H R Era,     Issue # 10-B,       Apr 26th, 2002

Visit our website at http://hrera.tripod.com

 

1. My Space

2. New Members

S Venkateshwaraan, Major SR Roy, P Neeetha (Ms), Surabhi Sharma (Ms),
M Thomas Prabhu

3. Tomato Soup for the Soul

4. Readers' Forum

Appreciations & Brickbats from Members
From: KN Pareek , HS Priyadarshan

Equivalent Labour Laws in India & USA
Saurabh Singh Tomar replies to Vineet's Question from USA

5. Quotation Corner (FAQs from God)

6. Inspirational Stories

Why Go to Church ???
Dog, Monkey, Leopard
Return of a Different Kind

7. Best HR Jobs (India)

8. HR Training Programs (India)

9. Aims of HR Era, How To Contribute Articles, & Legal Stuff

Dear Friends,

I welcome the 100+ new members in last one month.

Soon HR Era would have more than 1000 members and then watch out for Santaclaus. He will come to you in July 2002 with gifts!

New members can view Part-A of this issue, containing articles on HR & Self Management, at http://hrera.tripod.com/newsletter.htm .

with warm regards

Alka Bhatnagar

S Venkateshwaraan, Human Enterprises.

Message: After working for 20 years for others, I decided that it was time to work for self and started "Human Enterprises" devoted to transformation of HR thru training and systems.

SV belongs to the 1980 batch from TISS and has over 20 years experince in companies like TVS Suzuki, Best & Crompton.

His newly set up consultancy can help you particularly in areas of Team Building, Emotional Intelligence, Quality & Systems (ISO 2000 series), Competency Mapping & Analysis, Creative Thinking using Mind Maps.

Contact: venk54@yahoo.com

Major S R Roy, Adventure Zone, Chennai

Major Roy is an alumini of National Defence Academy & former commando instructor in the Army. Has over 16 years experience in outbound training and adventurous activities.

He runs Adventure Zone and conduct outbound training at his centre near Mahabalipuram near Chennai. Activities include obstacle courses, parasailing, rock climbing, water based activities. Programs include Leadership & Motivation, Team Building. He has many corporate clients.

Contact: adventure@eth.net , 044 - 442 4580

P Neetha, HR Executive, Aster Teleservices Pvt Ltd, Secunderabad (Andhra)

Message: I would like to become an active member of this group.

Neetha has a PG in Management with specialization in HRM. She has 20 months' experience and deals with all HR activities in respect of 375 employees.

Contact: neetha@asterteleservices.com

Surabhai Sharma, HR Executive, Halcyon Datasys Pvt Ltd, Noida

Message: I want to take HR as my career field.

Surabhi has a PGDBM from IPM, Meerut. Her exeprience covers all basic HR work and especially IT recruitment. Her hobbies are singing, travelling, & observing people (I feel scared!)

Contact: surabhi_sharma2k@yahoo.co.in

M Thomas Prabhu, Manager-HR, S R Nova Pvt Ltd, Bangalore

Prabhu has an MSW as well as LLB. He has over 8 years' all round experience in HR. He is very good in organizing events and good in PR. Prabhu is deeply involved in Quality systems and training.

Contact: hrd@srnova.com , 080 - 670 7112

Bholaji Proposes!

Bholaji proposes to a woman.
She says yes, if you bring me a pair of crocodile boots.
He sets off to Africa and disappears. Finally they find him hunting crocodiles and watch him killing a huge one.
He walks over the reptile, checks its legs, angrily exclaims: "71st and *again* barefoot!"

Bholaji commits Suicide

Bholaji is trying to commit suicide on the railway tracks...
takes along some wine and chicken with him.

Somebody stops him and asks, "Why are you taking all this stuff with you dear?"

Bholaji replies, "Bloody train comes late everyday! I donot want to die of hunger.

Bholaji in Office

What does Bholaji do after taking photocopies? He compares it with the original for spelling mistakes.

What does Bholaji do when he has one white sheet and wants an extra sheet? He makes a photocopy of the white sheet.

Contributed by Seema, Seema_591@rediffmail.com

Appreciations & Brickbats from Members

From: KN Pareek, Sr Manager, Bank of Rajasthan

namaste
congrats for making such an interesting site...
good job...
happy holi to all of u. bye
take care
kamal

From: HS Priyadarshan, pdarshan2000@yahoo.com

thanks a lot
good info, great job
darshan

Equivalent Labour Laws in India & USA

Saurabh Singh Tomar replies to Vineet's Question from USA

Questions

Just like there are specific wage laws,laws on discrimination which includes race, sex,disability,religious in the USA, which are the specific laws that cover the above in India. one more thing laws on industrial safety i.e. workplace safety, worker's compensation laws and overtime laws.need information on all these laws as exist in india?

