Swarnima
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 3 : Employment
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About
Provided by Swarnima
Practice Areas
Partner – Labour and Employment
Swarnima has worked with domestic and multinational clients on a variety of employment matters including structuring senior management contracts and remuneration policies, advising on effective management of resignations and terminations.
She has assisted clients through disciplinary inquiries, reorganisation and closure of their businesses in India, and trade union issues. She is regularly involved in labour audits and works with clients to rectify their compliance issues.
Swarnima is considered a leading expert on the law on prevention of sexual harassment (POSH) and has handheld several multinational clients in managing POSH complaints, reviewing/formulating POSH policies and comprehensive guidelines for committee members. Swarnima conducts training programs on POSH and D&I issues for industry and employer networks across India.
Swarnima extensively advises Fortune 500 companies on complex aspects of implementation of the labour codes, including impact of the new definition of 'wages,' managing contract-worker engagements and streamlining obligations under the codes. Swarnima has provided formal representations and suggestions to the government on the formulation of the labour codes and the state rules.
Personal
Education: Gujarat National Law University
Admissions: Bar Council of Karnataka
Represents Trilegal at NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Services Companies)
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Swarnima regularly advises clients from her Bengaluru base on compliance issues, including as these relate to wages and remote and hybrid working arrangements. She also has notable expertise handling sexual harassment investigations and complaints.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Swarnima is very helpful and practical. She goes the extra mile to provide assistance."
"She is fantastic. She is super smart and very responsive, and can give me advice on a call. She provides practical advice that I can use immediately."
"Swarnima is very helpful and practical. She goes the extra mile to provide assistance."
"She is fantastic. She is super smart and very responsive, and can give me advice on a call. She provides practical advice that I can use immediately."