The Bonded Labour Act has been abolished

Sorry if I sound rude here. But I am used to the HR polices (US) for the last 10 years and I am surprised to see that an employer would charge and employee for leaving the company. Sounds stupid and wierd.

If there is one thing an employer is charging for the employee leaving then they should look at what can we do to keep the employee(s) rather forcing them to stay with them for a period of time. As we all know as long as you force someone to do a particular thing they tend to find means to cheat and do it without your knowledge. We all did while we were growong up and some of us still do it...

It is absurd from the companies stand point that they should be even thinking of collecting money from people who leave the company. Shouldn't it tamper their reputation in the employee community and people stop applying to these comapnies. You cannot do that.

I personally think that this is worst exploitation of the employee community.

As again, I am sorry if I hurt any one's feelings or any companies polices. I believe in retaining the employee by means of showing them your values (and teach them also) help them understand how they are better of with the company and if they find some thing better than this, we are happy for them that they are growing but at the same time sorry to loose a great asset of the company.

Again, I am new to this group and also to the HR policies in India so I am slowly trying to get into the groove.

Thanx cyberhr......for ur valued view..... Can u please throw some more light on the bond system or something like that in US?

Dear Cyber HR

Its good to see that u r tooo emotional and human....
But my friend every coin has two sides..
Now what about the employer who invest resources to sharpen the skills of the employees which they never able to gather from the schools and colleges operating in INDIA and the same employee left the Employer in lurch...
hope im sounding logical.
Every case is to be decided on merits, who r we to question the wisdom of Legislature and Judiciary.
Regards

Well I belive you are talking about India. Its there in another parts of the world as well. US donot need these as they have labour available in plenty???? There are Indians who stand in que come rain or high water to ge the damnenable US visa...but we have only the people who remain here counting off what has left to the US/UK/AUssie/UAE???? Yes I agree that we should concentrate more on keeping people with us. And this is one way we have seen to do so,albiet, a coarse one. Hope Cyber HR agrees????

in principle the constitution protects the freedom of the citizens, hence taking a written bond to work for certain years with bond money deduction is normally opined to be a weak illegal practice, which however is being practiced with a hope to gain stability of employees nowadays under the pretext of training costs which is valid only for very special training imparted on a specific technology transfer to occur/training abroad; but yet employees do abscond not caring for the security deposit or bond money as much better opportunities are availabe compared to the oppresssive practice.

from human relations point of view a healthy culture is to inculcate a culture and a corporate image where employees/people would feel proud to associate with the organisation and the value system inspires them to be ethical and protect the promises made mutually on moral grounds with mutual respect without damaging the projects in progress and transferring the knowledge to the would be successor effectively, and the employer too respects the employees right to growth and does not commercially pressurise him to continue longer except to quickly give proper charge and conclude the assignment suitable to enable take it further - no point in bonding a person beyond his willingness through a commercial document without the heart there daily chasing absconding employees leaving a bad taste among the existing employees watching the show - we need to cultivate and build inspiring institutions with superordinate values and a shared vision which one would opt to live with meaningfully - TATAS/INFOSYS etc.

hope this brings in the hrd/od point of view apart from the legalities involved which are anyway bad in jurisprudence where the law protects the weaker section and promotes the spirit of freedom of the citizens. bond/engage the employees emotionally creating meaning for them rather than through a lego/commercial document presumed to harass in the future in an eventuality, which is most likely to occur in a market forced dynamic globalised economy with global opportunities.


regards/kshantaram

Hi,
In my view, the postion with regard to service bond has not undergone any change. We can continue to ask our employees to enter in to a service bond. The important point to be considered is, that the bond should not be one sided. It should not heavily lean in favour of the Management to the disadvantage of the employee. It should stand the test of a valid contract entered in to between the employer and the employee.

Cyril

I am very thankful to all ppl..... who has posted their view here.........

Keep Sharing your views on this topic..........

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Thats exactly correct, its no longer legal to do so.
Companies like IBM India are getting into problems for such reason IBM India Employee bond rules and regulations | Share Your Work Experience I am sure a host of Indian companies will soon be brought to court.
On another note: does infosys still makes its freshers sign a bond?

Hi myself Vimal.I have few doubts on this topic
1) Bond is valid only if it is signed before a notary or registered or the agreements made on plain paper also valid?
2) does the employer can ask for documents (like education certificates,marklists) etc from the employee.Does the employee can have protection against this?