Over the past couple of months, India Inc. has seen a spurt in employee downsizing, loosely termed as layoff. The impact is felt more prominently in the start-up sector where, in the face of reduced funding, there has been a significant cutback in the number of employees. The downsizing is done in a bid to save costs associated with employee expenses and to increase business profits.
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Ankita Ray
Partner in the Employment Sector at the Mumbai office of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. Ankita has 9 years of experience in labour and employment laws. She specializes in matters relating to advising/ strategizing on reduction of workforce and severance of employment of senior management persons, advising on transfer or acquisition of workforce, closure of units under various corporate structures. She can be reached at ankita.ray@cyrilshroff.com
Recap of Key Labour Law Developments of 2019 & Looking Forward to 2020
The year 2019 can be said to be a watershed year in relation to the employment law regime in India. The Indian government took various steps to simplify and streamline the dated employment legislations, veritably in a bid to rise up in the index of Ease of Doing Business in India. The courts in India too played their part in interpretation of the existing legal regime. Here, we not only look at some of the key, impactful developments, but also look forward to what 2020 may have in store for India Inc., in relation to the same:…
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