You have posted tha”tI find that work environment is pretty unsafe, I need to work 12-16 years hours daily, and even on Sundays sometimes. No compensation is given for that.”
You should put the above in writing under acknowledgment to good offices of your appointing authority along with evidence may be video recording of the unsafe conditions at workplace, and agitate on the 12-16 hours duty hours along with evidences and orders to perform duty or duties performed on Sunday. The evidences/proofs are to be generated by you. You may need to cajole your superiors to send you email, SMS to work on Sunday/holiday/off days and later put the matter in writing and demand wages/compensatory off. You need to highlight that you are virtually enslaved and establish that employer is unworthy of being employed with..
Attention is drawn to following points in bond:
7. That the Trainee shall not participate in labour or political activities or become a member of any
Labour or Political Organisation.
It is difficult to digest that an employee can be restrained to be member of any trade union, employee council, and employee committee. You need to touch this.
8. The expenditure incurred by the Company on account of and in connection with the training of the Trainee shall include the emoluments etc., paid during the training period, the cost of supervision and other items. The decision of the Executive Director/General Manager of the Company or the officer nominated by him shall be final as to the total amount of expenditure incurred by the Company on account of training of the Trainee. However, the total amount recoverable shall not exceed Rupees Two Lakhs.
The stipend paid to you cannot be training expense. No one including trainee/apprentice is employed without wages. Salary of supervisor or in other words supervision should not be levied on trainee. The decision of the competent authority should be at the most proportionate expense if there are actually expenses incurred by the company. And company should in a position to itemise the expense with proof.
13. That if the trainee leaves the services of the Company before the expiry of the stipulated period
of three years after completion of training, he/she shall be liable to pay the expenses incurred by
the Company in connection with his/her training. He/she shall also give three months notice or
pay for the sum equivalent to three months salary in lieu of such notice.
It is felt that there should not be any notice period applicable to trainee.
The above is heartfelt opinion. You may preferably approach a competent and experienced service lawyer with all records and give inputs in person. Your lawyer can structure your representations to build record in your favour and thus benefit you in the long run.
It seems for sure company shall not let you go without fight. However an employee must build rapport , goodwill and apply exceptional levels of persuasion, persistence, negotiation, reasoning skills and resolve the matter in his favour without being entangled in litigation. If you prepare well you may be able to resolve the matter in your favour without any heartburn on either side.
Valuable advice of learned experts/members is sought.
