I have been working in a family run business in my previous employement. During my tenure I have build their business from scratch and as a token of appreciation the company ad given me a lump sum amount. Out of courtesy I was paying back monthly so i didnt feel inbedted to them. But after a couple of years since i have left the company they have asked me to pay back all the money due with allegations of me leaving the company without proper notice.
The following has happened during my tenure.
1. No employement letter with any guideline was issued.
2. My Salary was shown much less in paper than paid to save taxes, PF, insurance etc.
3. There is no agreement or a written document forany the appreciation money paid or received.
4. After the business was up and running the other directors ( family members ) started harrasing me.
5. I had given in my written resignation which they refuse to acknowledge.
Post my tenure the company has started loosing out on service contracts that i had facilitated due to their ineffeciency to service them and after two years i received an email asking for the money back. I have mailed back with the issues and have asked them to consider that lumpsum i have returned as full and final settlement to the issue from my end.
Request your urgent advice on the same. I really dont want to pay back the money for the harrasment i have faced at work during my tenure with them due to which i left them.
Thanks in advance
Ryan
