With the influx of multinationals, large corporate houses, start-ups, etc. in India, government-driven infrastructure projects and other employment generation programmes by the government, the service sector is at boom and so are the industries with the shifting of their manufacturing units to India. Alongwith this comes the duty to comply with various legislations like Industrial Disputes Act, Workmen’s Compensation Act, Employee’s Provident Fund Act, Payment of Gratuity Act, Minimum Wages Act, Employee State Insurance (ESI) Act, Bonus Act, Factories Act, etc. which becomes an easy task with our knowledge of the employment conditions in India and our understanding of the business obligations of our clients.
The Firm advises clients on employment laws in India, especially on structuring of commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, takeovers, organizational structuring, employment compliance laws, outsourcing, data protection, international workforce relations, litigations, risk management and other legalities. We provide assistance in drafting of employee stock option schemes, setting up of employee benefit trusts in accordance with social security and tax laws and advising in dispute resolution mechanism. The Firm represents companies on regular basis in labour related disputes and also bunch service matters under various writ petitions before High Courts and the Supreme Court of India.
