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Wednesday 23 December 2020

HR News: 21 Dec, 2020

 

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LIC India hiring management trainees and assistant managers

 

December 31 is the last date for applying. Housing Finance of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) is hiring for nine vacancies of management trainees and 11 vacancies for assistant managers. Interested candidates can apply online before December 31, 2020. There are 20 vacancies in total and only those who are 30 or below may apply. Candidates with an MCA, BSc, BTech or BE degree will be preferred. Selected candidates can earn up to Rs 14 lakh a year. The reserved classes will also get the benefit of maximum age relaxation. Candidates will not be required to appear for any exam or test. They will be selected purely on the basis of merit. Meanwhile, the Uttarakhand Metro Rail, Urban Infrastructure & Building Construction Corporation (UKMRC) has invited applications for the post of legal assistant. The candidate should hold a bachelor’s degree in law from a recognised university. For candidates who are working in or have worked in the Govt./Railway/ Metro rail/PSU, experience in the legal department is mandatory.

 

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Paris’ Mayor to pay a fine for violating gender parity law

 

In 2018, Anne Hidalgo apparently promoted 11 women to senior positions and only five men. Hidalgo, mayor of Paris, may have to cough up a fine of €90,000, that is, about Rs 8,120,144, for favouring her gender. Yes, she has been accused of violating the ‘Suavadet Law’, which demands that gender parity be observed while hiring. Hidalgo has been accused of giving more promotions to women than men while recruiting for higher ranks. Apparently, two years ago, in 2018, she gave promotions to 11 women as opposed to five men, elevating them to senior managerial posts. As per the Sauvadet Law, not more than 60 per cent of jobs should go to any single gender. Hidalgo went against the law by giving away 69 per cent of the senior management positions to women. This also disturbed the gender parity in employment. She, however, feels the fine is unjust and even ridiculous because women need to be promoted in France, but she will, along with other senior women, pay the fine to the Ministry of Public Service.

 

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Apple puts Wistron Corp on probation following workers’ violence in India

 

However, the Taiwanese company claims that there has been no major financial setback due to the workers going on a rampage at its Narasapura facility in Karnataka, earlier this month. Apple has put Wistron on probation saying it will not award new contracts to the Company until the workers’ issues are addressed. Wistron, the Taiwanese original design manufacturing company also said that there was limited financial implications from the Narasapura facility violence. The plant at Kolar, in Karnataka, India exhibited violations of ‘supplier code of conduct’ as revealed by an early Apple audit. The US-based tech giant further said that Wistron had failed in the managerial process by not fixing proper working hours for the workers. This had further led to the delays in payment of wages in October and November. Apple has asserted it will monitor Wistron’s progress on implementing corrective actions. Wistron has admitting to making mistakes in the process of expansion and also acknowledged the need to strengthen the processes related to payments and managing labour agencies.

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