Reply

Hi Vineet,

I read your message in HREra, regarding Indian Labor Laws. The various Labor Laws covering the different topics are as follows:

1. Factories Act, 1948: It covers health, safety and welfare issues related to factory (manufacturing sector) employees. It provides all the regulations related to leaves, overtimeError! Bookmark not defined., working hours, employment of women and young persons, and industrial safety. For shops and establishments (other than Factories), all states have their different - Shops and Establishment Act.

2. Equal Remuneration Act, 1976: It is about equal pay for equal work to both men and women, without discrimination.

3. Payment of Wages Act, 1936: It is about wage periods, mode of payment and permissible deductions etc.

4. Minimum Wages Act, 1948: It is supplemented by different regional guidelines for minimum wages to be paid to various categories of workers.

5. Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923: It provides rules for payment of compensation to employees in case of employment related injuries or death. Other relavent act is Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948.

6. Some other important laws are: Industrial Disputes Act, 1947; Payment of Bonus Act, 1965; and Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972; Maternity Benefit Act, 1961; Employees' Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.

For more information about Indian Labor Laws and Policies, you can visit :

1. http://labour.nic.in/ (Official site of Ministry of Labour, Govt. of India)

2. http://www.3pjobs.com/3pntsite/unixroot/lawindex.asp?Affiliate=1 (A summarised collection of various Indian Labor Laws)

Regards

Saurabh Singh Tomar

Manager - Human Resourcese, CN India Pvt. Ltd. 405, Avadhesh House,Opp. Gurudwara,Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway,Ahmedabad - 380054.

Tel: +91-79-6854100.Fax: +91-79-6843010.Mobile: +91-982-425-5676

Please email your replies to the person asking, with a copy to us at HREra@rediffmail.com for publication. Email new questions to us.

What Questions God Will Ask You

God won't ask what kind of car you drove, but He'll ask how many people you drove who didn't have transportation.

God won't ask the square footage of your house, but He'll ask how many people you welcomed into your home.

God won't ask about the clothes you had in your closet, but He'll ask how many you helped to clothe.

God won't ask about your social status; He will ask what kind of class you displayed.
God won't ask how many material possession you had, but He'll ask if they dictated your life.

God won't ask what your highest salary was, but He'll ask if you compromised your character to obtain it.

God won't ask how much overtime you worked, but He'll ask if your overtime work was for yourself or for your family.

God won't ask how many promotions you received, but He'll ask how you promoted others.

God won't ask what your job title was, but He'll ask if you performed your job to the best of our ability.

God won't ask what you did to help yourself, but He'll ask what you did to help others.
God won't ask how many friends you had, but He'll ask how many people to whom you were a friend.

God won't ask what you did to protect your rights, but He'll ask what you did to protect the rights of others.

God won't ask in what neighborhood you lived, but He'll ask how you treated your neighbors.

God won't ask about the color of your skin, but He'll ask about the content of your character.

God won't ask how many people you forwarded this too, but He'll ask if you were ashamed to pass it on to your friends

Contributed by: Ramakrishnarao, People Excellence, Tata Telecom Ltd - Gandhinagar
Tele : 079 - 3221773 / 3246467, Extn. No. 290 (Lease Line No. 281)
Email: rthallam@tatatelecom.com

[i] WHY GO TO CHURCH ???

A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a
newspaper and complained that it made no sense to
go to church every Sunday. "I've gone for 30 years
now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard
something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of
me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I
think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are
wasting theirs by giving sermons at all."

This started a real controversy in the "Letters to
the Editor" column, much to the delight of the
editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote
this clincher: I've been married for 30 years now.
In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals.
But for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire
menu for a single one of those meals. But I do
know this: They all nourished me and gave me the
strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had
not given me these meals, I would be physically
dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church
for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!"

When you are DOWN to nothing.... God is UP to
something! Faith sees the invisible, believes the
incredible and receives the impossible! Thank God
for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!

Contributed by: Ramakrishnarao,
People Excellence, Tata Telecom Ltd - Gandhinagar
Tele : 079 - 3221773 / 3246467, Extn. No. 290 (Lease Line No. 281)
Email: rthallam@tatatelecom.com

[ii] DOG, MONKEY AND LEOPARD

Dipa Anand has sent this story to remind us the importance of being street smart. Click Here to read.

