SHRM South Asia Blog

In the vibrant and ever-evolving Indian economy, businesses are relentlessly seeking avenues to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and foster innovation. Amidst this pursuit of excellence, payroll outsourcing has emerged as a strategic lever, unlocking manifold benefits. Delving into the robust, quantifiable advantages, here is an empowered perspective without relying on specific industry names.

A Strategic Cost Revolution

Payroll management, often relegated to a mere functional role, holds a transformational potential. Studies have revealed that Indian businesses can harness a cost reduction of up to 50% through payroll outsourcing ⁽¹⁾. Imagine an annual saving...

Imagine, waking up to this beautiful note sent by your manager and applauding your efforts in a public online forum visible to 50k+ employees of your organization. This post will not only create a smile on your face but also increase your productivity. In layman’s language, this is what employee well-being refers to.

What is “Total Well-being”? It includes duties, work expectations, the level of stress, and the environment, which affects the overall happiness and health of employees. Employee wellbeing does...

Sexual Harassment affects all women in some form or the other. Lewd remarks, indecent touch, wolf whistles, and inappropriate stares are so commonplace in every woman’s life that it is almost dismissed as normal. Working women are no exception to this.

Sexual harassment in the workplace is widespread. According to a study conducted by Statista, it is estimated that 25%–85% of women have experienced some sort of harassment at work.

To abate the issues of Sexual Harassment, the POSH (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act was established by the Supreme Court in 2013. While the Act...

As a true-blue proponent of limitless human capability and a ChatGPT sceptic, I posed this trick question at my teenaged son’s behest: ‘What is Quiet Quitting?’ and the answer I saw being unraveled on my browser screen had me chuckling to myself in vindication – ‘Quiet quitting refers to the act of resigning from a job or position without making a formal announcement or announcement to colleagues or superiors’. This is how an HR ops person would describe an employee who is absconding or on extended Leave Without Permission, in other words. And this is what the famed...