Dear Members,
"Just A thought"
"Legal Action", is a remedy one opts when all other means have been exhausted. The fear that it will effect once career is a false fear. One surely has to be discrete about it till we get the judgment in our favor. Ofcourse, when we think legal, the advocate will surely proceed only when we give them consent before understanding the pros and cons, which will be explained during Advocate counseling. Legal remedy does not immediately startes with filing suit in court, it surely started with notice and negotiation with the company to see if we have a mediation way out.
One will note that it is precisely our internal fear and lengthily judicial system for any result on the case; the reason behind companies without fear flout the all rules and regulation to harass employees since they know, that employee with fear of their career and time, won't go legal.
USA in this matter, is an example, where the cases in court between employer and employee has a time limit and many case we hear millions of million in alimony the employee get through court or out of court settlement.
In India, we do hear, but that which we can count in fingers for decades.
Ukmitra