SKILL ROADMAP 53 · SPECIALISED LEGAL FIELDS

Labour and Employment Law

Employment basics → Labour Codes → Employment contracts → Workplace policies → Disputes → Advisory

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1 What this path is

Employment lawyers advise employers and employees on hiring, workplace rights, termination and disputes.

The work involves advisory work, policy drafting, investigations and litigation.

Learn employment basics.
Learn: the difference between employees, workers and contractors.
Practise: by classifying workers in sample scenarios.
Learn the Labour Codes.
Learn: the Code on Wages 2019, the Industrial Relations Code 2020, the Code on Social Security 2020 and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code 2020, along with central and state rules under them. Check which rules apply in your state.
Practise: by charting what each Code covers.
Learn employment contracts.
Learn: notice, confidentiality and the limits on non compete clauses under Section 27 of the Contract Act.
Practise: by drafting an employment contract.
Learn workplace policies.
Learn: the POSH Act 2013 and state shops and establishments laws.
Practise: by drafting a POSH policy.
Learn disputes.
Learn: industrial disputes, termination challenges and internal investigations.
Practise: by drafting a reply to a termination challenge.
Advise.
Learn: to advise on restructuring and layoffs.
Practise: with a compliance checklist for a new company.

You handle employment advisory and litigation independently.

These checklists are for honest self assessment. They are not an official certification.

Employment practices, HR legal teams and labour chambers.

Contracts, policies and checklists.