Leaving a Job with Multiple Employers: How to Handle Experience Letters and Salary Slips?

Hi,

I am working for a group of companies and handling HR & admin work. I am receiving salary from all those companies in different cheques. Now, as I am leaving that job, I need to prepare an experience certificate and salary slips. Please help me with the format for the experience letter and salary slip. Should I obtain separate experience certificates and salary slips or one certificate from the group of companies?

Thanks,
Shweta

Hi,

You have correctly mentioned that you should request different experience certificates and salary slips from the group of companies. This is based on the cheques payment made to you.

Ms. Shweta,

You should ask for a combined experience certificate from your group company wherein they should be requested to mention the name of the company, period, nature of functions, and salary drawn. There is no point in obtaining a number of certificates for the same period from different companies, as this will not provide any additional credit mileage; instead, it will create confusion.

BS Kalsi,
Member Since August 2011

Thank you, BS Kalsi...

I would like to inquire about obtaining a combined experience certificate. In this regard, I have a query concerning the letterhead that should be used for the certificate. Which company's letterhead should be utilized for issuing the certificate?

Ms. Shweta,

Preferably, it should be the company for which you were initially recruited. I mean, you should check your appointment letter; it should be the same company that hired you for the job. It was a later development that you were asked to work for other companies. It should be the company that directed you (verbally or in writing) to work for other companies and fixed the extra emoluments for such work for those other companies.

BS Kalsi
Member Since August 2011

Thank you, BS Kalsi,

I am still confused since salary is being credited into my account from three different entities till today. Now, I need a salary slip to show it to my new employer. Can you suggest how to go about it and if there is a specific format I could use?

Experience Certificate and Salary Slip Guidance

Please review my email dated November 28, 2016, where I suggested you request a combined experience certificate from your group company. They should be asked to include the following information:

1. The names of the companies.
2. Period of engagement with each company.
3. Nature of functions.
4. Last drawn salaries.

There is no problem if the salary is being credited to your account from three different entities. You can show the combined certificate, which will authenticate the proof of salaries. If they have a problem, you can show the bank passbooks. There is no specific format, but you can devise a form as per your requirement. Make sure that the last drawn salaries shown in the combined certificate tally with your passbook entries.

Regards, BS Kalsi