Food delivery workers protest exploitation on Twitter; companies deny charges
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Mumbai/Bangalore:Delivery partners for Swiggy and Zomato, who have in the past protested against these companies in traditional ways, are now using social media to amplify their voices. Over the past week or so, a number of new Twitter handles have amped up their protests online, in the backdrop of both Swiggy and
Posts by Twitter users @SwiggyDEHyd and @DeliveryBhoy, who say they work Swiggy and Zomato respectively, detailed the poor treatment meted out to delivery staff. Their complaints include a lack of compensation for skyrocketing petrol prices, absence of first-mile pay, lack of long-distance return bonus, and daily earning caps. Their posts have received thousands of likes and retweets.
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“There is no clarity on how the third wave will impact, how soon restrictions will be lifted, and when we can have the majority of our workforce back in office,” said Sudhir Dhar, executive director, human resources at Motilal Oswal Financial Services.
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The uncertainty surrounding the Covid-19 situation in the country amid warnings of an impending third wave has left India Inc with no clear-cut answers about when it can call employees back to office.
While many companies, particularly in sectors such as manufacturing and industrial, engineering, automotive, FMCG, consumer durables, and healthcare, are clear that a majority of their employees will have to return to office, they have adopted a wait and watch policy with some deferring such plans until the end of August, industry officials and employment lawyers said.
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Vaccine hesitancy may bend your career graph
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Companies are increasingly nudging employees to get vaccinated so that they can reopen offices and resume normal operations in the next three-four months.
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Anti-vaxxers may soon find out that their reluctance to get vaccinated could come at the cost of career progression, as a number of companies are planning to link incentives, commissions and annual increments to the Covid-19 jab, said employment lawyers and industry executives.
Companies are increasingly nudging employees to get vaccinated so that they can reopen offices and resume normal operations in the next three-four months, they said.
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