Contributed by Dipa Anand,
Tata Infotech, Bangalore, dipa.anand@tatainfotech.com

[iii] RETURN OF A DIFFERENT KIND

CS Sundaram has sent us a story to tell how humiliation & dejection can be handled. Click Here to read.

Contributed by CS Sundaram,
Sr Manager, Larsen & Toubro Limited, Chennai, css@lntecc.com

Free Service: Employers can email their job vacancies to HREra@rediffmail.com . We reach them to 900+ HR professionals for free and list on our website also.

[50] HR Executive, Chennai.

Organization: P&O Nedlloyd.

Responsibility: The job involves undertaking various HR initiative for achieving organizational goals and work closely with functional heads for overall development of the human resource.

Person: The candidate should be MBA in HRM & should be in the age group of 25-27 years with three to five years experience handling recruitment and training performance. Computer proficiency and excellent communication skills in written and spoken English is required. Female candidates will be preferred.

Apply To: HRM, P&O Nedlloyd IT Services Pvt. Ltd. ; 6th floor, Prince Khushal Towers; 96, Anna Salai; Chennai-600020.

[49] Training Manager, Muscat, Oman

Organization: Al Ahlia Insurance Company Saoc.

Responsibility: Reporting to the GM, training manager will provide regular in-house training in the company's training centre. He will also organize programs by visiting faculties to develop specialist skills.

Person: The candidate should be well qualified preferrably in HRD with fellowship of accredited insurance institution. Experience of 10 years as a faculty member of leading training institution will be preferred.

Remuneration: Attractive remuneration package.

Apply to: aaic@alahliaoman.com

[48] Human Relations Manager, Salem & Bangalore

Organization: VEE Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Person: Must be a post graduate with PG diploma in HRD & should have 6+ years experience in similar area and capacity. HRD experience in IT enabled background will be an added advantage.

Remuneration: Salary and perks will not be a constraint for right candidate. Excellent career opportunities will be provided and performers will be recognized and rewarded suitably

Apply to: hrsalem@veetechnologies.com

[47] General Manager / Assistant General Managers (Administration) , Ahmedabad

Organization: Torrent Group

Responsibility: The candidate would entail a hands-on involvement in day to day administration functions like efficient house keeping, responsibility for travel arrangements, liaison with statutory and other authorities and organization and management of various company events and conferences.

Person: The candidate should be PG, preferably in management, with 15-20 years of experience ( 10-15 years in case of AGM's ) in looking after administrative functions of a large corporate house.

Apply to: GM-CHRG; Torrent Pvt. Ltd. ; Torrent House, Off Ashram Road; Ahmedabad-380009.

[46] HR Professionals, Chennai

The following is a list of HR openings with an MNC Bank's Back office operation in Chennai !

(i) Case Analyst - Employee Retention / Staff Relations

Preferably from Service industries like banks, hotels, retail,airlines -
JD : Receive issues analyze, discuss with local country HR Manager and offer solutions.
Qualification :MBA / MSW from top 20 institutes, below 28 yrs of age. Excellent communication and job skills.
Experience : 2-4 yrs

(ii) HR Analyst - ESOP

Experience in handling ESOPs or shares and knowledge
MBA - HR. 2-4 yrs of experience
Qualification :MBA / MSW from top 20 institutes, below 28 yrs of age. Excellent communication and job skills.
Experience : 2-4 yrs

(iii) HR Analyst - Testing

MBA - HR. 2-4 yrs of experience , in Core HR Activities and shd conceptually sound .
JD : wd be involed in testing and validating HR Processes
MBA - HR. 2-4 yrs of experience
Qualification :MBA / MSW from top 20 institutes, below 28 yrs of age. Excellent communication and job skills.
Experience : 2-4 yrs

(iv) Project Analyst

Qualification :BE + MBA (HR)
Expereince :2-4 yrs of experience
Shd have had experience in Project planning , Project Monitoring , PERT - CPM techniques and MS Projects ..

ALL Positions are based in Chennai !!

Please feel to call me at the given numbers as well.. for more details ..

Deepti Nair,
Associate-Placements,
Promanns Management Services,
F-199 Anna Nagar East,
Chennai-600 102.

Ph-044-6216196/6210640/41

Apply to: deeptinair@promanns.com

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