1. District collector of Jabalpur withholds own salary, sets right example
The district collector of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, has set the right example by holding himself partly accountable for the district’s poor performance in terms of resolution of complaints. That is not all, he even stopped his own salary along with the salaries of officers from various departments that have failed to perform up to the mark.
Tehsildars and deputy commissioners of the municipal corporation have also been hauled for being lax, and some of them and are going to have their salaries withheld too. Additionally, they will also be deprived of one salary hike each for not performing their duties.
A district marketing officer who failed to show up for the review meeting has been issued a show cause notice.
The IAS officer has demanded that each and every case received through the CM helpline be looked into and cleared by December 31, 2021.
2. DA hike for TN government employees, pensioners announced by CM
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has announced an increment in dearness allowance (DA) from 17 to 31 per cent, for the state government employees and pensioners. This means, an additional annual expenditure of Rs 8,724 crores for the state government.
However, at the time, there had been no mention of how much the DA would be hiked by. It has been months since the employees began demanding an 11 per cent increase in the DA.
Stalin has now also authorised an additional 170 crores as Pongal gift for category ‘C’ and ‘D’ employees. The gift extends to the employees who are on special timescale, as well as former village administrators and retired officers.
Despite Tamil Nadu struggling under the weight of debt, Stalin has authorised the money needed to pay for the DA hike, prioritising the wellbeing of government employees and pensioners.
3. Apple gives bonuses upto $180,000 to retain top talent
In a bid to retain top talent, especially software engineers, Apple has extended retention bonuses to certain top performers in its workforce. The bonus ranges between $50,000 to $180,000!
As per media reports, Meta, formerly Facebook, is trying to poach some of Apple’s top talent, and in order to retain them, Apple is offering such an attractive bonus.
In the past also, Facebook has poached employees from Apple from their augmented reality, artificial intelligence, software and hardware-engineering divisions. It is reported that Apple is also in an ongoing process to build a product for metaverse. Apparently, Apple has hired or poached Oculus PR chief from Meta where he headed the research team division for augmented reality and XR. This was done because Apple is looking to launch its own AR headset in 2022. Therefore, poaching employees from one another seems to be a common practice in both the companies.
Meanwhile, Meta is said to have increased the salaries of its employees after the whistleblower controversy this year, and of course to retain its top talent in the company.
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