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Economic Slowdown

HR Challenges Opportunities in Economic Slowdown

Apr 10, 2020

COVID- Govt to release Income Tax refunds immediately

Today, the Income Tax Department, on its official Twitter handle, announced that Government of India...

Jobs

Apr 8, 2020

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Workforce Management in Recession HR Strategies

Being ahead with time has become a necessity in the current time. Change is taking place everywhere ...

Economic Slowdown

Apr 8, 2020

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Capgemini tweaks its leave policy in India

Capgemini tweaks its leave policy in India amid coronavirus lockdown According to a Business Standar...

Jobs

Apr 7, 2020

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Culture & Behaviour

Culture determines whether you Sink or Swim in Downturn

“Tom Watson” was the CEO at “EngineersAtWork” a global engineering firm that was facing headwinds in a market downturn. Tom called me for help about how he might need to adjust to meet the demands of the economic decline and a few days later we met in his office where he described how the recent slowdown […]

Apr 7, 2020

Jobs

TCS offers a free, 15-day digital certification programme

TCS iON, a strategic unit of Tata Consultancy Services, announced on Monday a free, 15-day self-paced digital certification program called Career Edge, specially designed for college students/working professionals to enhance their career skills by helping them effectively utilize the time at hand during this period of lockdown. Since all the colleges and workplaces are closed […]

Apr 6, 2020

Economic Slowdown

How to Cut Business Costs During Downturn

Business upturn and downturn is a very cyclical phenomenon, but it is also a very slow phenomenon. In recent times, the kind of downturns that have taken place have largely been unpredictable – the 2000 downturn post the dot com bubble burst, 2008 economic crisis post plummeting of global banks etc. Often what is observed […]

Apr 6, 2020

Coronavirus

Coronavirus has plunged World into Recession: IMF

The coronavirus pandemic has brought the global economy to a standstill and plunged the world into a recession that will be “way worse” than the global financial crisis a decade ago, the head of the International Monetary Fund said, calling it “humanity’s darkest hour.” The IMF’s Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, speaking at a rare joint […]

Apr 5, 2020

Blogosphere

Three key ideas on Tough Times: A perspective from CHRO

What a last couple of weeks it has been! The Covid-19 pandemic has been unprecedented in terms of the scale of the disruption to our normal activities. In India, we are in the middle of a lockdown that has seen organizations accelerate ‘work from home’ on a scale we didn’t think possible some time back. […]

Apr 4, 2020

Economic Slowdown

How prepared is PepsiCo for an Economic Slowdown

Exclusive Conversation with Pavitra Singh, Chief Human Resources Officer, PepsiCo India Pavitra Singh currently heads HR for PepsiCo India. With 18+ years of work experience leading large teams across geographies, she has held leadership positions across a variety of roles. From Center of excellence roles like Talent Management, L&D, Culture, D&I, Talent Acquisition to operating HR […]

Apr 4, 2020

Labour Law

ESIC extends the validity of Medical Benefit Cards

Government extends the validity of Medical Benefit Cards under ESIC till June 30, 2020 The validity of Medical Benefit Cards issued to the IPs who ceased to be in Insurable Employment due to Permanent Disablement or, to retired IPs who couldn’t pay the advance contribution due to COVID-19 pandemic, has been allowed to avail medical […]

Apr 3, 2020

Merger & Acquisition

Unilever confirms completion of HUL-GSK merger

Fifteen months after announcing the merger with GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd (GSKCH), FMCG major Hindustan Unilever on Wednesday, 1st April 2020 confirms that it has successfully completed the merger of GSKCH with HUL. “This (merger) will enable HUL to utilise cash on its balance sheet and create value for shareholders. In addition, it will enable […]

Apr 3, 2020

Coronavirus

Air India suspends contract of 200 pilots

According to a PTI report, Air India temporarily suspended the contracts of around 200 pilots, who were re-employed after retirement. The decision was taken as all domestic and international passenger flights in the country have been grounded due to the nationwide lockdown in the face of coronavirus pandemic. This has led to a significant decline […]

Apr 3, 2020

Economic Slowdown

The Role of HR in Economic Downturn

See-saw sacred own…the downturn certainly doesn’t stay down! As I jogged in the park, my eyes fell on three kids who were playing on the see-saw in a very unique manner. While two kids were going up and down on the see-saw, the third on was precariously trying to balance the two at the same […]

Apr 3, 2020

CHRO Move

NTPC gets a new Director- Human Resources

Power giant NTPC has elevated Dilip Kumar Patel as its Director- Human Resources. He takes over from Saptarshi Roy after his superannuation on March 31. Dilip has taken charge on 01.04.2020, and as Director (HR), he is overall responsible for the activities relating to Human Resource Management of NTPC. According to the press release, Dilip […]

Apr 2, 2020

Economic Slowdown

Leadership challenges during a downturn

Why flexible leadership overrides experience in dynamic times Leadership faces several challenges, particularly during an economic downturn. A simplistic statement but one that represents reality better than anything. In recent years, the world’s economic and political structures have been through a lot — from financial crisis to income inequality, demographic pressures, digital technology disruption, geographical shifts in […]

Apr 2, 2020