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biswajit (associate)     25 November 2012

Salary on hold

Hi Sir,

I need help, as per mutual discussion with my reporting supervisor who forced me to resign stating that I would be getting my full and final checque on 7th of dec as I had resigned on 20th of november 2012, but wehen he forwarder the same resignation letter to the higher authority, the concern person NEHA has overrited the same and stated that i would be getting my full and final only after 45 days from the date of resigning, hgowever we are forced to work overtime without any pay almost every day when I protested that led my supervisor to ask me to resign, i am attaching my offer letter which cleary states that it will null and void after 15 days but even after I worked there for almost 3 months still i did not get my appointment letter i can prove that I had worked there for more then 3 months.

Can I take legal action against them?

If yes then please get back to me at biswajitbose88@yahoo.com

waiting for a positive response.

Regards: Biswajit

cell: 9953879519



 3 Replies

Kumar Doab (FIN)     25 November 2012

COO of the company has affirmed that appointment letter shall be issued.

Appointment letter, salary slip should be issued. SE Act Haryana is enclosed. This is a bad practice and default by company. Company should have displayed the registration certificate at the main entrance, and you can check its registered under shops or commercial establishments and then see the rules under SE Act.

Appointment letter with detailed terms and conditions in writing has not been issued to you and thus no terms and conditions have been accepted by you. If company adjusts notice pay in FNF statement due to abrupt resignation submitted by you {forced resignation as per you} you can decline to accept notice period/pay.

Forced resignation can be deemed termination. It is felt that you have not submitted any representation in writing under acknowledgment to good offices of company including appointing authority, MD, CEO, Chairman, Company Secretary lodging a complaint that you were dictated to write your own resignation and resignation by force was extracted from you in premises of the company by Mr/Ms………..on dated……….and same should be returned to you in original and should not be processed, and you are withdrawing the same. The onus of providing the proof n evidence shall be on you. The employee should always record {audio/visual} transactions. The reporting manager/HR might have extracted the resignation with immediate effect as per orders of his masters and to apply notice pay and thus square off the dues in FNF statement.

Did you retain a copy of the resignation? If no you can mention that your signatures were extracted by force and no copy of the resignation was allowed to be taken by you.

You can request the good offices to allow you to examine your personnel file maintained at HO.

What legal action you wish to take?

If you want the FNF statement/settlement without any notice pay adjustment then you may peruse for the same and demand relieving letter, work experience/service certificate,Form16, PF number, PF account slip, NOC/NDC etc…and attested copies of PF withdrawal/transfer forms{ to be submitted by you} for submission by you to o/o PF Commissioner.

In a given situation employee can invoke the provisions of ID Act, IESO Act, Payment of Wages Act, SE Act as per explanation of employee under the provisions of these enactments or approach civil court.

 

SE Act Haryana:

 

 

18. REALISATION OF COMPENSATION.-

(1) In case of contravention of the provisions of Section 16, if a 44[Judicial

 

     Magistrate] is satisfied that the employee has not been paid his due

     wages,   he   shall   direct   the   employer   to   pay   the   wages   along   with

     compensation        not   exceeding      eight   times    the  amount      of  wages

     withheld.

20. RECORDS.-

(2) The   employer   of   every   establishment,   about   the   business   of   which

     persons are employed, shall in the prescribed form and manner, keep

     a record of the     working hours, rest intervals and the amount of leave

     taken     by    every    person     employed       about    the    business     of   an

     establishment   and   particulars   of   all   overtime   employment   shall   be

     separately entered in the record. 48[-]

 

22. NOTICE OF REMOVAL.-

(1) No   employee   shall   be   removed   from   service   unless   and   until   one

     month’s previous notice or pay in lieu thereof has been given to him.

 

23. NOTICE BY EMPLOYEE.-

(1) No     employee,       who    has    been    in  the   service    of   the   employer

     continuously      for   a  period    of   three   months,     shall   terminate     his

     employment        unless    he  has    given   to  his   employer    53[thirty]  days’

 

THE PUNJAB SHOPS AND COMMERCIAL

          THE PUNJAB SHOPS AND COMMERCIAL

                 ESTABLISHMENTS RULES, 1958

5.    MAINTENANCE OF REGISTERS.-

    The   employer   of   every   establishment   about   the   business   of   which

     persons are employed shall maintain the following registers, namely:-

     (1) a register of employees in Form C ;

     (2) a register of wages of employees in Form D; and

     (3) a register of deductions in Form E.

8.    PAYMENT OF OVERTIME. -

     The payment in respect of overtime shall be made by the employer to

     an employee on the next pay day under Section 16 of the Act.

 

6.    Complaint Mechanism:

     Whether   or   not   such   conduct   constitutes   an   offence under   law  or   a

     breach     of  the  service    rules,  an   appropriate     complaint    mechanism

     should   be   created   in   the   employer's   organization   for   redress   of   the


Attached File : 162151509 haryana the punjab shops and commercial establishments act and rules.pdf downloaded: 145 times

biswajit (associate)     25 November 2012

Now sir please tell me the procedure to file a case against them as I am the sufferer and I dont want other to be the sufferer again and i want to change this practise as there are many company in Delhi NCR who follow this practise.

please advise

Kumar Doab (FIN)     25 November 2012

The bone of contention seems to be FNF settlement within 15 days. If this is the only leftover part of the incidence you may apply your skills with HR and obtain FNF settlement and documents and close the matter here. Litigation can be stressful for some employees. Litigation takes time.

 

In a given situation employee can invoke the provisions of ID Act, IESO Act, Payment of Wages Act, SE Act as per explanation of employee under the provisions of these enactments or approach civil court. Designation alone does not decide that employee is a workman or not.

It shall be appropriate to approach a competent and experienced service lawyer/labor consultant with copies of all of your documents salary slips emails etc and give inputs in person and proceed under expert advice of your lawyer. Your lawyer shall evaluate the merits and may opine that you fall within the category of workman.

Company may yield to legal notice of your lawyer or you may have to agitate in the appropriate forum. Company may yield to your demands during conciliation proceedings in o/o ALC or the ALC shall issue reference to Labor Court.


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