The introduction of physical and mental wellbeing into organizational frameworks has been ongoing. Today, several large and small organizations are offering benefits like memberships to wellness apps, access to fitness centers, along with introducing initiatives such as company-wide walkathons, virtual yoga sessions, physical and mental wellbeing sessions with experts, and vaccination drives for employees and their family members.
The pandemic has dramatically changed how, when, and where work gets done. One’s dining table evolved as a conference table and the ironing board became the work desk for many. The new way of working led to productivity increase for some business with employees working remotely, for others it led to challenges of keeping the employees engaged and motivated.
2020 has made irreversible changes in our lives and businesses. No one could have predicted the disruption that the pandemic has caused. COVID-19 has propelled the field of HR forward reversing some trends, making big shifts, and most significantly creating an opportunity for rethinking and resetting how we design work practices that best serve all…
Around half of the world’s 3.3 billion global workforce is at risk of losing their livelihoods due to Covid-19…Frost and Sullivan has released a report Top 5 Growth Opportunities in the Connected Work Industry for 2021
In the view of the current crisis due to COVID-19, the government has decided that the Dearness Allowance payable to employees of central public sector enterprises (CPSEs), shall not be paid. The additional allowance due from Oct 1, 2020, will also not be paid. “In the view of the crisis arising out of COVID-19, it…
The EPFO gained 14.90 lakh net subscribers in September 2020, raising its user base by about 30.92 lakh in the first two quarters of the current financial year: says Labour Ministry data Net new enrolments with retirement fund body EPFO rose to 14.9 lakh in September from 8.8 lakh in August 2020, according to its…
As per the patented scoring system, MediBuddy has stated that the overall risk score of Corporate India remains low. The report shows that Corporate India’s overall risk score remains low at 1.8 on a scale of 10. The data is based on MediBuddy’s Annual Health Check-Up program which uses a proprietary scoring method that analyses…
The Coronavirus has brought on us a crisis of magnitude comparable to the Great Depression of the 1930s… How will businesses navigate this economic crisis?
After Aadhaar, UPI (Unified Payments Interface) has been the single biggest contributor towards ushering in digitization in India. Launched in 2016, it has by now transformed the economy in innumerable ways… How has such a transformation come about?
Organizations need to create practical use cases for digital tools that improve daily work activities, not add more complexity or stress to a workday. This requires a focus on not just the capabilities, but also on employee-mindset and alignment across the organization. Automation and Technology adoption, especially of those like workplace automation has seen a marked increase since the shift to WFH. This can be attributed to the need for organizations to have their workforce function remotely without deterring productivity.
People practice always relied on teams as its backbone with people in clusters or groups handling bundled tasks or aligned to achieve the objectives of an enterprise while working on several different aspects. COVID-19, made a volcanic disruption in the way people worked together and the daunting task of managing people warranted HR to hone new skills and discover novel ways of Tech to step up as the new normal ways of working.
According to an ASSOCHAM report, India’s gig economy is projected to reach $455 billion by 2023. The COVID-19 is not only a global health crisis; its pervasive ramifications extend to the global economy. India’s GDP for the first quarter contracted by 23.9% Y-o-Y in FY2020 for the first time in more than 40 years, as…
It started with Google Apps, then came G Suite and now we have Google WorkspaceGoogle Workspace is rebranded G Suite. This is a collection of Google’s workplace productivity tools. Google Workspace, has evolved over the years and this is the product suite’s second rebranding. Earlier in 2016, G Suite emerged from erstwhile Google Apps, launched…
India’s only home-grown ‘premium managed office space’ provider Skootr, recently announced the launch of its revolutionary ‘Reverse Office’ model for enterprises looking at optimizing their current real estate portfolio. With the launch of this model, Skootr has become the first flexible workspace operator in India to offer a path-breaking solution in optimizing the occupied real…
Automobile manufacturer Ford Motor Company recently said that it is extending its ‘work-from-home’ arrangement for its salaried employees based in the United States for the rest of the year. The decision by the Ford management is taken after multiple requests by employees to keep working remotely amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In an official statement,…