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Transforming Industrial Relations in The AI Age: From Reactive to Predictive
FacebookXPinterestLinkedIn Industrial Relations Is Changing, but Its Foundation Remains the Same Industrial Relations (IR) has always been one of the most sensitive responsibilities of a manufacturing HR leader. A minor misunderstanding on the shop floor, an unresolved grievance, a wage-related concern or a perceived difference in treatment can gradually develop into a larger issue if it is not addressed at the right time.
Childcare as Workforce Infrastructure: Supporting Women Across Life Stages
FacebookXPinterestLinkedIn Across Indian workplaces, conversations around women’s participation have moved well beyond hiring targets and representation metrics. Yet one persistent challenge remains under examined: sustaining career momentum through early parenthood. Hiring women into the workforce is only the first step. Ensuring continuity across life stages is what ultimately strengthens leadership pipelines. This conversation is not only organisational but national in scope.
Impact of SC Ruling on Section 45A of the ESI Act
FacebookXPinterestLinkedIn The Supreme Court in the case of M/s Carborandum Universal Ltd. v. Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (2025 LiveLaw (SC) 1232; 2025 INSC 1455 ) has authoritatively clarified that Section 45A (best-judgment assessment) is an exceptional power, not a routine administrative tool.
The new well-being equation: integrating health, financial, emotional and environmental goals into one strategy
In 2025, India’s workforce has redefined how business success is measured. Employee well-being is no longer a set of standalone initiatives; it has become a foundation of trust, engagement, and sustainable performance. A major driver of this change is younger professionals, especially Gen Z who value balance, purpose, and meaning as much as compensation.
The Human Touch in a Digital World: Smart Benefits Experiences to Build Employee Loyalty
FacebookXPinterestLinkedIn Employee experience has always been a fundamental driver of retention and engagement. However, as workplace structures evolve, employees expect benefits beyond the traditional. Gen Z and millennials want relevance, choice, and purpose in every benefit. They want benefits that address their unique needs and aspirations.
Beyond Compensation: Why Employee Benefits Matter
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The Rise of Personalized Gifting: Boosting Employee Engagement in the Modern Workplace
By Suvarna Mishra Personalised festive gifting has emerged as an effective way to promote employee engagement and an enabler of building meaningful connections within the workplace. The corporate gifting market in India, valued at approximately , is experiencing rapid growth. This surge reflects the growing demand for personalized gifts, which are tailored to meet the individual preferences and needs of employees, contributing to a stronger sense of engagement and connection in the workplace.
The rise of personalized gifting: Boosting employee engagement in the modern workplace
Personalised festive gifting has emerged as an effective way to promote employee engagement and an enabler of building meaningful connections within the workplace. The corporate gifting market in India, valued at approximately USD 2-2.5 billion, is experiencing rapid growth. This surge reflects the growing demand for personalized gifts, which are tailored to meet the individual preferences and needs of employees, contributing to a stronger sense of engagement and connection in the workplace.
Appraisals – an opportunity to build a diverse, inclusive and equitable India Inc. - ET Edge Insights
The past three years have unleashed a new age of new normal upon us. The year 2022-23 was about returning to the workplace for India Inc. For a bank like us, the past three years have been a refresher course in building a highly flexible and efficient workplace where talented, experienced and innovative people can thrive, upskill and assume expanded roles. The key takeaway from the pandemic is that new-age workplaces must be a continuous learning place designed to invoke sustained engagement.
Changing landscape of rewards and recognition strategies
It is important for organisations to motivate employees by rewarding them when they perform well. Employees need to feel passionate about what they do. Though gift-giving has always been a relatively reliable way to ‘motivate’, it was not until the Industrial Revolution that Rewards and Recognition (R&R) programs were approached methodically. Throughout the 20th century, R&R programs evolved to meet the needs of employees.
Paving the Way to Thrive in the Future Workspaces
Businesses should consider creating policies that put more focus on their employees’ wellbeing and experience and ones that help develop new attitudes and values to create a positive work environment. Paving the Way to Thrive in the Future Workspaces The pandemic has fundamentally altered how businesses operate by getting everyone to adapt to remote working.
Article: Leveraging HR Tech to Drive Business Transformation
Since the beginning of 2020, the definition of ‘normal’ has constantly been evolving as people everywhere adapted to new situations. The pandemic paved the way to more agile workplace models instead of the traditional 9 to 5 work model. Over the past 18-20 months, corporates experienced the introduction of digital workspaces and eventually moved to hybrid mode. So, how is HR technology transforming businesses?
New-age R&R ideas to build great employee experience
Companies like Tata Steel, Infosys, Maruti Suzuki, Philips, Schneider, etc are evaluating job roles that will enable employees to work from home (WFH) or remotely on a permanent basis. Evolving Landscape of Rewards and Recognition Strategies that Ensure Great Employee Experience Employees and organizations across the world are responding to the COVID-19 situation in extraordinary ways.
Managing Employee Experience in the WFH Age
Managing Employee Experience in the WFH Age When the Covid19 pandemic hit us, organizations of all sizes made a quick shift to remote working. Many have announced this arrangement or some sort of hybrid model to continue till year-end as the world races to find a vaccine. Now that organizations have completed the huge errand of putting in place the fundamental framework to empower executives to telecommute, it is important to have a renewed people policy in place.
Seven emerging workplace trends to look forward to in 2020
The new decade has just begun, heralding new beginnings, concepts and ideas in various spheres of life. While the last decade has seen a paradigm shift from employee engagement to employee experience, the coming decade is well-poised to scale and accelerate some highly differentiating trends and transform the modern workplace.
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