Hi All,
I Think my ex-employer has given a False acknowledgement, just to please me. on 21st Nov 2011, one of HR sent a message to my mobile saying,
"Hi Ravi, PF office start settling the Money u will get very soon. July submitted forms are getting the money now".
Not Knowing that , I had receieved messages on my mobile on 14th Nov 2011 saying " They have recceived Form 19 and 10 C on 12th Nov 2011 and is under process".
So I forwarded the message I received from PF office on 27th Nov 2011 to the HR person who had forwarded the message to him. Saying that HSBC might have provided a false acknowledgement.
Since 27th Sep 2011 my form were submitted. From that date I should I got my amount into my account by atleast 1st Dec 2011. which is till over and beyond 60 days.
After which he messaged saying " Hi ravi this is a wrong statement we have a valid proof. we can file a case. I think you will get the cash next week".
He had even called from office on weekend( 27th Nov 2011 that to check, if I had sent a mail copying to any of lawyers, since I had taken a permission of one of the lawyer from Path legal site an copied his/her mail id in all my mail converstion's i had with HSBC.
To which I had replied by msg saying " Then what should, I do for HSBC which has delayed my PF for 1 year".
I am posting all these to alert the general public , how companies can go to an extent of giving false acknowledgement's , delaying your PF withdrawal claims and coloring that PF office are not doing their work......., Thinking that he/she will re-join the company after 1.5 - 2 yrs in the best case or to make a bad impression on the previous company wherein, he/she will join other Business unit which will be a competition to your previous Delivery head.
More importantly , please inform if any of your colleagues, Neighours... etc are employed with HSBC to be prepared with these sort of things.... as lot of ppl who had left the company 1 year back (i.e., Sep - Dec 2010), I have received the acknowledgement copy on 29th Sep 2011. One of the employee of HSBC who has read this thread, I comtacted me , who had quit the company on 1st of Apr 2011, has received the acknowledgemt copy of his PF withdrawal on 5th Dec 2011. For the same person, the HR team didn't give is Variable pay. which has to be paid. He had written a mail to CEO of company and then he received his Variable Pay. which he had conveyed to me over phone.
I would leave to the readers of this thread, as well as the lawyers forum if in future if any other ex-employee of HSBC post's this story of harassment for PF withdrawal to take it seriously through some NGO's and do the needful to the Individual. My case can be taken as an evidence to prove that they are not at all ethical in handling the ex-employee's.
Thanks,
Ravindra S