Our Practice Areas
1. Labour & Employment Advisory
Advising on employment contracts, service conditions, wages, working hours, leave, termination, disciplinary matters, retrenchment, layoffs and workforce restructuring.
2. Four Labour Codes
Advising on implementation and compliance under the Code on Wages, 2019; Industrial Relations Code, 2020; Code on Social Security, 2020; and Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, including the transition from the erstwhile labour-law framework.
3. Industrial Relations & Workforce Matters
Advising on standing orders, collective bargaining, industrial disputes, retrenchment, closure and workforce restructuring, including representation in contentious matters.
4. Labour Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Representing clients before Labour Courts, Industrial Tribunals, CGIT, High Courts and the Supreme Court, as well as appropriate labour authorities and regulatory forums, in employment and industrial disputes. The CGIT framework presently handles industrial disputes and EPF appeals.
5. Social Security & Regulatory Compliance
Advising and representing clients concerning EPF, ESI, gratuity, employee benefits, social security obligations, occupational safety and health, and related regulatory proceedings.
6. Employment Due Diligence & Restructuring
Conducting labour-law due diligence and providing advisory in M&A, business transfers, restructuring, workforce rationalisation and corporate transactions, including identification and mitigation of employment-related liabilities.
Our Approach
Our approach is practical, preventive and dispute-focused. We help clients understand their statutory obligations, identify employment risks at an early stage and develop legally sustainable workforce strategies.
Where disputes arise, our advisory and litigation teams work together to pursue effective negotiation, settlement or focused representation before the appropriate forum.
Our objective is to help clients manage employment-related risks, maintain regulatory compliance and address labour and workforce disputes with clarity and commercially informed legal strategies.