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Currently I am working in a medical device manufacturing company as an embedded software engineer from 2018 December. Some of my team members(senior+fresher) including me(fresher) got sacked in a very short period of time from my previous company. It happened so I had a very close and trust-able contact at that time and we still have and so he refereed me to my present company. I joined that company with some verbal negotiations and I settled down in that company, with no joining letter or offer letter and only having a employment letter just mentioning my DOJ and my designation. Everything went all good with some minor problems like salary hike and leaves ( now I realise it had to, because of my extreme stupidity and over trusting as not getting anything discussed in written form), until a week back when I asked for my offer letter and experience letter as I got another company to move. Things got ugly pretty quickly. Now he is purposely delaying my offer letter ( it is very much required as proof for my new company as my offer letter from new company is depending on it) and saying me to accept some illegal terms so after that only he can give me this company related documents(joining/experience). To be more precise he asking me to be available in future when the device is in production phase, to consult if any software problem comes, to add or modify some new features, overall to take responsibility of the device as a freelancer in future, as from his side company has spent a lot of money and it is not possible for knowledge transfer in this time( I had also asked I can serve 1 month notice period if he wants for teaching a new guy but he lied to me,as he just want to just sale it after I done fixing(in future) it and he just doesnt want anyone to hire for it), still I know for sure it is still in R&D phase and have some h/w problems and it will take a minimum of 4-5 months to fix it. And I dont want to take any responsibility in future after I leave this company, I can fix anything in the notice period but not in future, than he not providing me the documents, He just wants me in this company till the device is fully functional. Yes I have lied to my new company that I have 1 month notice without having current company joining letter because I assumed it so, I have seen other employees serving for 15 days in notice period in this company. And I knew him as good man and even I want to self-volunteer for 1 month notice period, so I thought I would easily get the joining letter( again so stupid of myself) and I can easily provide that to new company. I want to leave this environment and company as quickly as possible(including 1 month notice peroid) , without any future contracts from this company, I am not getting what to do to get my joining letter is anything legal I can approach or some steps required? ** I have bank account statement ** I have pay-slips

I work in one of the MNC IT firm as an Engineer. I would like to do part time freelance job as a Translator/ Interpreter. Is it allowed legally in India? if yes, what things I need to take care regarding taxes.

Hi I am Taruneshfrom Raipur got a call from one company on 7Oct 2019 and they told it is JP Solution, online watch video jobs.You can earn 5000 to 1000 after 10 days work completed.After that I sent one ID proof and address .After that they called me and sent one email and thay called and told click on that link and acccept, then you will get your ID and password.After this I done and then they sent me some contract paper in email and user name and password for Clicknearn.com When I tried to do video watching jobs after login their user name and password.Not able to open a single video link.I tried two to three days .After that I give up to login and do thia. Then today again they called me from [protected] and told that I am advocate and as you failed to complete JP Solution job, you have yo pay Rs 5000 as a cancellation charges.Then they sent me one email with some indian bank account details in the name of JP Solution (JP Solution ) and asked me to pay the amount by 1:30 p.m . Then I paid and sent them payment screenshot .Then they called and asking me you want to continue or quit this jobs.I told I want to quit it. Then they asked me to pay Rs 16200 as a cancellation charges within 3:30 P.M . After that I understand that it is totally fraud and cheating money from people.I have not given this 16200 amount as acancellation charge. There is no contract paper sign by me .Contract paper they sent, for 11 Month in a UK5115, there no signed by me or date mention in there may2019 and said we sent legal notice to you and present in court and pay the fine amout. Please help me what we do. Because they dont tell me all abut this.

We are private limited company,we came into digital marketing and gaming feild in the end of 2017.We are from Andhra Pradsh.In search of projects for our company we came across a BPO project advertisement on internet.We contact the person with whom the ad involves,he is from Kolkata after contacting he asked the project costs about 2.70 lakhs and ask us to pay that online instead of that we asked him that we are about to visit kolkata and after that we took his pan copy and paid 2.70 lakhs to the consultant.After we came into project but after continuing of projects for seven months he does not paid single rupee for the contract until now.Instead of non paying he is treating us that he will send goons if we asked for money.Later on we came to know that he is collecting lots of money from many centers by the name of projects.We lost about 18lakhs in terms of billings because of him and also getting criminal intimidation.Also when i tried to do fir on this police man asking how to file fir I have proper legal aggrementation,mails,discussions,call recordings,Chats on the payment.Please help me how to sort the things through legal action and file FIR on him.Police man asking me on which parameter can they file Fir.Please help me how to file fir and help me to pick up the person from the police man.

Respected Members, I request to share your suggestion, when Management refuses to pay Leave encashment amount during F & F settlement. As per offer letter agreement, I have served 90 Days notice period. Now they are telling in F&F leave encashment rules is not applicable. when I checked in offer letter agreement, there no such policy mentioned. What should an exit employee do to claim his leave encashment amount ? Your valuable advise will help us. Regards, Niroop

We have evidence to proof that your medical certificate is a forged and a fabricated document. Thus, we will be initiating proper legal proceedings against both you and the Doctor. We once again call upon you to either join your official duty or pay the notice period salary. This is for your information and records.

