constitution and may even lead to industries moving out of the state. The new
Bill that ensures 75 per cent job quota for locals of Haryana, which has been
passed by the state Assembly, has set organisations and businesses thinking and
worrying. As per the Bill, all private firms, trusts, partnership firms,
societies, trusts and so on, will have to ensure that 75 per cent local people
are hired for jobs that offer salary less than Rs 50,000 a month. However, this
will be quite a challenge, given the fact that at times even at job fests,
employers are not able to find suitable candidates. Those businesses that
require skilled workers urgently, at short notice, to fulfil orders on time,
will struggle to meet deadlines if they have to first search for candidates
online and then seek exemption if they are unable to find suitable workers. This
cumbersome process may even encourage businesses to set up their facilities or
units outside the state. In fact, many IT and ITeS organisations, especially
those based in Gurugram, may seriously consider moving their operations to
other states if this law is implemented.
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