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Translate the four Labour Codes into board-level cost and risk decisions.
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Executive Development Programme in Leading People Strategy Under India’s New Labour Codes Batch -1
Strengthen your career as a future-ready people leader by building expertise in India’s new Labour Codes, strategic workforce decisions, negotiation, people analytics, and AI—enhancing your ability to take on broader HR leadership and strategic business roles.
- Start date
- 17th January, 2027
- Duration
- 6 months months · 90 hour hrs
Programme Objectives
Turn Labour Code Change into Strategic People Decisions
The programme equips participants to move beyond understanding India’s four Labour Codes and translate regulatory change into practical decisions around workforce cost, risk, rewards, employee relations and people strategy.
Workforce Architecture
Redesign compensation, benefits and contractor architecture under the new workforce framework.
Employee Relations
Lead union negotiation, discipline and dispute resolution with practical simulation experience.
Analytics & AI
Use people analytics and AI to strengthen HR operations and strategic business partnering.
People Operating Model
Develop a future-ready, code-compliant People Operating Model for the organisation.
Programme USP
Go Beyond Compliance. Lead the Transition.
Unlike a standalone legal-explainer course, this programme treats India’s four Labour Codes as strategic levers for workforce, cost, risk and people decisions.
Practical Application
Live State-Rules Navigation
Work through a live state-rules navigation lab and multi-state compliance tracker to understand rollout considerations across jurisdictions.
Campus Experience
Two-Day Jamshedpur Immersion
Gain practical experience through union-negotiation and domestic-enquiry simulations during an immersive campus component at Jamshedpur.
Practitioner Perspective
Multi-Disciplinary Co-Teaching
Learn through CHRO, employment-law and labour-economics perspectives that connect regulation with real organisational decisions.
Organisation-Specific
Board-Ready Capstone
Develop a Labour-Code Transition & People Operating Model tailored to your organisation and designed for board-level application.
What Sets It Apart
From understanding the Codes to building an organisation-ready transition plan.
The programme combines regulatory understanding, practical simulations, state-level navigation, practitioner perspectives and an organisation-specific capstone to help participants convert Labour Code changes into actionable people and business decisions.
Mode of Engagement
Learn Live. Apply in Context. Practice Through Simulation.
The programme combines live faculty-led online learning with applied case discussions, practical exercises, analytical tools and simulations. Participants also receive access to the LMS for learning resources, assessments, projects and assignments.
Live Learning
Faculty-Led Online Sessions
Participate in live, technology-enabled sessions with opportunities to interact with faculty and clarify concepts in real time.
Applied Learning
Cases & Practical Exercises
Apply concepts through case discussions, practical exercises and compensation and cost-impact modelling.
Regulatory Application
State-Rules Navigation Lab
Work through state-rules navigation and multi-state considerations to connect Labour Code concepts with implementation realities.
Digital HR
People Analytics & AI
Explore people analytics and AI-in-HR applications to strengthen HR operations and strategic business partnering.
Campus Immersion
Put learning into practice through a two-day Jamshedpur immersion.
The 90-hour, six-month programme includes a two-day Jamshedpur immersion featuring live industrial-relations simulations, including union-negotiation and domestic-enquiry exercises, creating opportunities to practise complex people-management decisions.
Programme Curriculum
From Labour Code Transition to a Future-Ready People Strategy
The curriculum progresses from the Labour Code transition and risk landscape to rewards, social security, employee relations, workplace wellbeing, people analytics and AI, culminating in an organisation-specific capstone.
90 Hours Total programme learning
7 Modules Integrated learning journey
Capstone Organisation-specific implementation roadmap
Module 01
10.5 Hours
The Transition & Risk Landscape
- What’s live and the transition landscape
- State-by-state map and rollout considerations
- Board-level risk
- Module 02
- 15 Hours
Wage Code as Rewards Architecture
- Compensation restructuring
- Cost-impact modelling
- Calculator lab
- Module 03
- 15 Hours
Social Security & the Future Workforce
- Gig / platform workforce
- Contractors and future workforce models
- Benefits design
- Module 04
- 16.5 Hours
Industrial & Employee Relations
- Unions and fixed-term employment
- Standing orders and discipline
- Dispute resolution
- Live IR simulations
- Module 05
- 15 Hours
OSH, Wellbeing & the Hybrid Workplace
- Duty of care and workplace safety
- Wellbeing
- Hybrid workplace
- ESG – the ‘S’ dimension
- Module 06
- 10.5 Hours
The New-Age HR Layer
- People analytics
- AI in HR operations
- HR as business partner
- C-suite influence
- Module 07 · Capstone
- 7.5 Hours
Build a code-compliant, future-ready People Operating Model.
Participants develop an organisation-specific, board-ready Labour-Code Transition & People Operating Model covering workforce implications, cost and risk considerations, people processes, governance controls and an implementation roadmap.
