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BriefingContractor Agreements That Survive ScrutinyLabour courts and contribution authorities look through the label to the working reality — how the control test operates, what misclassification costs, and how to draft and run a contractor relationship that is genuinely independent.12 July 2026 · 7 min read
BriefingThe Employment Contract Mistakes Pakistani Employers Keep MakingEight drafting errors that account for most of the employment disputes we see, what each one costs when the relationship sours, and the fix that would have taken a paragraph.12 July 2026 · 7 min read
BriefingEOBI and Social Security: When Your Obligations Actually StartRegistration with EOBI and the provincial social security institution is triggered by facts, not filings — and the start dates employers assume for themselves are almost always later than the ones the statutes impose.12 July 2026 · 7 min read
BriefingESOP Pools: How Pakistani Startups Actually Set Them UpThe pool in your pitch deck is not a pool until the corporate approvals, scheme rules, and grant paperwork exist — a step-by-step account of the setup work, in the order it should happen.12 July 2026 · 7 min read
BriefingHiring Remote Workers Across Borders: The Pakistani Employer's ViewForeign companies engaging Pakistani talent, and Pakistani companies paying people abroad — the engagement models, the permanent-establishment trap, and the exchange-control gate on every payment.12 July 2026 · 7 min read
BriefingThe HR Records That Save You in a Labour DisputeLabour litigation is decided on registers, letters and files created years before anyone sued — what the courts actually summon, what the statutes already require you to keep, and for how long.12 July 2026 · 7 min read
BriefingTerminating Lawfully in Pakistan: A Step-by-Step Guide for EmployersA termination is a sequence, not a letter — seven steps that take an employer from the decision to the closed file, and the route-by-route table that shows which procedure the law expects.12 July 2026 · 7 min read
BriefingLeave: What Pakistani Law Actually RequiresThere is no single Pakistani leave law — entitlements depend on province and type of establishment, and the maternity and paternity framework has changed. Here is the map, statute by statute.12 July 2026 · 8 min read
BriefingPayroll Withholding: What Pakistani Employers Must DeductSection 149 makes the employer the tax collector for its own payroll — here is the full stack of deductions and contributions, and the short list of what may lawfully leave a pay packet.12 July 2026 · 7 min read
BriefingProbation: What Employers Get Wrong About ConfirmationConfirmation is not a favour the employer grants when it gets around to it — it is a deadline that can pass on its own, and five wrong beliefs about it keep producing avoidable disputes.12 July 2026 · 7 min read
BriefingThe Inquiry Committee Your Company Is Required to HaveThe Protection Against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act, 2010 requires every employer — of any size — to have a standing inquiry committee before any complaint exists, and most Pakistani companies discover this on the day it is too late.12 July 2026 · 7 min read

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