Employee – Worker: Updates & Cases

The Covid-19 pandemic has induced a financial crunch for many companies and the world and they have had to lay off many of their employees. It has also affected hirings across all sectors. This has highlighted the need for an enhanced skill set among the employees and job-seekers to pivot through such unforeseen circumstances. Taking note […]

In Udemy’s “2019/2020 Global Skills Gap Report”, the majority (92 percent) of employees in India agree that there is a skills gap in the country and two-thirds (76 percent) of them feel personally affected by it.  Irwin Anand, MD, Udemy India said, “There is an underlying current of anxiety, with as many as three-quarters of workers

More than ever, we need leaders. Because of the current health crisis that has fast-forwarded our lives into the digital future, and the veil being lifted on the history of systemic racism, it’s time we collectively redefine what makes a great leader — and fast. It has become obvious that the old way we defined leadership is in desperate need of

Remote work is here to stay. While most businesses have made such arrangements work in the short term, how will employee engagement play out in the long run? How will you maintain team cohesiveness when some employees return to the office while others continue to work at home? What about companies that decide to transition

Indian hospitality firm OYO has announced several initiatives to help its employees deal with anxiety and stress while working from home according to a report published in business insider. With ‘work from home’ becoming the new normal, thousands of professionals across India have been subject to long working hours and meetings and tasks which spill

Five engineers of Telangana State Power Generation Corporation (TSGenco) were among the nine killed after a massive fire swept through the Srisailam hydroelectric plant on the Telangana-Andhra Pradesh border in the early hours of Friday. Expressing his condolences, Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the incident “deeply unfortunate” and said his thoughts are with the bereaved families. Chief

The ability to provide effective and credible performance feedback is a critical skill for supervisors, managers and leaders. Feedback delivered effectively helps employees elevate their performance, develop new skills, and achieve success for themselves and their organizations. But what if the way we typically approach feedback has been wrong? What if managers are focusing on

An international Boston Consulting Group (BCG) survey on employee sentiment reveals that productivity can be maintained surprisingly well in a virtual or hybrid work setting, according to a new BCG article, What 12,000 Employees Have to Say About the Future of Remote Work. The survey, conducted in the US, Germany, and India, also shows that there is

After virtual on boarding in many organizations, Covid now brings virtual farewell in Indian railways. For the first time  Railway ministry  virtually retired around 2320  employee through a retirement function. These employees were retired on 31st  july. This was an event where all the Zones/Divisions/Production Units were connected on a single platform along with the officers