Karnataka Government Employees

Karnataka government has prohibited its employees from smoking cigarettes and consuming any tobacco products inside government offices and premises.

Amid a huge uproar over a bill that directed private firms in Karnataka to reserve jobs for Kannadigas, the state government is now planning to raise the IT staff's working hours to 14 per day, the Karnataka State IT/ITeS Employees Union (KITU) said.

The Karnataka government has approved a substantial pay hike for its employees. Following the 7th Pay Commission's recommendations, this decision was confirmed in a Cabinet meeting.

The Karnataka government has issued a notification to bring about its 13,000 employees, who were notified before April 1, 2006, but were appointed at a later date, under the Old Pension Scheme.

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday reached out to government employees in Karnataka saying the administration was ready to seek 7th Pay commission's interim report immediately and implement it.

The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday announced that if the party comes to power in Karnataka, it will re-introduce the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), for which the state government NPS employees conducted an indefinite strike.

A special PMLA court in Bengaluru has convicted a Karnataka government employee to three years of rigorous imprisonment, more than 12 years after he was booked in a money laundering case linked to possession of disproportionate assets.

Karnataka government has reserved 33 per cent for outsourced women employees in all the departments. The state government recruits data entry operators, housekeeping staff and other group D employees, drivers through outsourcing.

The Karnataka government on Tuesday urged IT companies to extend the work from home option for employees to December 2022 keeping in view of traffic congestion on Outer Ring Road due to the Bengaluru metro construction work.

In a stern message to the striking employees of road transport corporations, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa today said the state government was not ready to accept any of their conditions and warned of strict action against them.

Bus services were hit in Karnataka for the third consecutive day today, as the stalemate between the employees of the road transport corporations, who are on an indefinite strike on wage related issues, and the state government continued.

On international women's day, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday announced a proposal to provide six-months child care leave to women employees of the Government.

The bus strike by Karnataka road transport corporation employees enters its fourth day today, a day after the state government agreed to workers' demands after a meeting with union leaders and believed the strike would be called off

Violence broke out at a Taiwanese technology giant's plant near Bengaluru after some employees, reportedly angry over salaries, vandalised the facility's premises this morning. While the company, Wistron Corporation, is yet to respond to incident, the Karnataka government strongly condemned it.

Toyota India on Wednesday officially confirmed the emergence of five new cases of COVID-19, amongst its employees. Previously, the company had reported eleven and fifteen new cases of COVID-19 respectively. The concerned Covid-19 positive employees had last attended work on 3rd, 10th, 13th, 14th & 20th July. These new cases were reported after the ...

Karnataka government has prohibited its employees from smoking cigarettes and consuming any tobacco products inside government offices and premises.

Amid a huge uproar over a bill that directed private firms in Karnataka to reserve jobs for Kannadigas, the state government is now planning to raise the IT staff's working hours to 14 per day, the Karnataka State IT/ITeS Employees Union (KITU) said.

The Karnataka government has approved a substantial pay hike for its employees. Following the 7th Pay Commission's recommendations, this decision was confirmed in a Cabinet meeting.

The Karnataka government has issued a notification to bring about its 13,000 employees, who were notified before April 1, 2006, but were appointed at a later date, under the Old Pension Scheme.

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday reached out to government employees in Karnataka saying the administration was ready to seek 7th Pay commission's interim report immediately and implement it.

The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday announced that if the party comes to power in Karnataka, it will re-introduce the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), for which the state government NPS employees conducted an indefinite strike.

A special PMLA court in Bengaluru has convicted a Karnataka government employee to three years of rigorous imprisonment, more than 12 years after he was booked in a money laundering case linked to possession of disproportionate assets.

Karnataka government has reserved 33 per cent for outsourced women employees in all the departments. The state government recruits data entry operators, housekeeping staff and other group D employees, drivers through outsourcing.

The Karnataka government on Tuesday urged IT companies to extend the work from home option for employees to December 2022 keeping in view of traffic congestion on Outer Ring Road due to the Bengaluru metro construction work.

In a stern message to the striking employees of road transport corporations, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa today said the state government was not ready to accept any of their conditions and warned of strict action against them.

Bus services were hit in Karnataka for the third consecutive day today, as the stalemate between the employees of the road transport corporations, who are on an indefinite strike on wage related issues, and the state government continued.

On international women's day, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday announced a proposal to provide six-months child care leave to women employees of the Government.

The bus strike by Karnataka road transport corporation employees enters its fourth day today, a day after the state government agreed to workers' demands after a meeting with union leaders and believed the strike would be called off

Violence broke out at a Taiwanese technology giant's plant near Bengaluru after some employees, reportedly angry over salaries, vandalised the facility's premises this morning. While the company, Wistron Corporation, is yet to respond to incident, the Karnataka government strongly condemned it.

Toyota India on Wednesday officially confirmed the emergence of five new cases of COVID-19, amongst its employees. Previously, the company had reported eleven and fifteen new cases of COVID-19 respectively. The concerned Covid-19 positive employees had last attended work on 3rd, 10th, 13th, 14th & 20th July. These new cases were reported after the ...