NON COMPETE CLAUSE

While Indian law is clear on the unenforceability of a non-compete clause operating beyond the term of employment, companies still include it in contracts, particularly for senior executives, as it’s seen as a soft deterrent, said Jay Parikh, partne...

Non-compete clauses aim to restrict employees from using confidential information for competitive purposes after their employment. Breaching the clause can lead to legal repercussions, damage to reputation, and financial penalties.

Indian IT companies are using non-compete clauses in their contracts to deter new hires, but legal experts argue that this tactic is not enforceable in India. Non-compete agreements, ranging from six to twelve months, are a standard feature of contr...

Indian cos are tightening employment contracts for top executives to make them more binding by incorporating stricter non-compete and non-solicitation clauses. This is in response to intense competition for senior talent and rampant poaching of C-su...

IT major Wipro has filed at least two legal complaints against its former senior executives including former senior vice president Mohd Haque and ex CFO Jatin Dalal for breach of his employment contract with Wipro. What does this mean?

Wipro and Infosys are pursuing legal action against former executives joining Cognizant, raising questions on non-compete clauses' validity in India. While Wipro sued ex-SVP Mohd Haque and CFO Jatin Dalal, Infosys accused Cognizant of unethical hiri...

As part of the non-compete agreement, one of the clauses bars Dalal from joining any other rival company for a period of 12 months from the date of his resignation.

In its complaint, Wipro said Mohd Haque, who quit Wipro in June this year, had agreed to certain restrictions on his post-employment activities, including prohibition of work for a small set of Wipro competitors including Cognizant, for 12 months af...

The Supreme Court of India has ruled that the country must offer the same terms to all countries, including those that became members of the OECD after India's treaties came into force. The ruling upholds the sovereignty of the country and highlight...

The office of the assistant labour commissioner of Karnataka has sent a notice to the managing director and CEO of India's second-largest software exporter for a joint discussion on July 4 at 3 pm “to examine and verify the contents of the complaint...

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Infosys's response to calls for discussions on the issue after Pune-based labour union Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate urged the labour ministry in April to ask the Bengaluru-based IT services provider to remove the clause in its emp...

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“It is a standard business practice in many parts of the world for employment contracts to include controls of reasonable scope and duration to protect the confidentiality of information, customer connection and other legitimate business interests,”...

This is the second hearing Infosys representatives have physically skipped after missing the first hearing on April 28. It had sought a fresh date to attend the discussion then and said it did not receive a copy of the grievance.

This comes as the earlier scheduled discussion for Monday was postponed due to Buddha Purnima being a public holiday. Infosys was served another notice dated 29 April after the IT company's representatives sought a fresh date to attend the discussio...

Infosys’ group head for human resources, Krish Shankar, and Harpreet Singh Saluja, the president of Pune-based labour union Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate, which had filed the complaint, have received the communication from the mini...

Infosys, in its statement, said that it is a standard business practice in many parts of the world for employment contracts to include controls of reasonable scope, duration to protect the confidentiality of information, customer connection, other l...