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Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar has resigned from the Union Cabinet ahead of the scheduled Cabinet reshuffle this evening. Gangwar, who held the position of Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour and Employment resigned from his post early this morning. When asked whether he has resigned from the post of Labour Minister, Gangwar answered in […]

Human resource leaders should focus on ‘wholistic wellbeing’, use data and technology to enhance employee wellbeing, says the third annual flagship report — the Wellbeing at Work Survey Report 2020-21 released by RoundGlass, a global ‘wholistic wellbeing’ organisation, today. The report aims to be a roadmap for corporate India, especially for HR leaders, looking to design and

We all need our regular doses of motivation to keep us get going. Like Zig Ziglar rightly quoted, “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That is why we recommend it daily.“ We live in a world where there is an ample amount of motivation that you can consume from podcasts, motivational videos,

Ease of doing business reform, which included automatic renewal of business-related licences and implementation of a computerized random inspection system is of particular help to micro and small enterprises, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. This was part of the four reforms undertaken by the government amid Covid aftermath to improve the ease of living for

 Minister of Labour and Employment Shri Santosh Gangwarhas said that the government is committed towards the health, safety and welfare of workers.Releasing pamphlets, elaborating a slew of measures towards the welfare of workers and their family members during the pandemic here today, he said, our endeavour is to ensure the facilities reach the people for

The domestic IT sector employs around 16 million, of them around 9 million are employed in low-skilled services and BPO roles, according to Nasscom. Of these 9 million low-skilled services and BPO roles, 30 per cent or around 3 million will be lost by 2022, principally driven by the impact of robot process automation or

The Ministry of Labour & Employment on Tuesday announced setting up of 20 control rooms to address grievances of migrant workers amid rising number of COVID-19 cases and subsequent restrictions imposed by state governments. The ministry in April last year had also set up 20 such control rooms to redress grievances of workers like non-payment

Some companies are using drastic measures to push employees to use their time off that has accrued during the pandemic. Many bosses have pleaded with employees for months to use their vacation time. Now some are adding incentives to coax workers into using their bedrock benefit. With time off piling up for many employees in