Labour and Employment Law in Pakistan
Drafting and review of employment agreements, executive, contractor, and secondment contracts—alongside enforceable restrictive covenants, NDAs, and IP assignment clauses. Design of company policies, HR handbooks, and disciplinary frameworks that ensure compliance with federal and provincial labor legislation, as well as the structuring of employee benefit schemes, executive compensation packages, gratuity, and severance policies.
Compliance with statutory employment frameworks, including provincial Standing Orders, Shops and Establishments Acts, Industrial Relations Acts, and Minimum Wage regulations.
Handling regulatory compliance and dispute resolution for EOBI and provincial social security institutions (SESSI), as well as enforcing workplace health, safety, and anti-harassment standards including policy drafting and training under the Protection Against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act.
Handling workplace disputes and industrial relations, representing both corporate clients and executives in wrongful termination, retrenchment, and redundancy proceedings. Services include managing trade union activities such as collective bargaining, CBA negotiations, and strike or lockout strategy as well as conducting independent internal investigations, show-cause notices, and disciplinary inquiries. Furthermore, robust litigation support is provided across all judicial forums, including Labour Courts, the National Industrial Relations Commission (NIRC), High Courts, and the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Regulatory Compliance
Workplace Audits
Dispute Resolution & Labour Litigation
Ashraf Law Chambers is the pioneer of legal advisory in the labour and employment sector in Pakistan and we represent both corporate employers and individual executives across Karachi and Pakistan.
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Karachi, Pakistan
R3JF+2GR Jami commercial 1st Street, in, near Bank Al Habib, D.H.A. Phase 7 Phase 2 Commercial Area Defence Housing Authority, Karachi, 75500, Pakistan