Employers’ Federation of Pakistan is pleased to announce the formation of the ‘EFP Legal Help Desk’ within the EFP Secretariat.
OBJECTIVES:
To provide across the board Legal, Advisory, and Litigation Services to EFP members under one umbrella. For a member, it will be ensured that its legal matters ranging from routine legal issues to complex representation before Courts and legal authorities in major areas of Law including Labour, Environment, and Corporate Affairs will be handled through a team of professional lawyers deployed for the purpose at the EFP Secretariat.
MODE:
The companies interested in EFP Legal Help Desk services will be required to become a member of the ‘EFP Legal Help Desk’. The EFP Legal Help Desk will give professional advisory services to EFP Members subscribing to Legal Help Desk membership on all matters connected with labour laws, new updates/ gazettes/notices/new legal development & Superior Court Cases.
The services will include:
- Retainership Services
- Litigation Assistance Services
- Industrial Relations Services
- Alternate Dispute Resolution Cell Services
- Superior Court Cases
A. Retainership Services:
- Vetting of draft letters, notices, contracts, and agreements in connection with business & commercial matters, keeping in view the application and observance of respective laws in force from time to time and legal advice on other general matters accordingly.
- Providing legal advice in the areas of Labour Laws, Income Tax Laws, Sales Tax Laws, Corporate Laws, Intellectual Property Laws, etc.
- Responding to day-to-day notices and correspondence arising to legal institutions.
B. Litigation Assistance Services:
Handling of Court Cases in the elementary stages for Civil and Labour Courts till the District & Session Court level.
C. Industrial Relations Services:
- Providing professional advice on day-to-day matters relating to employee administration, restructuring, outsourcing with particular reference to an employee and industrial relations.
- Assisting with Management of Organizations in negotiation with Collective Bargaining Agent Union on the Charter of Demands and to help management in raising and negotiating their Charter of Demands.
- Helping management in the formation/establishment of Enterprise Level Institutions as per the requirement of Industrial Relations Act such as Works Council, Management Committee, Joint Management Council, Joint Management Board / OSH Committees, etc. and help in conducting their proceedings and maintaining their records.
- Providing help in the establishment of the Board of Trustees for Workers Profit Participation Fund and assistance in calculating/distribution of Worker Profit Participation Fund as per legal requirement.
D. Alternate Dispute Resolution Cell Services:
EFP’s Alternative Dispute Resolution cell will help companies to be interested in resolving the long-standing disputes, Court Cases for an out-of-court settlement, details of these services, and its professional fee will be provided on a case-to-case basis.
E. Superior Court Cases:
In case of court cases in the Higher/Superior Courts, our top noted lawyers may be engaged in charging concession fees to be agreed and settled on a case-to-case basis between the concerned lawyer(s) and the member company. In this event after the TOR is settled between the Lawyer and the Company, they both are entitled to deal directly.
Membership Subscription
| Service | Professional |
|---|---|
| Legal Retainership Services | Rs 27,000/month or Rs. 300,000/year Note: Members obtaining this service will also be entitled to the services mentioned in B & C above |
| Annual Subscription | a) Large Sector Subscription Rs. 10,500/- b) Medium Sector Subscription Rs. 7,500/- c) Small Sector Subscription Rs. 5,500/- Note: Members opting for this service will only be entitled to services B & C mentioned above |
THE LEGAL TEAM:
A group of renowned and leading lawyers having established expertise in their respective areas constitutes our panel of legal experts whose names are given below:
- Barrister Haroon Dugal, Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan
- Khalid Mahmood Siddiqui, Advocate Supreme Court
- Zaheer Minhas, Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan
- Justice (R.) Shahid Anwar Bajwa, Former Judge of the Hon’ble Sindh High Court
- Fasihul Karim Siddiqi, Advocate High Court
- Farhan Minhas, Advocate High Court of Sindh
- Rahat Aziz, Advocate High Court of Sindh
- Anwar Kashif Mumtaz Advocate, Sindh Income Tax Lawyer, Practitioner
- Wasim Hashmi Advocate, Former President Income Tax Bar Association
- Azam Shakeel Advocate, Leading Expert in Intellectual Property Laws
- Uzma Zahid, Advocate High Court of Sindh and Civil Law Expert
COORDINATION:
Law Officer, Employers’ Federation of Pakistan will act as the Coordinator of the EFP Legal Help Desk.
MEMBERSHIP PROCEDURE:
Companies interested in seeking membership of the ‘EFP Legal Help Desk Scheme’ may apply in the enclosed Application Form and submit the relevant Annual Subscription mentioned in the Form.
For further queries and details about the EFP Legal Help Desk Scheme, please contact either through email: lawyer@efp.org.pk / nazar@efp.org.pk or via phone 021-32463790.
The membership will be effective from the date of receipt of the Membership Request Form at the EFP.
We look forward to providing you with the best possible and diversified legal and advisory services/assistance through our EFP Legal Help Desk timely and at a competitive and affordable price.