The employees in your trade suffer because they are not united, do not form unions, and do not affiliate with trade unions. Although trade unions are willing to embrace the employees.
Awareness of Employee Rights
Are you aware that:
- Employees can form a 'Works Committee,' which is an authority as per the ID Act, and the President is from the employees' side? Service conditions can be negotiated by employees with the employer.
- States like Karnataka have made it mandatory to form a GRC: Grievance Redressal Committee that will have an equal number of employees in it?
You may show the job advertisement, job application, interview call letter, selection letter, offer letter, appointment letter, HR Policy/Service Rules and Regulations mentioned in the appointment letter, bond, resignation tendered by you, salary slips/details of credit of salary, etc., to an able labor law consultant/service matters lawyer in person and give inputs. Your lawyer can help you understand the breaches caused by the employer that would render it unworthy of being employed with.
Understanding the Bond
The bond was drafted in lieu of what: Training/Extraordinary Favor? You have posted no such favor was granted to you. Your lawyer may opine that in such a case, the bond is unconscionable, unenforceable, void.
Salary Slips and Payment of Wages
Salary slips have to be supplied at least a day before the disbursement of wages on a fixed/usual payday, duly signed by the employer. Refer to the Payment of Wages Act: 13A, Min Wages Central Rules 26(3,4).
Salary Complaints
The employee can lodge a complaint the moment earned wages are delayed even if by a day, and the employer can be penalized, say Rs. 7500 per instance.
Resignation and Employment Laws
The moment an employee has resigned, he/she has ended the employer-employee relationship. Such companies are covered by (Name of the state) Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, standing orders (certified/model).
You may refer to:
- (Name of the state) Shops and Commercial Establishments Act,
- (Name of the state) Shops and Commercial Establishments Rules, and demand a certified copy of the form/format that pertains to 'Service Book,' e.g., Form: N in Tamil Nadu Shops and Commercial Establishments Rules 1948.
Standing orders (certified/model); and demand a Service Certificate.
Correct FnF statement in the original, for verification and acceptance by you. These have to be supplied to all employees. If the company has a legitimate complaint, it can go to court for recovery.