Anna Thomas

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Anna has over 12 years of experience in the employment sector and she advises domestic and international clients on a broad range of labour and employment matters including labour and employment law issues that arise in the day-to-day operations of a business in India, workforce structuring, large scale downsizing/closure matters, drafting and negotiating senior management employment contracts, advise on employee benefits such as provident fund, gratuity, enforcing restrictive covenants, performance management, absconding, etc.

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Qualifications

  • 2012 B.A. LLB., Symbiosis Law School, Pune
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Expertise

Practice Areas

  • Employment

Relevant Experience:

  • Advising and assisting clients including listed companies, MNCs, conduct investigations pursuant to whistle blower complaints, workplace investigations into allegations of fraud, impropriety, workplace harassment, toxic work environment, bullying, conflict of interest, ethical breaches etc.
  • Involved in advising and strategizing on restructuring issues such as closure, redundancies, voluntary separation schemes, transfer of business along with employees.
  • Expertise in handling POSH matters and routinely advises clients on handling sexual harassment complaints under the POSH Act, enquiry processes and compliances thereunder. She has conducted several training sessions on implementation of the POSH Act and was a speaker for a POSH session conducted by the National Commission for Women for the Corporate Sector in Kochi.
  • Advised clients on issues relating to social security benefits such as liquidation of provident fund trust reserves, transfer of gratuity benefits from a private trust, wage structure analysis for determining social security contributions, revocation of provident fund exemption, etc.
  • Assisted on the mega consolidation plan of the Union Government to amalgamate13 Public Sector Banks into 5 Public Sector Banks.

Some of the key sectors that Anna has worked in include IT/ITeS, Banking and Financial Services, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare.

Memberships

  • Bar Council of Kerala

Qualifications

  • 2012 B.A. LLB., Symbiosis Law School, Pune
expertise

Expertise

Practice Areas

  • Employment

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