Labor law, also acknowledged as employment law, is primarily a compilation of laws, precedents and administrative rules & regulations that address the rights of, and restrictions on employers and their respective organizations. Labor law has been designed to maintain cordial relationship between working people and their organizations to nourish healthy and productive work environment. In a nutshell, labor law is all about the rights, and obligations that workers, union members and employees must follow in the workplace.

Labor law covers mainly below mentioned elements:

€ Certification of unions
€ Labor-management relations
€ Unfair labor practices
€ Workplace health and safety
€ Employment standards such as general holidays, minimum working hours, annual leave, unlawful dismissals, minimum wage, layoff procedures and severance pay.

Labor law is categorized between two broad classes, i.e., collective labor law, which is designed to maintain or nourish relationships between employee, employers and unions and other is individual labor law, which covers rights of an employee at work and as per the contract for work.
The law pertaining to the labor and employment in India falls under a category of "Industrial Law.€ Under the constitution of India, both the Central and State Governments can enact legislations as per the prevailing requirement and emerging issues. As a result, there are a number of laws have been enacted catering to the divergent aspects of working including occupational health, employment, safety, training of apprentices, review of minimum wages, fixation, payment of compensation, mode of payment of wages, resolution of disputes, gratuity, provision of social security, namely provident fund, employees' state insurance, provision for payment of bonus, regulating the working conditions of certain specific categories of workmen such as plantation & beedi workers etc.

The rules and regulations mentioned in the law must be obeyed in order to possible civil or criminal violations, but ensuring compliance with the law can be quite challenging due to involved complexities. Martand Law Firm, a legal law firm, can help you understand the formalities and make smart decisions that minimize risk and benefit both your organization and employees.

How can Martand Law Firm help?

Our wide-ranged experience with employment matters enables us to assist our valued clients in dealing with issues that could arise throughout the working cycle of an employee, from hiring to termination. With our labor lawyers, we have acquired expertise in dealing with issues such as medical leave, physical harassment complaint, wage-payment mistakes, and others. Our team of lawyers works hand-in-hand with your management team to come out with best possible solutions that safeguard the employer - employee relationship to a great extent.

Along with this, our labor and employment attorneys assist small or big business owners and management in drafting employment policies, e.g. hiring, compensation, medical leave, sexual harassment, etc. They can also help clients draft employment contracts, non-compete agreements and severance agreements. Further, potential employees can consult our lawyers while signing any job-related contracts and addressing issues pertaining to discrimination, harassment and others.
Being a law-abiding company, we ensure to provide services, assistance in compliance with the enacted labor laws in India to maintain high credibility and authenticity.

Clients can contact us for further details.