A bus driver joined our school in 10-07-2001 left service on 31-03-2008. He filed a case for gratuity before the Asst. Commissioner for labour, and the same was settled in 2017 outside the court. He got the amount and signed declaring that he has no arrears due to him. Now he has filed a case in the Labour Court making a claim on the following grounds:1. Arrears of salary. 2. Overtime wages 3. National festval holidays wages 4.Leave wages 5. Bonus
The school bus driver timings are 8.00 am to 9.00 am and 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm. (2 hours of driving per day). The school working days per year are 220 days only as fixed by the Govt. of Tamil Nadu. All festival days and Sundays are holidays. The drivers report only on the working days, and 145 days are holidays for them in a year. Salaries are paid on the first of every month and signatures are obtained in the salary register. Bonus is paid every year at 8.33% at the end of December every year.
We have got all the attendance and salary registers for the past 10 years only starting from 01-04-2008. Is he eligible to make a claim as stated above, and what we should do to defend ourself. Do we come under the Shops and Establishments Act ?
