Employment & Labour
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Our practice area broadly includes:
• Non-disclosure, trade secret, Non-solicitation, & Non-compete agreements
• Industrial Disputes Act
• Employees’ Provident Fund Act
• Trade Unions Act
• Payment of Gratuity Act
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Compliance with Employment and Labour law have become one of most important issues that any company operating in India needs to deal with. Our employment and labour teams are adept in advising clients on the plethora of regulations that need to be complied with by companies looking to do business in India.
We advise employers in all areas of day-to-day personnel practices and employee relations matters, including discrimination and harassment issues, layoffs and plant closures, interpreting and applying employment policies and legal requirements for specific personnel decisions, conducting and supervising internal investigations, counseling on appropriate actions to minimize risk of liability and negotiating and preparing employment contracts and separation agreements.
We also assist clients on preparing and enforcing non-disclosure, trade secret, non-solicitation, and non-compete agreements.We represent employers in administrative and judicial forums in which workplace disputes are redressed. Our advice extends to the applicability of various HR Laws in India, both Central and State, including the Industrial Disputes Act, the Employees’ Provident Fund Act, Trade Unions Act, Payment of Bonus Act, Payment of Gratuity Act, the state-specific Shops & Establishments enactments, etc.