workplace
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
Leave encashment is what an employee gets paid for leave they earned but never took. It sounds simple until the tax question comes up, and that’s […]
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 […]
June 16, 2017
Most job negotiation advice online talks about 401(k) matching and employer health insurance premiums, which is a fair guide if you’re negotiating an offer in the […]
June 13, 2017
Every article about getting promoted tells you how to get there. Almost none of them tell you what it actually costs once you do, which is […]
June 10, 2017
There’s no universal right answer to when it’s okay to quit a job, but there are real warning signs worth taking seriously, and real rights you’re […]
June 7, 2017
Before a manager has the “attitude” conversation, there’s a prior question worth answering honestly: is this actually a negative attitude problem, or is it something that […]