Description
The three labour codes, i.e., the Code on Social Security, 2020, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 have received the President’s assent on September 28, 2020 and have been published in the Official Gazette on September 29, 2020. The Government of India have also fast-tracked the process of their implementation.
With these codes (i) bringing an significant overhaul in the Indian labour laws; and (ii) having an impact on every industry, corporate and institution, the codes have attracted significant attention and interest from the industry. With the industries gearing up to transition to another this legal overhaul in the labour industry, the role of lawyers becomes paramount in this process.
Through this introductory masterclass, we intend to train you on the salient features of the three labour codes, discuss the reforms introduced, and the likely overall impact on the employers across sectors and demographics.
What will you learn?
- Salient features of the three labour codess
- Reforms introduced on the labour codes
- Impact on the employers across sectors and demographics
Instructors
Hemant Kumar
30 years experience as a Croporate Lawyer, Law Consultant, Author & Speaker
Hemant Kumar is the Group General Counsel at Larsen and Toubro Ltd. With more than 3 decades in legal profession, Hemant has served as an Advocate and Govt-Advocate. He has also worked with Reliance ADAG as President-Legal, Steel Authority of India (SAIL) as Chief Legal Advisor, Ispat Industries Ltd. (now JSW Steel) as President–Legal and with Global Steel Holdings Ltd. (GSHL) incorporated under the laws of Isle of Man. He is called as a veteran in Litigations and Arbitrations both under Indian and International disputes and has extensively dealt with in various Courts & Arbitrations in USA, UK, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Bulgaria, Bosnia, France, Australia, Singapore, Dubai etc. He has been awarded the ‘GC Influencers India 2019’ by Chambers and Partners, a London-based research firm specialising in providing a guide of top lawyers and legal firms across the globe. RSG London also lauded his leadership at glittering function in Mumbai in November 2019.
Anshul Parekh
Anshul Prakash specialises in Employment and Labour laws and heads the Firm’s Employment, Labour and Benefits (ELB) Practice. Anshul has advised various prominent domestic and international clients on issues related to employment in respect of labour laws compliance, labour audits, transfer and relocation of employees pursuant to business transfers and asset sale and purchase, social security and employee incentive schemes, maternity benefits, drafting of employment contracts across levels including senior managerial personnel, human resource and personnel policy, worforce restructuring, hiring and termination of senior management, mid level and subordinate personnel, workers and labour union issues, outsourced worker issues, assistance on domestic enquiries and investigations and exit strategies including documentation, prevention of sexual and other forms of harassment at workplace, industrial safety and health policies, government inspections and representations before the relevant authorities.
- Law Students
- In-House Legal Counsels
- Business Owners
- Business Managers