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Jobs

Cognizant starts upskilling , employees

Nov 22, 2019

Hyderabad A woman techie commits suicide after job loss

A woman software employee committed suicide on Tuesday night by hanging herself in the hostel room. ...

Jobs

Nov 21, 2019

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The Government of Karnataka allows women to work in night shift

The Government of Karnataka on Wednesday issued an order to scrap the law that bans employing women ...

Labour Law

Nov 21, 2019

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BSNL VRS Employees to get lumpsum retirement package, the highest payout at Rs lakh

The BSNL Voluntary Retirement Scheme , that was roll out recently, will re...

Jobs

Nov 21, 2019

Latest news: BSNL VRS Employees to get lumpsum retirement package, the highest payout at Rs lakh - SightsIn Plus

Employer Branding

Employee Value Proposition: The Best Practices

I was recently reading a book, “The War for Talent” by McKinsey & Company consultants Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones, and Beth Axelrod where they have put forth their thoughts after five years of in-depth research on how companies manage leadership talent which includes surveys of 13,000 executives at more than 120 companies and case studies […]

Nov 21, 2019

CHRO Move

PepsiCo appoints Pavitra Singh as new Head- Human Resources for India

Beverage and snacks maker PepsiCo elevates Pavitra Singh as Chief Human Resources Officer for India. She takes over this position from Suchitra Rajendra who recently resigned from PepsiCo to join a new company. Prior to this Pavitra has been working as Director HR at PepsiCo, India, and Head of Talent Acquisition – Asia, Middle East […]

Nov 20, 2019

CHRO Move

ViacomCBS Announces New Head- Human Resources

ViacomCBS has announced the appointment of Nancy Phillips as a new Head- Human Resources. She will serve as Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer. Nancy will be responsible for driving the company’s human resources strategy and delivering global programs to create a positive employee experience and a culture of high performance. In this role, she […]

Nov 20, 2019

Strike

Striking Honda workers vacate Manesar plant’s premises

Close to 1,500 contractual workers who have been staging a sit-in at the company premises since November 5 to protest the retrenchment of their colleagues, vacated the premises and continued their strike outside the premises, after the management agreed to work towards reaching a resolution soon, said Workers’ Union President. The tussles between workers’ union […]

Nov 20, 2019

Press Release

EdCast launches the first edition of the EdCast Learning Health Index (LHI) Research 2019 in India

EdCast has launched the first edition of the EdCast Learning Health Index (LHI) Research 2019 in India with an aim to identify areas of excellence and opportunities for improving learning health within organizations. LHI scores would help benchmark the organisation vis-a-vis its comparators. The LHI is based on a framework built on eight primary dimensions of […]

Nov 19, 2019

Culture & Behaviour

Factors Influencing Companies’ Growth Culture

Culture is so important these days that without a good culture, an organization may fail to innovate, develop trust and respect and be not able to clearly communicate its vision to its stakeholders. In today’s context developing a culture of growth becomes all the more necessary to stay competitive and to keep employees happy. Before […]

Nov 19, 2019

CHRO Move

SAR Group of Companies Appoints New CHRO

Religare’s Ex- Global HR Head Ashish Anand Joins SAR Group of Companies as Chief Human Resources Officer. SAR Group of companies is a diversified business group into Energy & Energy Storage, Water, Purity & Smart Home Appliances, E- Vehicles, Cleantech, & Venture Capital. Businesses are done under Livguard, Livpure, Livgreen, Lectrix, LIvFin, Lockthedeal, and few […]

Nov 19, 2019

Jobs

Tata Steel plans to cut up to 3,000 jobs

Tata Steel plans to cut up to 3,000 jobs across its European operations, the company said on Monday, as the sector wrestles with excess supply, weak demand, and high costs. The announcement came after weeks of speculation that the steel giant, which employs 11,000 workers in the Netherlands, would cut thousands of jobs to tackle […]

Nov 19, 2019

Culture & Behaviour

What are the signs of a TOXIC CULTURE and how to deal with it?

If micro-management thrives and there is no trust in your organization, you are looking down the barrel of toxic work culture. If you don’t believe me, use one of the many employee engagement products to find out for yourself. Tell the people in your company that you are going to be surveying them every three months and they […]

Nov 19, 2019

Jobs

4 in 5 India hiring managers forecast a growing workforce

Despite government figures suggesting that unemployment is at a 45-year high*, more than 4 in 5 (84%) Indian organizations are expecting a hiring surge in the coming 12 months; according to the 2019 India Employment Screening Benchmark Report by HireRight, a leading provider of global employment background checks. Fewer companies anticipate any form of decline […]

Nov 19, 2019

Labour Law

The central government is planning to introduce ‘One Nation, One Pay Day’ system

According to Labour & Employment Minister Santosh Gangwar, The central government is planning to introduce ‘One Nation, One Pay Day’ system. Gangwar said there should be a pan-India single wage day every month across various sectors to ensure that workers get timely payment of salaries. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is keen on this legislation to […]

Nov 18, 2019

Future of Work

By 2020, Millennials will make up 50% of the workforce. Are you prepared?

In India, even as I write there are many organizations that have already been performing with a talent mix constituting 50% or more of millennials. As early as 2009, I knew of an organization where 29% of the workforce was made up of millennials and 5 % of leadership positions were also occupied by millennials. […]

Nov 18, 2019