Hello
Request your kind insight on the legal notice served by my ex-employer.
I have served 5 years for an MNC in Bangalore and relieved as per the guidelines by righly resigning and serving Notice period. My service letters too were released after full and final settlement. During my service i was working as a Lead with a team of 15 people. After i left and joined a new company, some of my ex team members too joined my new employer. Now, my ex-employer sent me a legal notice citing I have solicited my ex-employee into new company BUT the fact remains that they joined on their own will after following recruitment practices with my new employer. In the legal notice my ex-employer cites that since i had access to my team's professional info, i had used them to influence people to leave their organization to join my new employer. In the legal notice they have cited breach of confidential information and thef of info by alleging that I have sent my ex-teams professional details to my personal email accounts.
Does an ex-employer indeed have right to send me a legal notice alleging on solicitation clause? If they were certain of my role influencing others, they should have held my service letters & full & final settlement. Appreciate your advice & insights on the case.
Between, while entering into employement agreement i had a non-solicitation clause for 12 months.
Thanks
Kiran
