Payment of bonus is the statutory liability on the employer and receipt of bonus amount is the legal right of the employee and the amount to be paid, to whom to be paid and by when to be paid has been well framed in the Payment of Bonus Act. The employer cannot unethically amend the bonus scheme depriving bonus to its employees. The employees resigned from the service also are entitled to bonus for their tenure.We have received multiple complaints from employees across India that the employer HCL Technologies Limited has initiated a policy to recover bonus paid to the employees. If the employee fails to pay the amount his/her experience certificate, relieving letter and other employment documents & benefits are withheld by the company. The said policy implemented by the company to recover bonus already paid to its employees forcefully is iniquitous, arbitrary and harsh. Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate NITES has submitted official complaint to PMO India, Ministry of Labour and Employment and Ministry of Corporate Affairs against HCL Technologies unlawful bonus recovery policy.
This is a righteous cause.. I am working with HCL and serving notice period.. They have put a recovery of AMPB against my resignation which is truly unfair specially cause there is a quarterly performance review and my performance has always been Excellent.. while it is written in my contract and is legally binding but it is an unfair practice.. No company should be allowed to take back salaries.. (not giving salary is different than taking it back).. this practice needs to be stopped for good..
I am victim of HCL illegal bonus policy, as my last working day in HCL was 17 Nov. 2021 and I had to pay my EPB bonus amount from the fnf settlement.
Why this policy revoke is not for all employees and only effective from 22 Dec. 2021?
NITES please help us in revoking this policy completely and getting our hard earned money back.
I am victim of HCL illegal bonus policy, as my last working day in HCL was 31 Dec. 2021 and I had to pay my AMPB bonus amount from the fnf settlement.
Why this policy revoke is not for all employees and only effective from 22 Dec. 2021?
NITES please help us in revoking this policy completely and getting our hard earned money back.
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I am Victim of HCL, they deducted around 30k from my FNF SETTLEMENT saying that AMPB and EPB deductions …
I have worked more than 3years, this is not fair at all ..
Please help me to raise complaint for the same
I am the current victim of such unlawful rules. After serving my last working day, 2 days have been passed, sill I have not received my relieving letter. After further inquiry from HR, a member from HCL Financial department, replied that I have to pay the Project Bonus amount that was paid then I will get my relieving letter. As far as I know, the Project bonus recovery will be adjusted from my full and final settlement, as mentioned in my Provisional FNF letter. There was nowhere mentioned that I need to pay it before. There was nowhere mentioned that it must be paid after LWD otherwise my relieving letter and other post separation documents will be blocked. If I consider it’s priority, then why I was not informed earlier? I came to know the exact scenario after further inquiry from my end after waiting for 2 days. There was no mail communication, no information about such rule. I have served my LWD last Friday and today is Monday. 2 days are already passed. The day after tomorrow is my joining date in my new organization and today I am facing such harassment. If I will not submit my relieving letter, my joining will be postponed. This is not expected from a IT giant like HCL.