Tag: US
Expanded UBIT law repealed in the US, big win for social-service...
The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) won a massive victory when the US Congress repealed a section of a 2017 law that required...
Indian Gen Zs are keen on learning rather than stability at...
The employers of today are familiar with Gen Z— a generation born between 1996 and 2010. Though many of them are still aged around...
No work ban for spouses of H-1B visa holders for the...
Bringing much relief to Indians in the US, a US court has decided not to reverse the 2015 rule that allows spouses and relatives...
Wipro creates hundreds of jobs in the US
Indian multinational informational technology company, Wipro, will soon be offering about 200 jobs in the Richmond area, where it has now set up an...
Why indian Gen X are not slackers
Being the youngest of three boys and 11 years younger to my eldest brother, clearly my parents planned to have a third child very...
Huawei expected to lay off hundreds of employees in the...
Chinese multinational technology company, Huawei Technologies, plans to cut jobs extensively in the US as it has been struggling to handle business following its...
Green card norms to be overhauled, preference to foreigners based on...
The US President is expected to propose a new immigration system, which will give preference to foreigners based on merit, unlike the current system...
Unemployment in the US dips to 3.6%, lowest in 50 years
According to the US Bureau of Statistics’ (BLS) monthly jobs report, the US gained 263,000 nonfarm jobs in April. This indicates a 67,000 increase...
Infosys blames H-1B visa rejections for attrition
Infosys, the Indian multinational company, holds the high rate of visa rejections last year responsible for its poor employee retention. With US visa rules...
TCS cleared of anti-American bias charges in its hiring process
A California jury has finally cleared the charges leveled against the Indian multinational IT services provider, TCS, of discriminating against local American employees and...
Samsung, LG sued over US employee anti-poaching agreement
A civil lawsuit was filed last week, accusing Samsung and LG of agreeing to avoid poaching each other's US employees.
More layoffs at IBM
The company is also relocating a few employees to offices in India and Costa Rica from the US.
LEARN- ENGAGE- TRANSFORM
The best laid L&D plans begin with competency mapping and performance...
Growth-oriented business organisations demonstrate high degrees of agility, which keeps them in the fast lane. They are quick to change and are able to...
Employee Benefits & Engagement
How to keep women professionals engaged
Organisations need to focus on ensuring that their women do not quit.
Looks like women are quitting their jobs at a faster rate than men....
A cognitively diverse workforce is also a highly engaged one
The importance of hiring candidates who fit into the organisation’s culture is a topic that has been discussed by HR professionals for ages. Organisations...
How meetings can be made interactive and engaging
Many an employee has complained about boring meetings at the workplace. In fact, meetings are rarely looked forward to, especially if they happen very...
Latest
Syngenta appoints ex-Philips HR Head Armaan Seth as Head HR for Asia & Pacific
Armaan Seth, who recently moved out from his role of Head of Human Resources for Philips India has joined Syngenta, a global biotechnology company...
How Essar Group is pushing transgender inclusion in the workplace
The umbrella of diversity encompasses many different kinds of individuals and communities. While gender diversity has been accepted as a common agenda for most...
Nilesh Mitra joins ITC Hotels as VP-talent management
Nilesh Mitra, a veteran with more than twenty five years of experience in HR in the hospitality space, has joined ITC Hotels, as vice...
Honda to provide job training to 50,000 in the US
Honda Motor Company, the Japanese automobile manufacturing company, will sign a pledge to join a White House initiative that aims to increase job training...
DIALOGUE
“Archaic HR processes force millennials to switch jobs often,” Niti Khosla, lead people analytics...
Friendly and jolly Niti Khosla, lead-people analytics and business impact, Novartis International, is a true HR leader with the ability to understand people and...
“Traditional organisations use ‘startups’ as proxy to build an agile organisation,” Rahul Garg, founder,...
Moglix offers a variety of products from safety and electronics to office tools. The Company aims to make an impact worth $100 billion dollars...
“A true leader is not dependent on title or designation,” Dwarakanath
It was a Friday afternoon, when the HRKatha team got the opportunity to meet a man who is not just a recognised leader but...
