Insights on Labour and Employment

Cultural sensitivities and diversity have, especially in the recent years, emerged as crucial elements in any workplace. India is a...

Arjun Paleri and Jaya Ramachandran Visualise this - you are interacting with a person who is smartly dressed and looking impeccable. ...

Supreme Court issues directives to review the implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and...

(Arjun Paleri & Jaya Ramachandran) Would being treated differently because of your sex, amount to sexual harassment? When a complaint has...

Arjun Paleri, Jaya Ramachandran and Anshu Raj Singh [This article is the fourth in the series of our articles on Diversity, Equity and...

Arjun Paleri, Jaya Ramachandra and Anshu Singh This article is the third in the series of our articles on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion...

(Arjun Paleri & Jaya Ramachandran) With many companies consciously focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion (“DE&I”) practices like...

(Arjun Paleri and Jaya Ramachandran) What is Diversity? Most of us know that diversity describes the wide variety of differences between...

(Arjun Paleri and Amit Baid) The Department of Commerce notified an amendment to the Special Economic Zone Rules, 2006 (“Rules”) on July...

In the first episode of Q&A by BTG Legal, Arjun Paleri (Partner and Head of Employment Law Practice, BTG Legal) discusses various...

Arjun Paleri and Jaya Ramachandran The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare published the Model Human Immunodeficiency Virus and...

(Arjun Paleri and Jaya Ramachandran) We have frequently heard about organizations having an Equal Opportunity Policy which mainly stems...

(Arjun Paleri) Global labour mobility is no longer restricted to the physical migration of labour. With changing work structure and the...

Salient practices, organizations must consider (Veena Krishnan, Arjun Paleri and Jaya Ramachandran) Background With the objective of...

Arjun Paleri (Partner) & Jaya Ramachandran (Senior Associate) Temporary staffing arrangements are an attractive option for foreign...

- Arjun Paleri and Jaya Ramachandran With most of the workforce now working remotely, it brings into focus an employer’s ability to...

- Arjun Paleri and Jaya Ramachandran The Government of the State of Haryana recently enacted (and brought into force) the Haryana State...

The Union Budget 2021 was announced on February 1, 2021, with much of the policies revolving around expenditure to boost economic...

This article highlights the risks faced by companies, especially those with worldwide operations from violations attributable to suppliers.

- Olympe Thomas-Lamotte Le Droit du travail indien va être reformé en profondeur. Les objectifs de cette réforme sont la simplification...

The drug regulator in India has approved two COVID 19 vaccines on a limited and conditional basis. This follows vaccination drives which...

With the main objective of simplifying labour laws and the government's focus on "ease of doing business" in India, the Indian government...

BTG Legal’s Arjun Paleri summarizes coming changes to employment law in India in the form of the Code on Social Security, the Industrial...

Businesses qualifying as "essential commodity", and thus functioning during the government-mandated lockdown, face unprecedented...

- Prashant Mara and Devina Deshpande While the national lockdown has mandated closure of businesses and activities in the country,...

Investing and operating in an exciting and developing market such as India makes it advisable to future proof your business against some...

Countries and businesses around the world are grappling with challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. So far, India has moved to reduce...

COVID 19 presents unique challenges to Directors and senior management. To avoid the spread of COVID-19 the Central Government has...

There are a number of employment-related issues facing employers in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown. What are the obligations of...