1. INTRODUCTION
India in the past was not always considered to
be the easiest destination to commence and conduct business
operations. However, India today has emerged as a compelling
destination for businesses across the globe. This has been a
combination of multiple factors like market size, availability of a
rich talent pool, improvement in ease of doing business benchmarks
and various Government schemes and policies in furtherance of
economic liberalisation.
One of the critical elements of evaluation before starting
operations anywhere in the world is the labour and employment law
structure and the trends around workforce management. When it comes
to labour and employment, the Indian Constitution provides both the
Central government and the respective State governments powers to
legislate and implement laws and regulations. While the overall
relationship between an employer and employee is typically governed
by Central legislations (e.g. disputes, employee
