Dear Seniors,
I am writing with great expectations. I have a small recruitment consultancy, and we are operating from Gurgaon. I sent an empanelment invitation to a recruiter who had posted a requirement for a consultancy. She contacted me, and we started working together. I asked about the contract, but she kept telling me that she was busy with recruitments and once she was free, she would do the formalities. It was my first assignment, and she sounded genuine; therefore, I did not pressurize her. However, she sent me an email confirmation, but that was from a Gmail account. They selected my candidates after taking a minimum of 2-3 rounds for each candidate. In her email, she had mentioned a 3-month replacement guarantee. In the meantime, some candidates left, one was terminated, and still, four continued. Even after that, I kept sending candidates as required by her. Now, whenever I asked about the payments, she started telling me about some issues happening in their company. After following up for 6 months, I contacted the CEO of the company. He knew about my work through that HR. Initially, he said that I would be paid, but afterwards, he started avoiding me. The last time I contacted him, he only asked if I had signed the contract and was not ready to make the payments.
I understand it was my fault to trust someone like this and not get the contract signed. I am feeling cheated and would like to ask seniors here, based on the email confirmation and offer letter of the candidates, can I take any legal action?
Please do reply.
Thanks & Regards,
Rajni
I am writing with great expectations. I have a small recruitment consultancy, and we are operating from Gurgaon. I sent an empanelment invitation to a recruiter who had posted a requirement for a consultancy. She contacted me, and we started working together. I asked about the contract, but she kept telling me that she was busy with recruitments and once she was free, she would do the formalities. It was my first assignment, and she sounded genuine; therefore, I did not pressurize her. However, she sent me an email confirmation, but that was from a Gmail account. They selected my candidates after taking a minimum of 2-3 rounds for each candidate. In her email, she had mentioned a 3-month replacement guarantee. In the meantime, some candidates left, one was terminated, and still, four continued. Even after that, I kept sending candidates as required by her. Now, whenever I asked about the payments, she started telling me about some issues happening in their company. After following up for 6 months, I contacted the CEO of the company. He knew about my work through that HR. Initially, he said that I would be paid, but afterwards, he started avoiding me. The last time I contacted him, he only asked if I had signed the contract and was not ready to make the payments.
I understand it was my fault to trust someone like this and not get the contract signed. I am feeling cheated and would like to ask seniors here, based on the email confirmation and offer letter of the candidates, can I take any legal action?
Please do reply.
Thanks & Regards,
Rajni