Vaibhav Bhardwaj is a Partner in the Employment, Labour and Benefits practice group. Prior to joining the Firm, Vaibhav was a partner at IndusLaw (New Delhi).
With over 15 years of experience, Vaibhav has been practicing in the Employment Law and Ethics and Investigations space. He has advised clients on a range of matters across sectors, on structuring of policies, C-Suite level exits, workforce restructuring, employee secondments, closure of undertaking and employment issues in mergers and acquisitions.
He has extensive experience in advising clients on complex matters involving internal disciplinary investigations and inquiries associated with behavioral misconduct, fraud, bribery and corruption charges, ethics violations, sexual harassment and other related matters.
Employment, Labour and Benefits
Advised on restructuring all contracts and employment terms applicable to flying and non-flying staff. This mandate was undertaken as part of a merger harmonization exercise, pursuant to Air India’s acquisition by the Tata Group.
Advised on several complex and unique employment and investigations related matters including investigations concerning moonlighting,and manipulating the background verification process; and workforce restructuring, senior level exits and structuring of separation documents, amongst others.
Advised on the statutory considerations in relation to the engagement of contract workers and fixed term contract employees. This also included structuring of their existing manpower supply structure.
Advised on setting up its technology hub in India. Advising Deliveroo in several unique and significant matters such as separation of senior level exits, on matters pertaining to its day-to-day affairs, including on applicable data privacy requirements, procedures for effectuating employee separations and the payments required to be made thereunder, procedures for obtaining insurances required under labour laws, and so on.
Advised on the process of movement of employees and related benefits to an outsourced partner to whom IT operations was proposed to be outsourced.
Advised on the strategy to be adopted in termination of the employment of a senior employee who held a prominent public office and had the full support of the trade union.