Programme Fee
Invest in Your People Leadership Journey
The programme fee is structured across registration and three instalments, enabling participants to plan their investment across the duration of the programme.
Total Programme Fee
₹1,50,000
+ applicable taxes
Includes the two-day campus component
The programme fee includes ₹5,000 towards the two-day campus component. Applicable taxes are additional as specified for the programme.
Instalment Schedule
Registration
₹5,000 + GST
Payable at the time of registration.
Instalment 01
₹10,000 + GST
Payable within 7 days of selection.
Instalment 02
₹45,000 + GST
Within 30 days of selection / 17th Jan (whichever is earlier).
Instalment 03
₹45,000 + GST
Payable by 10 March 2027.
Instalment 04
₹45,000 + GST
Payable by 10 May 2027.
Payment Mode
Payments are to be made online directly through the XLRI website.
Certification & Refund Policy
Certification and important programme policies
Programme certification is subject to the prescribed academic, assessment and attendance requirements. Participants are advised to review the applicable refund conditions before enrolling.
Certificate on Successful Completion: Participants who successfully complete the academic requirements, applicable assessment requirements and minimum attendance criteria prescribed by the Programme Directors will be eligible for programme certification.
Certificate of Participation: Participants meeting the prescribed attendance requirements but not completing all academic requirements may receive a Certificate of Participation, subject to the programme certificate eligibility policy.
Certificate Issued By: Jointly by XLRI Jamshedpur & XLEAD.
Certification
Certification Requirements
- Successful completion of the prescribed academic requirements.
- Completion of applicable assessment requirements.
- Fulfilment of the minimum attendance criteria prescribed by the Programme Directors.
- Certificate eligibility will be governed by the applicable programme certification policy.
Refund Policy
- Requests for refund of the first instalment will be considered only if submitted prior to the closure of registration or 14 working days before the programme commencement date, whichever is earlier.
- A deduction of ₹5,000 plus applicable taxes will be made from eligible refunds received within the prescribed timeline.
- The application fee is non-refundable.
- No refund request will be entertained once the programme has commenced.
- Refund requests should be emailed to [email protected] .
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PROGRAMME DIRECTORS
Learn from XLRI Faculty
The programme is led by experienced XLRI faculty bringing expertise across labour law, human resources, industrial relations and people management.
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Programme Director
Dr Tina K Stephen
- Associate Professor
- LL.M, Ph.D (Law)
- Faculty Perspective
Contributes legal and regulatory perspectives to the programme’s exploration of India’s new Labour Codes and their implications for organisations.
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- Programme Director
Dr Santanu Sarkar
Senior Professor
M.A. in Social Work (PM&IR), Ph.D. (Indore)
Faculty Perspective
Brings a people-management and industrial-relations perspective to workforce strategy, employee relations and organisational decision-making.
Integrated Academic Leadership
Together, the Programme Directors provide complementary perspectives across law, industrial relations and people management to help participants connect Labour Code changes with practical workforce and strategic HR decisions.
ADMISSION DETAILS
Registration & Programme Information
Review the eligibility requirements, admission criteria and important application details for the Executive Development Programme in Leading People Strategy Under India’s New Labour Codes.
Registration Process
- Registration Fee: ₹15,000 + GST payable at the time of registration.
- Instalment 1: ₹45,000 + GST payable within 7 days of selection.
- Application Closure Date: 15 January 2027.
- Admission Evaluation: Selection will consider academic record, years of work experience and Statement of Purpose (SOP).
- Payment Mode: Payments are to be made online directly through the XLRI website.
- Class Start Date: 17 January 2027.
Eligibility
Indian Participants
Graduates (10+2+3) or Diploma Holders (10+2+3 or 10+2+4) from a recognised university or institution approved by UGC / AICTE / DEC / AIU / State Government in any discipline.
Diploma holders with relevant work experience may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
International Participants
Graduation or an equivalent degree from any recognised university or institution in the participant’s respective country.
Professional Profile
- Mid-to-senior HR professionals with approximately 3–18 years of experience.
- HR Heads and HRBP Leaders responsible for strategic people decisions.
- Industrial Relations / Employee Relations Managers.
- Compensation & Benefits Professionals.
- Mid-to-senior HR professionals moving into leadership roles.
- Founders / COOs of mid-sized organisations may participate as a secondary segment.
- Working familiarity with HR processes and people-management concepts is desirable.
Important Dates
- Application Closure
- 15 January 2027
- Induction Session
- 10 January 2027
- Class Start Date
- 17 January 2027
- Programme End
- July 2027
Programme Information
Duration
90 hours over 6 months, including a 2-day Jamshedpur immersion.
Class Schedule
Sundays from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM.
Batch Size
Minimum: 40 participants
Maximum: 120 participants
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