What are the chances that my company finds out about my side business (LLP)

Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) had approached me for help with a topic related to my subject matter expertise. They will have their paying client on the other side of the call and I will have to answer their questions without revealing my identity or any trade secrets. They do pay consultation fees (billed at a negotiated rate per hour) for the same. 1. Firstly, is this a scam? 2. Secondly, they give independence to us to not answer any question (if it reveals any information that we don't want to reveal). Yet - is it a safe bet? What if my current employer comes to know about the same?

Hi, I am currently working as an SDE in India. I want to start a small business (online consultancy) with a friend which will require some legal stuff like GST and partnership firm/company registration in India. For the initial days of the business, we will be working full time as well and will work on our business in our free time. If this scales well, we'll probably leave our jobs and work on the business full time. Now, I have a few questions regarding this - is it a case of moonlighting? - What will happen if my employer gets to know this in the future? - What are the legal implications in India for this? - What are the workarounds for this? I've seen many people selling some courses or having a restaurant or some small business along with full time employment. How do they manage to do so?

Hello, I started working as SDE at a regular tech firm a few months back. Prior to that I wanted to get into freelancing, even did a few projects. In the offer letter it's clearly stated that "shouldn't have any other interest in business" and talking around looks like they probably don't want us to have any other sources of income. I feel confident in few skills that I can more on side, (not greedy need more financial stability) My Questions [1] Freelance platforms (fiver, upwork, etc) ask for pan, is it okay if I give my friends/family pan ? [2] Should I register for a LLP on their name, use that pan everywhere and run the business myself ? [3] Is it good idea to run it under an alias ? Any advice / insight / experience would be highly appreciated 🙏

I'm currently working on an FTE job - wherein the offer letter its mentioned "During the term of your employment with the Company, you may not engage in any employment or act in any way, which either conflicts with your duties and obligations to the Company, or is contrary to the policies or the interests of the Company." Now, I'm getting enough time and I want to consider working in a 0-1 startup, and the new company I'm joining will know about my current employer - The above mentioned is the only clause the current employer have regarding working in other company. Can the current employer legally put a case anytime in the future if they get to know this? - what are the loopholes I can use here? What position I can join in as (Consultant, Advisory role) - Still an early career professional in order to avoid conflict afterwards. Thank you for your help!!

I myself work for a game dev company from 5years. After gaining experience I finally started working on creating my game, in the beginning it was just 2 man work. over time I needed to make the team bigger and within 2 months it became an ambitious project. I now have 12 employees(most of them are my friends hence I am not having to pay a lot) For some of them , it's full time , and for rest it's their 2nd job. I pay directly from my savings account. Dunno why, I registered for Pvt Ltd on my parents name(I can't register on my name since I already work somewhere else)and soon getting it registered as a startup. Since I am compleyely unaware of all these things, What to avoid in the beginning? I am about to get a CA Also I am planning not to add employees under the name of the company for now until the game is released Additionally, What benifits(general/easy) can I get for being startup ? I am also planning to sign up for AWS/GCLOUD startup program so that server cost can be reduced. Any more info that I should be aware of?

Question to guys who are working part time for a startup Or foreign client along with a regular job.. How do you manage payments and hide your side-gig from your primary employer? Can you take payments in your own account or in account of someone else? How do you ensure your employer don't find out.. Perhaps use a different laptop .

Is working on your own startup while in MNC a moonlight case, will it lead to serious blow from your company. Wanted to know the opinion what happens when your manager finds out that you also run a startup. What are the possibile things you can do to avoid this ? Any recommendations by anyone . Or any things to be aware of ?

Can I work as a consultant in a different domain while I'm with another company? Will consulting have implications if my employer figures out? Also how can my company figure out that I am consulting? Can they check PAN Card details? I’m guessing this is different from moonlighting since I’m not employed at two places. It’s just that I’m consulting What's the smart way to go about this? Should I use a different bank account or something? P.S : The consulting work is in a different domain but mainly just for one company.