The global embrace of remote work or working from home has reset expectations, employment choices and work cultures, according to industry experts who spoke to CNBC. We believe that there will be structural shifts as part of a hybrid workforce that blends in-person employees with virtual, said Sandip Patel, managing director of IBM India and South Asia, in an email. It s a fight for skills and talent that will drive the business and talent models. and gig workers will certainly assume a strong place in the future workforce.
The workforce changes come as India battles a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Covid-19 cases in the South Asian nation have spiked to daily record highs in the past month. India had 362,727 new infections over the last 24 hours with 4,120 deaths reported on Thursday.
“The employers covered under ESI Scheme can now file and pay ESI Contribution for the month of April,2021 upto 15th June, 2021 instead of 15th May, 2021,” it said adding this will provide an extended window to 12.36 lakh employers to pay the contribution under ESI scheme.
Outlining half-a-dozen immediate relief measures for ESIC beneficiaries the BMS urged labour minister Gangwar to extend sickness benefits to them while enhancing the funeral expenses for all Covid related deaths.
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He said in the letter that the pandemic has affected the working class which is facing loss of income and the attack of Covid-19. As a temporary arrangement to reduce the hardships, Sinha asked the Minister to reimburse medical expenses of workers hospital treatment whether empanelled or not, at actual rates. He asked the Centre to provi
Employees State Insurance Corporation installs oxygen generation plants at Delhi hospitals
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These include a 440 LPM capacity plant at the ESIC Hospital and Medical College in Faridabad and another plant of 220 LPM capacity at ESIC Hospital in Jhilmil, New Delhi on Sunday. This will enable these hospitals to augment the availability of their ICU and Ventilator beds, labour ministry said in a statement.
The Corporation is actively helping fight the battle against Covid-19 by quickly converting it 30 hospitals all over the country into Covid dedicated facilities.
The Employees State Insurance Corporation, under the ministry of labour and employment, has installed oxygen generation plants at its two hospitals in Delhi NCR area.