workforce
March 19, 2023
A timesheet is a record of the hours an employee spends on work, tasks, or projects over a set period. Beyond payroll and billing, it’s a […]
March 19, 2023
Under Indian labour law, a layoff has a specific, narrow legal meaning: it’s an employer’s temporary inability to provide work to an employee due to reasons […]
March 17, 2023
A furlough is a temporary, employer-mandated break from work, usually unpaid or reduced-pay, where the employee keeps their job and is expected to return once conditions […]
March 1, 2023
A floating holiday is a paid day off that isn’t tied to a fixed calendar date, letting an employee choose when to take it rather than […]
February 13, 2023
Motivating employees during adverse conditions, hiring freezes, layoff rounds, salary freezes, or a general economic slowdown, comes down to a handful of things that actually work: […]
February 10, 2023
Traditional performance appraisal methods evaluate an employee’s past performance through a manager’s direct rating, ranking, or written assessment, as opposed to modern approaches like continuous feedback […]
January 15, 2023
A notice period is the contractually required time between an employee resigning (or being asked to leave) and their actual last working day, during which they […]
December 15, 2022
Casual leave (CL) is short-notice paid time off for personal reasons that don’t need a doctor’s note or weeks of planning: a family errand, a sudden […]
December 13, 2022
Definition of Leave Encashment Leave encashment is a form of compensation granted to the employee when they are not able to utilize their Leave due to […]
November 24, 2022
Global payroll and EOR (Employer of Record) software lets a company legally employ and pay people in countries where it has no registered entity, using the […]
November 26, 2017
The problem with the annual performance appraisal usually isn’t the appraisal itself, it’s what’s bundled into the same conversation. Most Indian companies tie developmental feedback, the […]
November 20, 2017
Most companies promote their best individual performer into management, and a landmark study published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics found this is precisely backwards more […]
November 4, 2017
Most first-salary negotiation advice treats every fresher’s situation as identical: research the market, ask confidently, get more money. It skips the single biggest fork in the […]
October 7, 2017
Most articles on diverse teams import a diversity framework built around race and gender in a US context and apply it to India with a light […]