Hi,
We are a small sized IT company with 50 people in strength. While recruiting new employees we ensure that they sign a minimum 1 year employment agreement with us. This agreement is on plain white paper (not company letter head, not bond paper) and we make them sign their initials on each page and their full signature, left hand thumb print on the last page.
Today, two of our employees, who have served 7 months of their agreement have told that they want to leave the company. I told them that they are expected to serve the minimum 12 month contract as they agreed when they joined. However, they do not intend to stay for that long.
What are the options that I have.
- Is the plain paper employment agreement a valid legal document?
- Can I not give them the work experience certificate?
- When their new company calls me for a background check, what all can I tell them?
Thanks for your help in advance experts.
We are a small sized IT company with 50 people in strength. While recruiting new employees we ensure that they sign a minimum 1 year employment agreement with us. This agreement is on plain white paper (not company letter head, not bond paper) and we make them sign their initials on each page and their full signature, left hand thumb print on the last page.
Today, two of our employees, who have served 7 months of their agreement have told that they want to leave the company. I told them that they are expected to serve the minimum 12 month contract as they agreed when they joined. However, they do not intend to stay for that long.
What are the options that I have.
- Is the plain paper employment agreement a valid legal document?
- Can I not give them the work experience certificate?
- When their new company calls me for a background check, what all can I tell them?
Thanks for your help in advance experts.