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Employment
IEF Editorial Team
- Hiring
- August 19, 2025
Hiring with Intent: Why Leadership Needs to Own the Tal...
Hiring with intent is more than filling an empty chair; it’s about deliberately seeking individuals whose values, goals, and motivations align with your organisation’s future. Yet in reality, most lea...
IEF Editorial Team
- World of Work
- October 3, 2025
Turning H-1B Visa Disruption into India’s Innovation Le...
In his book Capitalism and Freedom, Milton Friedman writes, “Only a crisis—actual or perceived—produces real change.” The recent H-1B visa fee hike by the United States can serve as such...
IEF Editorial Team
- Human Capital
- September 15, 2025
Navigating Remote Employee Experience: What Employers C...
The rise of remote work/work from home has reshaped today’s employment landscape, offering flexibility but also leading to poor employee experience and well-being. When these aspects are overlooked, the result...
IEF Editorial Team
- Samvaad
- September 8, 2025
Growth Always Means a Greater Need for Competent Talent
Archana Upadhyay, CHRO, Hindustan Colas, speaks to India Employer Forum about workforce strategies, skilling for Industry 4.0, digital adoption, compliance, and the balance between automation and human skills. She said,...
Employability
IEF Editorial Team
- Apprenticeship
- September 25, 2025
Apprenticeship Amendment Rules 2025: Everything You Nee...
India’s apprenticeship framework has entered a new era with the notification of the Apprenticeship (Amendment) Rules, 2025, on 11th September 2025. These reforms update the original Apprentices Act of 1961...
IEF Editorial Team
- Degree Apprenticeship
- November 15, 2024
Degree Apprenticeship Program: The Key to Solving Unemp...
India is currently facing a unique challenge: despite its vast youth population, a significant skills gap persists, affecting workforce readiness and job market alignment. As of the latest data from...
IEF Editorial Team
- Skill Development
- August 12, 2025
Stackable Credentials and the Modern Vocational Educati...
The vocational education landscape in India is undergoing a significant transformation, marked by the emergence of short-term, credential-based learning pathways that lead to meaningful employment opportunities. The traditional model of...
IEF Editorial Team
- Samvaad
- November 29, 2023
‘HR is your Strategic Partner for Business Goals and Em...
Y Thiyagarajan, DM HR, Ashok Leyland speaks to India Employer Forum about unlocking business growth with HR, Automation, employee development programs and more... Tell us a little about your journey...
Ease of doing business (EODB)
IEF Editorial Team
- Compliance
- September 11, 2025
Beyond Cosmetic: Transformation of the Regulatory Frame...
The cosmetics industry in India is growing remarkably due to various factors, including increased consumer awareness, expanding disposable incomes, exposure to global trends through digital platforms, and others. In 2025,...
IEF Editorial Team
- Technology
- September 30, 2025
Predictive People Analytics: Importance and Implementat...
Predictive people analytics is redefining how organisations manage and optimise their human capital in today’s dynamic world of work. By automating routine tasks, people analytics enables companies to shift their...
IEF Editorial Team
- Compliance Roundup
- September 4, 2025
Monthly Compliance Roundup August 2025
The regulatory compliance landscape in India is highly dynamic, with an average of ~42 updates per day. In 2024 alone, there were as many as 9,331 updates w.r.t compliance requirements....
IEF Editorial Team
- Samvaad
- July 17, 2025
Compliance Challenges in the Pharmaceutical Sector
Kunal Kasat, Compliance Professional, speaks to the India Employer Forum about compliance challenges in the pharmaceutical sector, the role of technology in compliance and much more... 1.What are the biggest...
Initiatives
IEF Editorial Team
- Samvaad
- September 8, 2025
Growth Always Means a Greater Need for Competent Talent
Archana Upadhyay, CHRO, Hindustan Colas, speaks to India Employer Forum about workforce strategies, skilling for Industry 4.0, digital adoption, compliance, and the balance between automation and human skills. She said,...
IEF Editorial Team
- Manthan
- July 7, 2025
AI-Ready Data Centers: Powering Future-Ready Businesses
India’s data infrastructure is radically transforming, driven by the rise of AI, GenAI, and automation. As data creation has exploded more in the last three years than in the previous...
IEF Editorial Team
- Nibandh
- August 27, 2025
Cybercrime Surge and the Strategic Importance of Securi...
Authored by Nilesh Gupta, Group Head - IT Infrastructure and Information Security, TeamLease Services Ltd The global surge in cybercrime underscores the urgent need for stronger defenses. In Canada alone,...