Labour Law – Employee Agreement

Labour Services - Employee Agreement

The Indian Labour Law comes under the purview of Labour and Industrial Law, which is altogether a broad category. The objective of this law is to give due significance to the dignity of human labour and safeguarding and protecting the interests of the workers and employees in line with the fundamental rights of the Indian citizens.

Labour Law deals with laws pertaining to employee-employer relationship. It encompasses matters such as the individual employment contracts and contract doctrines, myriad statutory regulations on issues wherein collective bargaining agreements are organized and negotiated. Moreover, it protects employees from any workplace discrimination. Issues pertaining to their working hours, wages, gratuity, safety and health at the workplace are also governed under the Labour Law of India.

An employment contract/agreement is a letter issued by the employer to a candidate who has been selected for a certain job offering a role in the organisation. This agreement is rather an elaborate document which not only offers and confirms the job, provides a breakup of compensation, but also describes the role and responsibilities in detail. Remember, the employment letter should be an extensive document covering all aspects of employment.

An employment contract is also known as job offer letter, appointment letter, employment agreement, etc. If you’re an entrepreneur or a startup company scouting for offer letter formats online, use our all inclusive employment agreement form that will fulfill your HR & statutory needs to issue an offer of employment..Our experts have experience from all areas of labour law within the private as well as the public sector, and we draw up a wide spectrum of relevant documents both in connection with the establishment and the termination of employment relationships:

♠ Contracts, ♠ Employee manuals, ♠ Agreements in connection with cases and disputes, ♠  Equal treatment, ♠ Wrongful dismissal, ♠ Summary dismissal,♠ Discriminatory treatment, ♠ Duty of loyalty, ♠ Non-competition and non-solicitation clauses

How To Make EA enforceable & legally valid?

• Ensure the employee reads the pages thoroughly before signing. Address if there are any questions.
• The employment contract should be signed by the authorized person on behalf of the company along with the employee accepting the offer. Retain a copy of this document and hand over the original letter to the employee