BENGALURU: Are you a startup that is clueless on how labour laws work? Bengaluru-based firm Simpliance that makes labour laws accessible, available and free of cost.
Anil D Souza, CEO of Simpliance explains the nature of the application and simplifies labour laws to make it better. “There are a lot of companies that don't understand law very well. They don't have a framework by which they can comply.” It is an automated tool and does not require a lawyer to come and configurate it.
It basically ‘replaces’ a lawyer. The application can be accessed only on the web and it does not come in the form of a mobile phone application. If the companies have queries, lawyers and experts are available for a live chat. If their queries are still not answered properly, they can approach the advisers.
“We started this as a concept in 2015. It took about three months to develop. Everyone liked it quite a bit and they asked us if we could do for different industries. The app will just ask you very simple questions related to the factory and it will compile all the labour laws pertaining to the state. What is applicable to an office will not be applicable to a factory. We have placed algorithms at the back end which will simplify the ease of access to the laws,” says Anil.
Simpliance has almost 40,000 pages of labour laws, library curated and researched upon. “Our tool application is used by 1,200 offices in the country. Anything to do with labour laws, our application is the best to serve,” he adds.
The cost is also very minimal compared to other compliance platforms, adds Anil. The team is not planning to bring out a mobile phone application as there are a lot of privacy issues involved.
“We're dealing with data here. We have built a very responsive design. Apps will download and store a lot of data. Then people wouldn't want to have apps if it takes a lot of storage data.”
The application is said to help both the organised and unorganised sector.