K & S Associates

K&S Associates was founded in 1983 and predominantly specialize in advising managements with regards to Labour/Employment and Labour Welfare Legislation in India. We handle both contentious and non-contentious Labour/Employment matters at Tribunals, lower and the High Courts. The practice further has a team of auditors who are experts in Sales Tax, Service Tax, Income Tax, Professional Tax, Central Service Tax, Karnataka Sales Tax, VAT & CAT registration. We assist clients to set up in house Human Resources (HR) Department. We help in framing of HR policies, placing competitive people in our client’s HR teams, retention of employees, training and development of their employees, formulating performance appraisal formats, framing promotion policies, etc. We advice clients on Industrial Relations, to deal with trade unions, negotiations with union leaders, preparing necessary documents, appearing on behalf of the management before Government authorities regarding charter of demands, conducting domestic enquiries, grievance handling procedures, negotiations with the unions (registered or non registered), bipartite, tripartite settlement, and implementation of the settlement. Our practice consists of a team of professional consultants and advocates specializing in Human Resources development, Personnel Management, Industrial Relations and Labour/Employment Law compliance. Our team of experts have held senior positions in public, private and joint sector undertakings and carry a wealth of knowledge in the industry. We are also external Counsels for national firms in India and work along side multi-service and corporate practices. We focus specifically on handling complex issues surrounding Labour/Employment law.