75% Reworking Recruitment
A survey finds 75% of companies are retooling recruitment strategies in response to changing labour rules and workforce expectations — but true skills‑first hiring remains uneven across consulting and tech. The shift pressures firms to clarify what operational skills actually matter. (businessnewsweek.in)
Genius HRTech’s fieldwork covered 1,459 companies across sectors and was conducted in January 2026, providing the sample behind the report’s findings. (indiatoday.in) Only 40% of surveyed organisations said they are “fully ready” to implement the four labour codes, while 22% reported being partially ready, 17% were in early preparation and 21% had not started implementation. (economictimes.indiatimes.com) Nearly half of respondents—46%—had not begun a structured gap analysis across HR, payroll and compliance systems, and just 18% had completed such an analysis, signalling operational work still to be done. (economictimes.indiatimes.com) Two-thirds of respondents (67%) identified the Code on Wages as the single biggest driver of workforce-structure change, pointing to expected payroll and compensation redesigns. (economictimes.indiatimes.com) The central government brought the four Labour Codes into effect on November 21, 2025, and the official notification clarifies fixed‑term employees will receive parity in wages and social protections— including pro‑rata gratuity eligibility after one year—creating new cost and compliance obligations for employers. (pib.gov.in) Industry analyses show uneven sectoral uptake of skills‑first hiring: BCG highlights major tech and tech‑adjacent employers (Dell, Accenture, IBM, Amazon) as early adopters of skills‑based approaches, while longer-term data analyses find that the shift from degree gates to true skills‑first hiring has not yet translated into large-scale non‑degree hiring. (bcg.com) (burningglassinstitute.org) Genius HRTech’s wider polling also found shifting workforce priorities—one of its Digipoll reports shows about 50% of “new‑age” professionals prioritise learning and upskilling over tenure—adding pressure on employers to define the operational skills they will assess and certify for fixed‑term and project roles. (businessnewsweek.in)
