LABOUR AND INDUSTRIAL LAWS
The firm advises on the complex regulatory and legal aspects of employment and labour law in order to enable full compliance with all the applicable laws and provisions. The firm is actively involved in drafting and reviewing of employment documentation and advising on a wide range of labour law related queries, including registrations/licenses, transfer of employees, termination, non-compete issues and the like. We represent companies and their management on employment related issues and litigation.
The firm advises on the following areas:
- Employment Strategy and Documentation
- Employee Benefits & Compensation Structuring
- Sexual Harassment Policy and Several Important Policies – Drafting & Implementation
- Corporate Policies on Labour Law
- HR Legal Audit
Ensuring compliance related to:
- Filing of returns and payments;
- Maintenance of registers and records;
- Display of abstracts and relevant notices in the Company’s Premises.
- Registration and licenses and their renewals in time;
- Routine and specific events/compliances.
- The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948
- The Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act,1952
- The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986.
- The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970.
- The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976.
- The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.
- The Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by Certain Establishments) Act, 1988
- The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
- The Minimum Wages Act, 1948
- The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
- The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
- The Payment of Wages Act, 1936
- The Apprentices Act, 1961
- Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005
- The Employers’ Liability Act, 1938
- The Weekly Holidays Act, 1942 13
- The Employee Compensation (amendment) Act, 2010
- The Employment Exchange (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959 or any other act, if applicable.
- Employment Litigation
- Non-Disclosure Agreements, Confidentiality Agreements, Employment contracts, Retainership agreements
- Employment Claims
- Employment Contracts
- Law Specific compliances
- Registration & Licenses including Shop Act registrations, Provident fund registration, Employee State Insurance Registration, Contract Labour Regulation Act, Trade Union, Factories Act & other applicable registrations.