I employed a driver for my household. He was in employment for 5 months and i paid him close to 1 month of extra payments and fired him (basically he was stealing money from my car and i didn't want to make it a police case). There is no contract, no receipt of payments, nothing. May be some sms asking him to come in morning and a gate pass for entry to apartment complex.
Nothing for him to prove that i even employed him on permanent basis. He filed a complaint and i received a notice from ALC. if i don't turn up then can the ALC still send it to labour court. Can a judgement be issued against me without any contract. This is a house not a company. I can employ a lawyer and perhaps answer the complaint (guess he wants 3 month redundancy package) but this is just harassment. Will the authorities dismiss this for what it is or they will admit it and pass a judgement, possibly against me even if there is no basis to even make a judgement.
I got the ALC notice but the complaint is not even attached to the notice. Just some information to appear before the ALC.
thanks
