The furore around moonlighting — which has left India Inc divided — is now pushing companies, led by IT/ITeS and technology players, to seek legal help to re-evaluate and redraft existing employment contracts.
A bunch of law firms that ET spoke to, including Khaitan & Co, AZB & Partners, A&P Partners and Sarvaank Associates, said they have been seeing a sharp jump in companies reaching out to them for help in redrafting employment agreements, figuring out loopholes, making contracts more robust, enforcing restrictions, or even enabling moonlighting with necessary checks and balances.
Anshul Prakash, partner, employment labour & benefits at Khaitan & Co, said the number of companies that have reached out to them in the last two-three months runs into double digits.
“Several organisations in the IT/ITeS sector have been emphasising the requirement to have their employment contracts and policies revisited, including additional clarity on their stance against possible moonlighting,” Prakash told ET.
“The moot point is to specify that exclusivity of employment relationship and confidentiality obligations would not be limited to work hours but for the entire service tenure. Any actions that conflict with such obligations would warrant disciplinary action against that...
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