Guides
Legal information, in plain language.
Guides to Indian employment law, workplace rights and trademarks. General information only, not legal advice. Every guide is reviewed by the lawyer.
Unpaid salary and full and final settlement: what the law actually gives you
Your employer has not paid your salary or is sitting on your full and final settlement. Here is where the entitlement comes from and the routes to recover it.
EMPLOYMENTNotice periods and employment bonds: what is enforceable and what is not
Can your employer make you serve 90 days? Can they recover a two lakh bond? The Contract Act draws clearer lines than most HR teams suggest.
EMPLOYMENTTerminated from your job: what you may be owed under Indian law
What a termination must include depends heavily on whether you are a workman under the Industrial Disputes Act. Here is the map.
EMPLOYMENTGratuity: who qualifies, how it is calculated, and when it must be paid
Five years of service, fifteen days of wages per year, and a thirty day payment clock. The Payment of Gratuity Act in plain terms.
IPTrademarks for founders: what registration actually gets you in India
The difference between ™ and ®, what the registration process involves under the Trade Marks Act, 1999, and the mistakes that cost brands later.
WORKPLACEThe POSH Act: what every employee and employer should know
Internal Committees, the three month complaint window, and what the inquiry process looks like under the POSH Act, 2013.