Tech major Infosys has enabled employees to take on "gig" activities on the side with the approval of managers, providing such an engagement does not compete with the company or its clients, or present a conflict of interest. The action was taken just days after Infosys declared that it opposed moonlighting and fired workers who had held two jobs within the previous year.
According to analysts, the decision may help the business handle major attrition issues because it enables staff to pursue their interests in technology while also pursuing new sources of income, with perhaps a few restrictions. However, it neither defined "gig" work nor referred to it as "moonlighting" in its memo to employees. "In addition, as per Infosys employment contract, employees may not work in areas when there is an actual or potential conflict of interest or by accepting dual employment," the organization wrote in an email which was viewed by PTI.
Infosys as a company emphasizes the capacity to continuously pick up new knowledge and experience. According to Infosys, it is only logical that the company encourages employees to take on other initiatives as appropriate in their spare time.
Through its own Accelerate platform, which enables managers to post gig work positions for Infoscions, Infosys claimed to have also established several chances for gig working internally. "Accelerate allows skill-based job matches to recommend the right gigs for employees and incentivize both gig workers and hiring managers. The platform, over the years, has been helping to create richer job variety and more immersive learning for Infoscions," it reported. The "Accelerate" platform receives over 4,000 applications annually on an average, and only approximately 600 of them are chosen.
According to sources, Accelerate projects are minor assignments listed by managers on the portal that employees can complete in their spare time. Teams from human resources also implement programs to introduce the platform to the workforce.
With this, it seems Infosys is out to lead the next leg of the ongoing debate around Moonlighting in India - with the tech industry divided in the middle about letting their employees function in two spaces at once.
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