1.
Will
terminating underperformers safeguard the remote working setup from toxicity?
Performance
assessment in a remote working setup can be as challenging as dealing with
underperformers say HR experts. The pandemic has led to a majority of
the workforce working from home. With remote working come several challenges,
most of which revolve around people management. Allowing employees to work from
their homes — amidst a host of domestic distractions, and without any
supervision at all— makes it difficult to distinguish the productive ones from
the slackers. Tackling underperformers has been a challenge for many managers
and organisations are finding their own ways to deal with it. All are in favour
for having a dialogue with low performers — through mentoring, coaching,
digital learning — and figuring out the actual problem. They believe that
having a conversation with such employees can help them get back on track. They
are not alone here. Many HR managers across the world too believe there is nothing
that dialogue cannot fix. In these times, when people are confined to their
homes, empathy and compassion have become the cornerstone for assessing
employee performance as part of a team. However, if push comes to shove, some
decisive action will have to be taken.
2.
CMS
to hire 1,000, expand team of collection agents
The cash-management
services company is expanding its network in rural and semi-urban towns, where
maximum population continues to use cash for payments. CMS Info Systems is
gearing to expand its workforce by 1,000 over the next two months, and may be
even more in the next financial year. Having signed up with many organisations,
such as Mahindra Finance, L&T Finance and Hero FinCorp, for cash and cheque
collections, CMS has a network of over 115,000 ATMs and retail outlets across
almost 94 per cent of districts in the country. With CMS set to expand into
cash collections for its partner banks, microfinance companies and non-banking
financial firms, the new hires, who will mainly be employed as collection
agents, will be offered a minimum salary of Rs 30,000 per month.
3.
Indian
Railways engages over 12,276 workers in projects across 6 states
Under the Garib Kalyan
Rozgar Abhiyan, about Rs 2,190 cr have been released for projects generating a
million man-days of work. The
125-day Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan has given employment to about 12,276
workers and generated about 10,66,246 man-days of work as on September 25, 2020.
The scheme has benefitted migrant workers across Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha,
Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Rajasthan, who have received employment
opportunities in various railway infrastructure projects in these states. The
Railway Ministry has revealed that a sum of about Rs 2,190 crores has been
released for these projects. A total amount of Rs 50,000 crores has been set
aside for this employment generation programme. The initiative will cover
construction and maintenance of approach roads for level crossings; development
and cleaning of silted waterways, trenches and drains along the tracks;
construction and maintenance of approach roads to railway stations; repair and
widening of existing railway embankments; planting of trees at the extreme boundary
of railway land and protection works of existing embankments, bridges, etc.
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