Contracts & Policy Drafting
Employment documents translated from global templates fail in India along predictable seams. At-will language is void here; probation and notice mechanics must be drafted, not assumed; non-compete covenants beyond employment are largely unenforceable, making the drafting of what is enforceable — confidentiality, non-solicitation, garden leave — matter more; and the policies a global handbook takes for granted collide with state-specific leave rules, working-hours regimes, and statutory minimums that vary by location. Every defective document is latent until the dispute that makes it central.
We draft for Indian enforceability while carrying your global standards. Employment agreements are built clause by clause for what Indian courts uphold — probation, notice, termination grounds, IP assignment that actually captures work product, and restraints calibrated to survivable scope; handbooks and policies are localised properly: leave, hours, discipline, grievance, and exit processes aligned to central and state law while preserving the culture your global policies express; and the document architecture is maintained as law shifts — because the labour codes, state amendments, and case law keep moving, and a template frozen in 2021 is quietly aging into liability.
What this covers
- Employment agreements drafted for Indian enforceability: probation, notice, termination, IP, and restraints.
- Handbook localisation: global culture carried on Indian legal chassis.
- State-specific policy variants: leave, hours, and holiday frameworks by location.
- Senior-hire documentation: executive terms, variable pay, and equity interfaces.
- Template maintenance as codes, state rules, and precedent evolve.
Who needs this
Foreign employers hiring on adapted global templates; companies whose handbook has never met Indian state law; and HR teams inheriting document sets of unknown provenance.
How we deliver
- Document audit against Indian enforceability and current law.
- Redrafting with your global standards carried on an Indian legal chassis.
- Template maintenance as codes, state rules, and precedent move.
Why A2 Consultants
Our drafting is informed by the disputes we handle — every clause reflects what Indian courts and labour authorities actually uphold, which is the only standard that matters on the day the document is tested.
Engagement & what to expect
Drafting engagements begin with the audit: existing documents reviewed against enforceability and current law over two to three weeks, gaps ranked by risk. Redrafting follows in priority order — employment agreements first, typically, then handbooks and state-specific policies — with your global standards carried onto the Indian chassis. Rollout support covers existing-employee transitions, which need more care than new-hire adoption. Standing maintenance keeps the suite current as codes, state rules, and precedent move — a quarterly review that costs little and prevents the quiet aging that turns templates into liabilities.
The contract is tested only in dispute — draft it for that day, because that is the only day it matters.