Notice from my ex-employer

Is the contract to pay perdiems, provide insurance in writing?

The employer did not pay salary for 3 months and left the employee to lurch in foreign land and thus became unworthy of being employed with.The employer has breached the trust.

Your emails shall come to your rescue.You have not absconded, you have resigned due to unbearable circumstances.

Your addresses were in record of employer and employer has sent legal notice at your address.If employer was willing to mend its ways it could have sent an appropriate communication calling you back to its indian office.It has probably not supplied any notice, legal notice declaring you absconding also.

Approach a competent and experienced service lawyer and issue a fitting reply to the legal notice.

        Thank you kumar, I really appreciate your help. Your message boosted my confidence. Thanks a lot.

        About my contract, I signed employment contract in Dubai, which was in arabic and english. This contract contained everything from salary in AED , insurance ,local accommodation etc., he used this to submit to the local FZ Authority to get my visa approval. As a FreeZone company, my company should provide me insurance according to local law of dubai. Unfortunately I donot have a copy of this. He too didnot use this contract in his claim probably because he cannot say he paid me in AED and cannot prove that he provided me with insurance. As I said even the perdiems he paid were by hand, so no record for that as well.

        When I was in India, he took my degree certificate for the purpose of applying Dubai visa. He gave me a letter stating this. He agreed upon for 4500 AED pm as perdiems before taking my certificate and he said these are perdiems and not salary so no letter for this. After that, the day before I was travelling to Dubai I was said he will pay me only 3000 AED pm as his policy changed. I rejected to go to Dubai, he insisted me to pay 1 Lac and take my certificate else goto Dubai with this pay, with no other option I left for Dubai. Even I have to sign the Dubai contract under the panic that he will not give me my original certificate. I have no written communication for all this transaction except the letter stating he is taking my certificate for the pupose of visa.

       Can I state that he cornered me to goto Dubai. How far will this help my case ? Will my point be valid ? Do I need to prove that employer said this to me ?

Mr.Joshi has given valuable advice. Kindly follow it. This matter now needs to be handled by a competent and experienced lawyer and let your lawyer evaluate the merits, as employer has already issued a legal notice. Your lawyer shall submit a fitting reply and shall demand all relevant documents. Your lawyer shall decide what is to be quoted/revealed and what is not to be quoted.

You have posted that:

--“He used this to submit to the local FZ Authority to get my visa approval.”

You may try and obtain copies of these and all other documents from visa authorities or employer or anyone else who can provide the documents.

--“He too did not use this contract in his claim.”

Employer shall have to produce the document.

--“Even I have to sign the Dubai contract under the panic that he will not give me my original certificate.”

The original documents can not be withheld for infinite period. Employer may ask to show the originals for verification and shall have to return. You may claim that you had to sign under the duress.

--I have no written communication for all this transaction except the letter stating he is taking my certificate for the pupose of visa.

After the visa the originals should have been returned.

--Can I state that he cornered me to goto Dubai.

You can. However, now your lawyer should take a final call on each and everything.

Consult your lawyer on the payments you received by hand.

Thanks for the valuable suggestions kumar.