BOBKANNAN BLOGS

“You have to pay a deposit of Rs. 1000/- and sign a fidelity guarantee Insurance for joining the bank as a cashier” was a condition to join the nationalized bank as a cashier. The amount of Rs.1000/- was fixed when the salary of clerks was around Rs.350/- p.m. The amount continued to remain the same though the salary was increased manifold. Similarly there is also financial reward of Rs. 5000/- which was fixed by the government when the salary was less than thousand and continued to remain so. As a Management Consultant while I could suggest changes in such archaic rules, the Law that still continues beyond my control baffles me. Professional Tax ( only in some states), Labor welfare fund (Rs.7/- per year per employee even today in Tamil Nadu and Rs.3/- for six months or so in some other state) the Shops and Establishment Act that comes for implementation in bits and pieces by whims and fancies of some officials  and many more. All these acts and rules prescr...

What is meant by Presenting Officer? This question by an eight year experienced HR manager coupled with a chat show where the HR community prided on their skills to force an unwanted staff to quit made me feel aghast. But when aptitude and flair in a task were measured by a yardstick that has relevance to productivity, cost to company, yield and efficiency, right of employment and right of opportunity become optional offers from the employer.   Cost over justice may be the compulsion of the era of competition as well as global marketing. Pollution through plastic and other chemicals may get ignored in the world of convenience, yet when it starts hurting in the form of disease and death the Government wakes up to ban or restrict pollutants. The comforts of profit and productivity would have similar impact on the society since the labor force as a group would again start reacting as they did when trade unions were formed due to continuous oppression by the employers.  ...