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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on India’s Unemployment

India Employer Forum June 12, 2020

Over two months of nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, businesses are beginning to open up in a staggered manner yet India’s unemployment rate at 19.7 percent as of 11 June 2020 looks intimidating. Urban India unemployment rate is at 20.4 percent while rural India stands at 19.4 percent (CMIE data). A […]

Learning And Development Strategy – Bigger Returns When Done Well

India Employer Forum June 11, 2020

The Importance of Learning and Development in a Rapidly Evolving World Technology is evolving at a rapid pace and so is the need for employees to remain updated with the latest skills at their workplaces. It directly points to the importance of learning and development while at the job. While technology has helped the world […]

Impact of Unemployment: Slow Economic Recovery In India

India Employer Forum June 10, 2020

The Impact of Lockdowns and Social Distancing Lockdowns and social distancing have been the highlight of the year 2020 so far. For almost three months now, the world has virtually been on a standstill. This isn’t the first time the world will have an outbreak of the coronavirus. And with no cure available, countries had […]

Corporate Learning During COVID-19

India Employer Forum June 9, 2020

Introduction: The Importance of Corporate Learning in Challenging Times Providing corporate learning opportunities is never far from the minds of inspired HR and other executive chiefs of the business world. They know for a fact, backed by reportage from around the world, that this is the one tool that provides employees single-minded confidence in their […]

Impact of COVID-19 On the Mental Health Of Employees

India Employer Forum June 5, 2020

We are over two months in the nationwide lockdown with partial reopening of businesses and activities allowed in non-containment areas. The impact of this lockdown on businesses and the economy, as expected, has been enormous. But those are not the only aspect of life that is suffering or has suffered from the pandemic. One aspect […]

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Workplace Safety Measures With Employee Safety As The #1 Priority

India Employer Forum June 4, 2020

The center has announced several relaxations when it comes to the reopening of workplaces and industrial units amidst the fourth installment of the COVID-19 lockdown. Many people have either already started reporting to work or will be doing so in the days or weeks to come. However, the question that still remains is whether or […]

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Good Corporate Governance Equips Businesses To Overcome Turbulence In The Ecosystem

India Employer Forum June 2, 2020

Corporate governance is of overarching importance to the day-to-day operations as well as long-term functioning of an entity in the business world. Businesses across the world endeavor to have good corporate governance. They realize the importance of corporate governance and strive to attain uniformity in reaching world-class standards of company governance. None of these goals […]

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Skill Gap In India – Is This The Reason Affecting Hiring?

India Employer Forum June 1, 2020

India’s demographics indicate that the majority of its population will be composed of youths and, as such, become a major supplier of human resources to the global economy. According to data collected by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India (Social Statistics Division), India has a relative advantage, at present, over other […]

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Digital Transformation Hits 5th Gear: Contactless Technology Surges

India Employer Forum May 28, 2020

Nearly every industry working across the globe has suffered a severe setback by the COVID-19 pandemic. This virus was initially limited to China but now has left its impact globally in almost 200 countries across the world. The most common way by which this illness spreads is due to close contact with the already infected […]

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Business Opportunities In India: All Is Not Lost

India Employer Forum May 27, 2020

Before COVID-19, the economic outlook and business opportunities for the Indian economy was tepid and not exuberant. The GDP growth rate was already contracting and the government was falling short of GST revenue. As soon as the lockdown was announced, and 94 percent of the Indian population that was employed in the informal sector started […]

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