Author: Maya Singh
Maya Singh
Maya Singh is an HR news author recognized for her insightful coverage of workplace transformation and leadership trends. She writes with a balanced perspective, blending research and storytelling to make complex HR topics accessible and engaging. Her work reflects a deep understanding of people, culture, and organizational growth.
The Tamil Nadu government has updated its maternity leave policy, giving female employees more flexibility in certain childbirth situations. In situations where there were previously stringent restrictions, the modification permits longer leave. The revised regulations allow female employees to take up to 365 days of maternity leave for one more childbirth, even if they already have two surviving children and their first delivery produced twins. This is a significant change from the previous system, which limited these cases to a brief leave window that was frequently only a few weeks long. The revised regulations allow female employees to take up…
IndiGo has crossed a milestone of employing more than 1,000 women pilots, becoming the first airline in India to reach this mark. Women now account for 17.5% of the airline’s pilot workforce, a figure significantly higher than the global aviation average. The achievement reflects the airline’s broader efforts to increase gender diversity across its workforce. According to company data, women represent nearly half of IndiGo’s total employees and hold positions across multiple operational and leadership roles. In airport operations, women make up about 30% of the workforce, while 25% of roles in the operations control centre are held by women.…
Trontek plans to expand its operations as demand grows for energy storage systems and electric mobility solutions in India. The company expects the expansion to create more than 500 new jobs by the financial year 2027. The hiring initiative is expected to increase Trontek’s workforce from about 967 employees to nearly 1,400, marking one of the largest recruitment phases in the company’s two-decade history. Most of the new positions will focus on manufacturing, battery engineering, quality systems, research and development (R&D), logistics and service operations. The expansion comes at a time when the adoption of lithium-ion batteries is increasing across…
Volkswagen Group is planning to reduce its workforce in Germany by up to 50,000 jobs by 2030, as the company seeks to cut costs following a sharp decline in profits. The job reductions will affect several brands within the group, including Audi and Porsche. The move is part of a broader restructuring strategy aimed at improving efficiency and maintaining competitiveness in a rapidly changing global automotive market. According to company figures, Volkswagen’s net profit after tax fell by 44% in 2025, dropping from €12.4 billion to €6.9 billion, marking the company’s lowest profit level since 2016. The decline has been…
Elon Musk has shared details of a new artificial intelligence concept called Macrohard, an initiative he says could eventually perform many tasks currently handled by human workers. The project is expected to involve collaboration between xAI and Tesla. The concept focuses on combining advanced artificial intelligence with robotics to create systems capable of carrying out complex operational functions. According to the description shared by Musk, Macrohard would function as a large integrated platform where an AI model serves as the decision-making engine while physical tasks are handled by robotic systems. The AI component would rely on Grok, which is designed…
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Amazon has reduced headcount within its robotics division, affecting at least 100 corporate roles tied to the team responsible for developing automation systems used in its global warehouse network. The job cuts primarily impacted white-collar employees within the unit that designs, builds and manages robotic technologies used in fulfilment centres. In an internal communication to […]
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Morgan Stanley has reduced its global workforce by roughly three per cent, impacting around 2,500 employees across the organisation. The move comes even as the investment bank closed 2025 with its strongest annual revenue performance to date. The job reductions span the firm’s major business segments, including investment banking and trading, wealth management, and investment […]
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