EMPLOYEES

The post-Covid resume: Hybrid workplaces will need employees to gain new technology and soft skills

As an increasing number of companies are looking at the option of hybrid workplaces — a blend of remote working and working from office — t...

Recovery in formal job market pushes EPFO enrolments to 8.45 lakh in July

The payroll data, released by the ministry of statistics and programme implementation on Friday, shows the members exiting the EPFO scheme ...

Aatamanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping sees huge demand amid economic recovery

The Aatamanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping, a government directory of skilled workforce, has helped about 60,000 people get jobs i...

Indian workforce are on the verge of burnout, faces most stressful time ever

Pressures to meet performance standards, handling routine and tedious tasks and blurred lines between work and life are some of the reasons...

First person account: I miss the human connect, says Gen Z first-time employee

I joined remotely from hometown Bhubaneswar in June. Usually, onboarding takes a month. For me, it only took a week, maximising on-the-job ...

The rise of remote work can be unexpectedly liberating

Early reports from the corporate world were rosy, as employees swapped suits for sweatpants and found new flexibility in their work and hom...

Board members need to be laser-focused on pay for performance for executives: David Knopping, president, Aon

Knopping said board members need to be laser-focused on pay for performance this year and think critically about all the factors that poten...

Acquiring soft skills important to get relevant job opportunities, say 8 in 10 engineering job seekers

Experts say that having soft skills on the resume is especially gaining importance due to the recent change in the work environment. As com...

Organisations should encourage leave-taking, defer leave lapsing for employee wellness: Sumeet Doshi, Kronos

"​​While in the short term, not taking leave might seem like a productivity boost, in hindsight it does take a toll on mental fatigue and m...

Employment: Highest number of formal jobs created in August in this fiscal

The payroll data of the ministry of statistics and programme implementation, released on Friday, shows the net new additions under EPFO sto...

Tech-driven changes in job markets threaten social contract with workers: Experts

In the next five years, machines will displace an estimated 85 million jobs but create around 97 million new jobs across 15 industries and ...

Workforce automating faster than expected; automation, digitisation in India above global average: Study

The robot revolution will create 97 million new jobs, but communities most at risk from disruption will need support from businesses and go...

With remote working, even traditional setups today are re-looking at the workforce: Anuranjita Kumar

Anuranjita Kumar, chairperson, WiT (Women in Technology) India said that remote working and flexible hours further broaden the horizons wit...

Hike to spend up to Rs 40,000 per employee to facilitate work from home throughout 2020

The company, however, has kept its office open for employees who want to access special technologies available within the premise for their...

Govt may retrospectively relax conditions for unemployment benefits under Employees’ State Insurance

The labour ministry has moved a proposal to amend the conditions under the Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana from March, when the government...