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Tech Industry Layoffs in 2025: A Comprehensive Tracker

Tech Industry Layoffs in 2025: A Comprehensive Tracker

2025 is emerging as yet another year of massive lay-offs in the technology sector, extending the faint trend of 2024 when more than 150,000 jobs were lost in 549 firms. According to independent tracker Layoffs.fyi,

Infosys Cuts 240 More Trainees After Failed Assessments

Infosys Cuts 240 More Trainees After Failed Assessments

Following another performance-based dismissal wave Infosys fired 240 trainees for underperforming in their assessments. During February and again in this latest move Infosys fired 320 trainee employees because they did not perform well in evaluations.

Over 50000 LA County Workers May Resort to Strike on Matters Related to Unfair Treatment

Over 50000 LA County Workers May Resort to Strike on Matters Related to Unfair Treatment

The county of Los Angeles is on track for a major strike of its workers wherein more than 55000 government employees may walk off from their jobs if their demands are not met. Their union

Tesla Scales Back Cybertruck Production as Sales Drop Sharply

Tesla Scales Back Cybertruck Production as Sales Drop Sharply

The latest reports show Tesla needs to reduce Cybertruck assembly volumes while relocating employees because its sales figures failed to meet market expectations. Based on Cox Automotive estimates Tesla Moving the first quarter of 2025

Delta Star to Boost Virginia Economy with $35M Manufacturing Expansion

Delta Star to Boost Virginia Economy with $35M Manufacturing Expansion

Delta Star Inc. said it will grow its business in Lynchburg by $35 million which will create 300 new jobs during the next four years. Mr. Jason Greene says Delta Star needs the extra resources

Rise Initiative Offers Free Legal Help to Fired Federal Workers

Rise Initiative Offers Free Legal Help to Fired Federal Workers

The latest among widespread job cuts in the U.S. federal workforce prompted the coalition of labor unions and advocacy groups to launch a new drive, called "Rise: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network." This program is

Job Boost for Grangemouth: Algae Expansion to Create 100 Jobs

Job Boost for Grangemouth: Algae Expansion to Create 100 Jobs

Biotech firm MiAlgae will introduce new environmental growth while creating 100 green jobs through its algae production expansion at Grangemouth. The news provides optimism to Grangemouth workers whose jobs are under threat because Scotland's one

Laid Off and Locked Out: H-1B Workers Struggle to Stay Afloat

Laid Off and Locked Out: H-1B Workers Struggle to Stay Afloat

Many Indian tech professionals living in the United States are going through a very difficult time. Big American companies like Google and Microsoft are laying off thousands of workers. A large number of these workers

Swiggy and the Labor Ministry join hands to create 1.2 million jobs in India

Swiggy and the Labor Ministry join hands to create 1.2 million jobs in India

India signs MOU with major food delivery service Swiggy to boost employment opportunities in about one million two hundred thousand jobs over two-three years through the Ndsc portal. Union Labour and Environment Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

Massachusetts Court Backs Covid Compensation for Essential Worker

Massachusetts Court Backs Covid Compensation for Essential Worker

On 16 April 2025, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts upheld the decision of awarding workers’ compensation benefits to Jeff Stacy who was contracted as a lineman during the COVID-19 pandemic. As per the given