Signed Employment bond
Akash Borate
(Querist) 30 September 2018
This query is : Resolved
I had signed a bond in certain company and joined as a trainee but now I want to leave the company, because my senior always tortures me. The bond I signed states that if I leave the company without serving the period of 3 years then I have to pay ₹2 lakhs plus the amount spent on my training. 13 months have passed there is no training provided to me. Please help me with this issue.
Isaac Gabriel
(Expert) 30 September 2018
The condition of 3 years seems excessive.But, since you have signed the bond you have to convince and get relieved.Consult lawyer with the bond for assistance.
Guest
(Expert) 30 September 2018
Before signing bond, you could have inquired about the conditions of the existing staff, as would have been prevailing in the organization. Normally bonds are obtained from the employees by the management, when they find their staff frequently quitting the organization. Otherwise, where the bond of mutual trust is established between the employees and the management, there exists no need for getting any type of bond signed from any employee.
Frankly speaking, now you have only one of the two options, either to bear with the torture of the seniors for the bond period or pay the agreed bond money. So perhaps nobody would be able to help you even if you spend hefty amount as fee of any lawyer to file a petition in the court of law. False hopes, if given by any expert can also not help you.
You may like to consult some local lawyer, expert in service laws by getting the contents of the bond examined in detail, if he can find some legally void terms of the bond to give you some ray of hope. otherwise, you should not expect any remedy on your casual query of academic nature.
best of luck.
Dr J C Vashista
(Expert) 01 October 2018
You have executed the bond to serve at least 3 years with the company, you can not escape its terms and conditions.
Either continue in service or pay the amount.
P. Venu
(Expert) 02 October 2018
Such employment bonds cannot be enforced unilaterally and even if enforced through due process of law, the amount that could be sought to be enforced is the expenditure, if any, the employer had expended in imparting special training on the employee.
Guest
(Expert) 02 October 2018
So, how do you propose to derive benefit out of the advice of Mr. Venu, if you really can, when your employer won't be ready to relieve you on your resignation letter without fulfilling the conditions of the bond?
You will either have to fight your case in a competent court for years together, while keeping on serving your company till the bond period expires, or to pay the bond amount to get yourself relieved if you prefer to resign.
Be aware, if you opt for a legal battle, you will have to prove at your own that no training, etc. was provided to you. Your work period with the company can very well be proved to be a sort of skill enhancement training for you.
Virtually, nobody could suggest you any practical solution for your presently non-existing problem that you discussed..
Better, bear with your destiny, if you really have any such problem, which seems to be a hypothetical one. If a real problem, you can however take a lesson for future not to enter in to any bonded employment. You would certainly be destined to lose opportunities of better career arising during the bond period. Your future lies in hard facts of your own career, not on others' sweet pills.
