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1. The Line Manager of HR personnel are not your employer…………You have the option of escalating to good offices of appointing authority,MD……………
Resignation and subsequent communications should be addressed to good offices….
2. The Relieving letter signifies nothing is pending at the end of employee………………
Here the company has attached the issuance of experience certificate, relieving letter to payment of notice pay alone…………………….
Whereas your company has inserted a private policy/rules of making the payment of notice pay in advance………………………..thus you can tender notice pay and satisfy this condition and stake your rightful claim to Relieving letter, Experience Certificate……
Logically the company should supply the original FnF statement for verification and acceptance by employee showing all payables by it to employee and all payables by employee to company and net amounts payable by either company or employer …..
3. Did you mention in notice of resignation that it pertains to the discussion with superiors Mr/Ms……………….on dated……………… and dated……………and as decided by superiors, you are tendering notice period of ……………………days and have firmed up your next employment accordingly…………. i.e. your LWD is dated…………………..and you shall be in your next venture w.e.f. dated…………………..and that as on dated………………..(on which the superiors decided your LWD/notice period ::::::NO tasks were pending at your end (download proof)…………….and routine duties be assigned that can be completed on daily basis within and upto expiry of your notice period on dated………………and you be informed to whom you should handover the charge within and upto last date in office dated………………against acknowledgment on the spot………….and acknowledgment of notice pf resignation, acceptance of resignation, FnF statement in original for verification and acceptance showing adjustment of CORRECT notice period/pay and payables by you/pyables by company and net amount payable by either employee/employer, salary slips of all months, PF number with a/c slips, ESIC card, service certificate, relieving letter, NOC/NDC be supplied to you within and upto last date in office…………………
4. Why the HR personnel want you to serve full notice period::::::Have they replied in writing? Generally it is if some tasks are pending and employee is unwilling to indemnify the employer against any financial or other loss and comply with conditions of notice pay in lieu of notice period…………
5. Did you record the threat of legal cases? Since the option of payment of notice pay in lieu of notice period is duly inserted in service conditions drafted by employer then such threat can be termed as breach by employer, coercion,intimidation etc…………..
6. The notice period of 60 days may not be necessarily applicable in your case!
This has been explained in length in many threads e.g.:
https://www.lawyersclubindia.com/experts/Resigned-but-employer-is-not-supportive-520111.asp#.VM9_tS2qr5Y
The notice period is part of service conditions that is governed by various enactments applicable to the establishment/employer/employee e.g. ( Name of the state) Shops and Commercial Establishments Act that was enacted to govern the service conditions of employees working in such establishments, standing orders……….. These being enactments/instrument of law/statue…. enacted as per law of the land, shall prevail upon any private agreement/policy/rule drafted by employer and signed with employee e.g. appointment letter/contract of employment/HR policy/service rules and regulations/service agreement etc……………and any service condition that is inconsistent with such enactments shall not survive…….
After going thru the above thread you may post other information that is relevant..
7. What exactly is promotion to Grade5?
The increase in your grade may not necessarily mean promotion or confirmation of employment …………………and might just be increase in remuneration! If yes it may not necessarily invite amendment of service conditions!
Your lawyer may opine that service conditions can not changed without notice of 21 days and till accepted in writing by employee and you are covered by the def. of ‘Employee’ and ‘Workman’….
If you are unable to handle the matter on your own entrust it to your labor Law Consultant/service matters lawyer!
Are you a member of any employee’s/Trade Unions::::::If NO would you mind posting ::;Why?