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What you didn’t learn at work, but matters most

Friday Features May 1, 2026

Most people can trace at least one work habit back to something that had nothing to do with work. The calm you hold in a tense meeting. The way you listen when someone is struggling. The instinct to pause, read…

TOP HEADLINES

HC rejects ESI evasion attempt through ‘Allowance’ classification

News May 1, 2026

STL appoints Anshu Mordia as CHRO

Movement May 1, 2026

FACE Prep promotes Arumugam Vadivelu to VP-TA

Movement May 1, 2026

Prakriti Singh promoted to director-HR, Bernstein

Movement May 1, 2026

Editorial

The reference economy: When hiring decisions are made before interviews begin

Somewhere between the job posting and the final interview, the real hiring decision has already…

EXCLUSIVE FEATURES

What you didn’t learn at work, but matters most

Friday Features May 1, 2026

Case-in-Point: Career break vs current readiness

Case-In-Point April 30, 2026

herSTORY: Geetha Thiagarajan, country head, people & culture, Curriculum Associates, India

herSTORY April 30, 2026

The quiet revolution in India’s white-collar jobs

Research April 29, 2026

The numbers tell a story that India’s HR community has been slow…

HR Perspectives by Ajit Dias: “The challenge in India is balancing respect for hierarchy with openness”

Perspectives April 29, 2026

BLS International is not a company most people think about until they…

FOBO: The anxiety economy’s newest product

Exclusive Features April 28, 2026

At 11:47 pm, long after her workday officially ended, a mid-level marketing…

Looking around the corner: Anticipation as strategy

Exclusive Features April 28, 2026

What does “Looking around the corner” mean? “Looking around the corner” describes…

MOVEMENT

STL appoints Anshu Mordia as CHRO

Movement May 1, 2026

FACE Prep promotes Arumugam Vadivelu to VP-TA

Movement May 1, 2026

FACE Prep, an Indian placement-focused skill-development company for job preparation, has elevated…

Prakriti Singh promoted to director-HR, Bernstein

Movement May 1, 2026

Sony Pictures Networks India CHRO Manu Wadhwa transitions to strategy advisor

Movement April 30, 2026

Aprecomm appoints Sapna Gopinath Kizhekkeveettil as global CHRO

Movement April 30, 2026

Meghna RTK is the new HR head (India) at AMPATH

Movement April 30, 2026

HR CONNECT

AI and job loss: Why HR leaders must prepare for a smaller workforce

By Invitation February 26, 2026

For many months we have been hearing one reassuring line: AI will…

As AI transforms work, happiness quietly becomes a business metric

HR Connect February 6, 2026

As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes how work gets done, a quieter but…

From referrals to reinvention: Lessons from 13 years of hiring

HR Connect November 21, 2025

Thirteen years in, one lesson will continue to hold in 2026: outcomes…

Beyond the bonus: Why financial literacy matters more than pay rises

Employee Financial Wellness Hub October 24, 2025

A Rs 10,000 disappears with alarming speed in urban India: transport, meals,…

GLOBAL HR NEWS

Abu Dhabi introduces 15-category leave framework for government employees

Global HR News April 29, 2026

The Abu Dhabi Government Enablement Department has rolled out a comprehensive leave policy for public-sector employees, formalising 15 different types of leave under a…

Microsoft offers voluntary exit

April 24, 2026

Meta monitors employee activity to fuel AI growth

April 22, 2026

WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW

HC rejects ESI evasion attempt through ‘Allowance’ classification

News May 1, 2026

A High Court has ruled that establishments cannot bypass coverage under the Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) Act by restructuring payroll records to appear below…

JPMorgan harassment case under legal review

May 1, 2026

Tata Electronics becomes Apple’s largest manufacturing partner in India by workforce

April 30, 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

TripGain certified as one of India’s Happiest Places to Work®

April 30, 2026

IDA Ireland expands India engagement; appoints Kanishk Kumar as country director

April 17, 2026

Aditya Birla Capital’s ‘LeadHerShip’ nurtures women entrepreneurs

April 17, 2026

Khaitan & Co. promotes 49 lawyers to leadership

April 3, 2026

Falcon Marine Exports elevates Priyanka Mohanty to joint MD

April 1, 2026

Intellias bags ‘Happiest Places to Work in India’ certification

March 30, 2026

COVER STORY

“The agility of a startup with the legacy of a giant: Haleon’s formula for success,” Priyank Parakh, Director-HR, Haleon

Cover Story June 27, 2025

A seasoned HR leader with extensive experience across MNCs and Indian conglomerates, Priyank Parakh brings a wealth of expertise in consumer goods, durables, and healthcare. As Director-HR at Haleon, he’s passionate about creating workplaces where people…

The Great Displacement: How automation is reshaping India’s workforce

June 20, 2025

“We’re a sustainability organisation—we’ve been green since when green was just a colour in the crayon box,” Sanjeeb Lahiri, CHRO, GRP

June 12, 2025

“Managers of the future will need to be ‘super managers’—experts in both technology and people,” Richard Lobo, CPO, Tech Mahindra

May 23, 2025

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