Human Resource

Budget 2023: HR industry expects labour codes, focus on formal job creation

The Human Resource industry anticipates various measures from the upcoming Budget 2023, that will be beneficial for employees, the employment process, for job development and will address the skill-gap challenge in the country. The Indian economy is on the road to recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic significantly affected the country's economic growth. Industry players are hoping that the ensuing budget will provide a much-needed boost to the HR sector that will help the industry to get back on track. According to leading HR services provider Randstad India, the broad industry asks for the HR sector is the roll out of labour codes, focus on formal job creation, industry Status for Staffing Industry and enhancing skilling initiatives for the youth. It would help if the central and state governments set up help desks in the initial phases of rolling out the labour codes to ease the implementation by the industry, it said. "The union budget 2023 should aim at further enhancing the ..

DoPT fast emerging as key human resources nucleus for govt: Jitendra Singh

Singh said, in the last 8 years of the Modi Govt, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has become a "facilitatory ministry" dedicated to service of both the personnel, common man

HCLTech restructures the top management with a new COO and CHRO

VV Apparao, who has worked as the company's Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) since 2017, will now take over as the chief delivery officer for nearshore.

Institutions need to produce more students to meet development goals: FM

Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said India needs to understand what the industry requires and educational institutions need to produce students capable of getting into industry to serve the country's development goals. Sitharaman at an event here said India's higher education was no less when compared to global universities and people who have studied in Indian universities were the second largest contingent when it comes to managing the best of companies around the world. Referring to the representation of Saint-Gobain India in the board of the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram, she said if industries have come to be on the board of research institutes, they know the industry particularly those futuristic ones, especially those sun-rise areas so that India becomes the land for manufacturing some of those critical things for which today we are completely dependent on other countries and when

Bangalore most competitive city for senior HR, cyber security professionals

The study looks to understand which cities are best placed to compete for the remote jobs of today and tomorrow and benefit from the increase in taxable income that will be generated

Senior HR specialist Bhuvnesh Pant joins online news portal, to take charge soon

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Fashion retailer Myntra names veteran Nupur Nagpal as chief HR officer

Raghu Krishnananda, earlier chief technology officer, is now chief technology and product officer (CTPO)

IIM Indore's PGPHRM bags highest package of over Rs 36 lakh plus perks

Institute has registered a record average cost-to-company of Rs 20.46 lakh per annum , up 12.2% over last year

The idea is to bring consumer tech to HR applications: Darwinbox co-founder

CHAITANYA PEDDI, co-founder, spoke to Shivani Shinde about the company's growth so far, and the road ahead

Suresh Bose takes charge as chief HR officer at Jindal Stainless

Jindal Stainless Ltd (JSL) on Monday said Suresh Bose has been appointed its chief human resources officer (CHRO), with immediate effect. Bose, who joined on Monday, will be responsible for driving people strategy, workplace culture, talent management and future growth, JSL said in a statement. JSL Managing Director Abhyuday Jindal said, "We want to attract, hire, retain, and grow the best talent in the industry. Given his (Bose's) vast experience in all facets of human resources, I am confident that Suresh is a good fit to lead our future transformation through example and leadership." With close to three decades of experience in wide-ranging HR functions, Suresh has worked with the Vedanta Group, Mahindra and Mahindra, Ford Motors and Larsen & Toubro (L&T), JSL said. Bose has dual Masters in personnel management as well as industrial relations from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), and Masters in Employment and Labour Studies from the Institute of Social Studies, ...

HR tech to help firms and employees with back-to-office transition

The HR of today is savvy and utilises several technology tools to ensure employees are well taken care of

Is WFH leading to social loafing?

Social loafing describes the tendency of individuals to put forth less effort when they are part of a group, or working together as a co-located team

Cognizant learns an HR lesson as people shortage impacts business momentum

A challenging strategy to accelerate growth has ironically dragged the former IT racehorse into bigger troubles over people management

Office reimagined: In team leaders, soft skills take centre stage

"While leaders are responsible for a better tomorrow, managers are responsible for a better today," says Ashish Ambasta, founder and CEO of HappyPlus Consulting, a tech-enabled HR firm

Ban cigarette breaks, encourage cycling: Govt's Covid-19 advisory to firms

Document calls for structural modification in workplaces, installation of physical barriers such as clear glass.

IISc, IIM-Ahmedabad top human resource development ministry's NIRF ranking

Over 3,300 institutes participated in the second edition of the India Rankings

Rules of employee engagement

In a digital age, it's important to connect social metrics with new-age HR policies

The next wave of disruption in HR

Mobile apps are set to transform employee experience

HR will be crucial for branding in IT industry

The requirement is changing and it has opened a lot of opportunities. The future will be of 'thinkers'