By way of this notice, you, the Addressee, are hereby called upon to either return to your official duty or to pay the amount of Rs.37,500/- in lieu of notice period salary within seven days from receipt of this notice failing which our Client shall be constrained to institute appropriate legal proceedings, both civil and criminal in nature, against you, the Addressee, which shall be entirely at your own cost, risk and consequence. This s the points are threatening me alot because once start reply through lawyer if they will file civil or criminal case on me. Is it affects my career?

Dear Sir, I got the below mail from my previous employer. I don't know how to respond them. Kindly guide me. Under instructions from and on behalf of our client, Cinntra Infotech Solutions Pvt. Ltd., having its registered office at 203, S.G,Alpha Tower-1, Sec-9, Vasundhra, Ghaziabad-201012 we hereby address you with the present legal notice as under:- 1. Our Client is a renowned software development and services company, which enjoy an impeccable reputation and goodwill and is engaged inter-alia, IT and social sector software space, as well as supporting International clients of repute. 2. You the addressee approached our client in the month of April 2019 and offered you candidature for providing your services to our Client. It was represented to our Client that you are very hard working and hold the expertise of a skilled professional. 3. Based upon your eloquent representation, our Client considered your request and agreed to appoint you the as “Software Engineer” on probation basis and an offer letter was issued to you on 17.05.2019, along with the Employment Agreement attached as Annexure-B. 4. Pursuant to the aforesaid agreement, You, the addressee have agreed to comply with each and every term and condition of your employment and had ensured to work for Our Client to the best of your Capabilities. 5. It is pertinent to mention that as per clause 7 of the Employment agreement, you, the addressee was prohibited to install, download, copy, duplicate any unauthorized or unlicensed software programs on to your computer systems, this was not followed by you and unauthorized files were found on your system, which accounts for breach of employment agreement. 6. It is submitted that security is an important aspect of our Client’s company infrastructure, and you were not allowed to take company property outside company premises without proper authorization, you are also accountable for data theft of an important set of confidential data is missing from the office premises. 7. It is stated that you were assigned on secondment to at one of our prestigious Client’s office namely Landmark Group at Bangalore where you were obligated to perform your official duty. It is submitted that you unequivocally assured our Client that you shall discharge your official duty with utmost sincerity and ethically. 8. It is stated that on 17.06.2019 Our Client was astonished to learn you absented yourself and failed to report to official duty without any prior intimation to our Client. It is stated that your aforesaid absent adversely impacted the services of our Client that caused serious damage to our Client reputation and huge monetary losses. 9. It is stated that due to the abrupt cessation of services and due to your acts and omissions, the project that was assigned to you has been completely jeopardized and our Client has been exposed to huge financial losses that are clearly attributed to you. Our Client reserve its right to claim the actual losses in this regard. 10. It is further submitted that the above abrupt cessation of employment is in violation of Clause 3 of the Agreement that clearly provides 30 day notice while under probation and 90 day notice post completion of probation period (6 months). Clauses 3 (a) and (b) of the agreement is reproduced herein as follows for your ease: “you will be under probation period for 6 Months. During the probation period either party can terminate this employment by serving a notice of 30 days. Your employment would stand confirmed after 6 months if not communicated otherwise in writing for any extension of probation period” & “either party can terminate this employment by serving a notice period of 90 days post completion of 6 months” 11. Further our Client has a reason to believe that you have misused or intend to misuse the confidential information for which our Client reserve its right to get the formal investigation done and claim appropriate damages. 12. By way of this notice, you, the Addressee, are hereby called upon to either return to your official duty or to pay the amount of Rs.37,500/- in lieu of notice period salary within seven days from receipt of this notice failing which our Client shall be constrained to institute appropriate legal proceedings, both civil and criminal in nature, against you, the Addressee, which shall be entirely at your own cost, risk and consequence. 13. Furthermore, kindly note, that the action initiated by Our Client in this regard, is without prejudice to any other remedy available to our Client. Copy of this notice is retained in our office for future reference.

MY TAX CONSULTANT, NOT REPLIED TO NOTICE RECD BY ME UNDER SECTION-139(9) FOR AY-2016-17, AS A RESULT , I HAVE NOT RECD INCOME TAX REFUND OF RS 20K.... I WANT TO KNOW - WHAT CAN BE DONE TO GET THIS REFUND ...NOW -??????

Hi Sir, My name is Nagaraju. I am working in private company as a SSE. Recently i got an offer from another company. But, after 4days they withdrawn my offer letter and said their upcoming project was on hold. I resigned in my current company because they were asking the confirmation of my resignation. I told them like without having confirmation from client, they shouldn't release the offer letter and should not ask my resignation confirmation. they simply said apologies and not picking my call or not responding to my mails. I lost my job because of that offer. Can i file a case of them for demand compensation. i had big damage to my career with that. So please advise on this. regards, Nagaraju