Newsletter: HRKatha


Daily Newsletter						December 24, 2018
BIG FEATURE
TECHNOLOGY TOOLS THAT HR CAN USE IN 2019


HR is all set to embrace technology in a big way in the times to come. HRKatha presents six technology tools that can transform the world of HR in 2019.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
				7th Pay Commission offers 3 times more duty allowance to Class 4 staff of Indian Railways The duty allowance, which was earlier Rs 1000, will now be Rs 4100.
NEWS
				NPS withdrawal rules altered to cater to unexpected financial needs of subscribers The minimum period for withdrawal has been reduced to three years and three partial withdrawals will now be allowed.
NEWS
				Wipro announces bonus to retain junior employees The move is expected to reduce attrition and also help stop talent being lost to competitors in the IT sector.

A Manifesto for Trans Inclusion in the Indian Workplace : An inclusivity guide for HR Rarely will you see transgenders sitting with their laptops or doing a desk job in an office in India. We Indians are more used to seeing ‘hijras’ singing at weddings, blessing new-borns, begging on the streets, trains and buses or even forced into the sex trade. Everybody knows that these are not the jobs they do willingly, but professions they are forced into because of discrimination and harassment. They hardly have any decent employment options to choose from. Forget about the society, even the families of transgenders find it difficult to accept them as normal. Many underage transgenders are forced to Read More			Can Artificial Intelligence peep into the hearts and minds of the employees? The HR personnel in any organisation work hard to put the right talent in place. They also help arrange for the new entrants to be inducted, trained and settled in. Yet, with the number of job hoppers going up, it is common to find workers quitting an organisation in less than two years. Although the work of sorting resumes, shortlisting the eligible candidates and scheduling interviews has all been taken over by AI, reducing the burden on HR, the quitting of an employee is always bad news. After all, time and effort do go into interviews, induction programmes, training sessions, assessments, Read More			Madhu Srivastava elevated to Group CHRO, Vedanta Resources Madhu Srivastava, who was heading talent acquisition, and diversity and inclusion for the Vedanta Group, has now been promoted as Group CHRO. Srivastava has 19 years of experience across human resources as well as sales and operations, spanning the FMCG, telecom, ITES, BFSI and natural resources industries. Under her able guidance, the Group has put in place the right HR policies and progressive people practices, which have won it the ‘ACES Award –Top Companies to Work for in Asia’ and also the ‘Working Mothers & Avtar Group -100 Top Companies for Women in India’. Till now, Srivastava was handling leadership hiring across the Read More			UST Global is ‘Top Employer APAC’ American multinational provider of digital, IT services and solutions, UST Global, has been awarded the ‘Top Employers in the APAC for 2019’ certification for its India, Malaysia and

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