TeamLease’s India Labour Report 2008 presents a practical, well-thought-out and measurable way to cut unemployment and poverty.

Dubai gorged itself on a decade-long construction boom that has imploded now. A recovery will mean giving up its opulent habits and focussing on real drivers of growth.

Can salary cuts save jobs? Perhaps, but they co-exist in times of downturn.

A clutch of promoters raised money at fanciful valuations during the bull run. Today those stocks have hit ridiculous lows. So much for price discovery.

Most companies prefer to stand still during a slowdown but, as a clutch of players in financial services have shown, there’s no better time than now to turn the heat on the competition.

Hewitt Associates, a human resources consulting company, which recently projected such a hike in its 13th annual Salary Increase Survey, has now sounded a cautious note.

Employees as well as employers are struggling in this financial downturn—the employees to find jobs in a market where very few companies want to hire and employers to carry out layoffs as gently and painlessly as possible, and failing miserably. Saumya Bhattacharya reports.  5 Lakh to 50 LakhThere’s life after layoff...Campus droughtTime to talkDealing with your first slowdownUnited we standVeterans in the downturn

India Inc. faces an internal acid test, as bosses and managers try to help GenX graduate from fairy tales to real life. Anand Adhikari writes. Job loss: Are you next?5 Lakh to 50 LakhThere’s life after layoff...Time to talkCampus droughtUnited we standVeterans in the downturn

After five years of high growth, exports are in a slump leading to massive income and job losses. The situation will get worse before it gets better.

In 2009, pay packets at middle manager level will remain unchanged— barring for those who perform exceptionally well.

Is the Rs 7,000-crore fraud that B. Ramalinga Raju resorted to an accounting scam—done to prop up valuations of the IT giant—or was the promoter siphoning out money from a fundamentally sound company? E. Kumar Sharma finds out. 'There is some connivance in Satyam fraud' Satyam fraud shameful: Prem Chand Gupta  How funds are siphonedLiving on the pledge

With job creation at a standstill and job protection being the prime concern, talk of salary hikes sounds out of place. But knowing how well you are paid compared with your peers in other industries will help.

The job market sinks as downturn dents business.

The darker part of the cloud of uncertainty over Satyam looms over its 53,000 employees, many of whom are in no mood to throw in the towel.

The IIMs are on the cusp of some amazing opportunities, but are facing some serious threats that can marginalise them forever. They can collectively provide a bouquet of offerings that can make India a world-class management education hub and knowledge capital for the world.

Combining a hoary lineage with modern practices is helping the company attract the best talent who stay back to learn.

Grooming talent systematically is one of the critical factors that has helped the company emerge a leader in HR practices.

The common thread that links all our winners is the solid foundation that they have built to manage their human capital.

An intense work culture that breeds entrepreneurship and innovation has techies flocking to low-key, and unpretentious HCL.

Encouraging its people to take long leave to do their own thing, helping them learn the salsa after office... What is the bank doing? Well, everything it should to retain top talent.