This edition cover story explains the nuances of role and importance of HR in making change effective, its challenges and opportunities for the organisations and how to understand the reading between the lines of culture and people behaviour.
India’s commitment to become a major global manufacturing hub is reinforced as the sector witnesses a 36% increase in job postings, as unveiled by Indeed, a leading global matching and hiring platform. Recent data by Indeed also indicated that production/manufacturing continues to remain one of the...
Formal job creation slowed in Aug.23, indicating a downward slide in the labour markets. As per the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF), the number of new monthly subscribers declined by 13.3% in August in comparison to July. In absolute numbers, new monthly subscribers decreased from 1.06 million in...
Samidha Mohanty has been appointed as Chief Human Resource Officer By Oasis Fertility. By announcing her appointment at social media through a post, it is said, ”We are pleased to announce the joining of Samidha Mohanty as the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) for Oasis Fertility. Samidha joins...
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Madras HC declines to set aside 6 months conviction of Jayaprada for not paying ESI contributions
Actor Jayaprada and other partners of the now defunct Jayaprada theatre in Chennai suffered a major blow on Friday, October 20, 2023 with the Madras High Court refusing to set aside their conviction and six months of simple imprisonment imposed by a Metropolitan Magistrate in Chennai on August 10...
Janani Prakaash has joined Genzeon as Head -People and Culture. Prior to this appointment, Janani was associated with Quantela Inc. as Head -HR for about two years where she was responsible for all aspects of HR including but not limited to Talent Acquisition, development, engagement, retention...
Delhi Govt. has revised the minimum wages for all categories i.e., unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled, clerical and supervisory etc. According to the new rates of minimum wages hiked by the Delhi government, the monthly wages of skilled workers are increased by Rs 312 from Rs 20,903 to Rs 21,215...
Team Horizon of IIM Bangalore has won the top honours of the National Champion in the first edition of SOAR (Spirit of Aviation Reimagined), Air India’s business challenge based annual nationwide B-school competition. Team JMH, representing IMT Ghaziabad, was the 1st Runners-Up, while the teams...
Jovina Priyanka Madtha has joined JoulestoWatts Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd. as Global Head HR. She has confirmed this development through a social media post. Prior to this appointment, Jovina Priyanka Madtha was associated with UnitedHealth Group as Director – Human Capital for about 9...
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Contracts Of Employment Not Specifically Enforceable When There Is No Element Of Statutory Governance: Madhya Pradesh High Court Reiterates
Madhya Pradesh High Court has recently made an observation that when contracts of employment are governed purely by the terms of the contract without any element of statutory governance, such contracts that determine the relationship between the master and the servant are not specifically...
