The firm regularly advises its clients on issues relating to employment and labour laws. Our clients look to us for day to advise on these issues and also for drafting and vetting employment documents such as employment contracts, internal company policies, sexual harassment policies, severance and termination letters, employee loan agreements etc. A brief summary of the firm’s profile in this area:
Advised an employment background verification company on various issues of employment law including provident fund, gratuity, state insurance, shops and establishments law etc.
Represented a credit rating company in a dispute with one of its ex-employees under the gratuity law and shops & establishments law.
Represented a power equipment manufacturer in disputes with its ex-employees under the employees compensation law.
Represented a leading power company in an inquiry against it instituted by the employees provident fund department
Advised an overseas equipment manufacturer with respect to various aspects pertaining to closure of one of its factories in India.
Represented a government body before the Delhi High Court with respect to various claims made by its employees under the provisions of Maternity Benefit law and the gratuity law.
Assisted the office of the Official Liquidator (attached to the Delhi High Court) in drafting and finalising service rules for its company paid (temporary) staff.
The firm regularly advises corporates on the compliance related aspects of the Law of Sexual Harassment at Workplace. The firm regularly advises its clients on its sexual harassment policies has conducted extensive training sessions for the internal complaints committee(s) and employee of one of the biggest engineering and construction equipment manufacturers in the country, for its employees in Maharashtra as well as in NCR, for a leading multinational FMCG company, for a Japan- based manufacturer of building material and housing equipment, and its American and German subsidiaries engaged in the manufacture of sanitary fittings.