I am managing HR in a school in Hyderabad. I had asked the employee to forego her salary for the X mas vacations in the year 2008 for 10 days, as a punishment for he Sick leaves ( Leaves treated as LOPs already).
Now the employee is threatening to go to Asst Labour Commissioner if the payment of salary is not disbursed immediately.
I had also issued a letter to the employee in 2008, and taken her signature, which states, " Attend school in X mas holidays or forego Salary" .
The school remained closed during X mas holidays for all the teachers; these are the paid holidays.
Please advise how to resolve it? The management has taken this issue on an egoistic grounds, and I wish to avoid any dispute.
Thanks. Pl consider this urgent..
From India, Hyderabad
Now the employee is threatening to go to Asst Labour Commissioner if the payment of salary is not disbursed immediately.
I had also issued a letter to the employee in 2008, and taken her signature, which states, " Attend school in X mas holidays or forego Salary" .
The school remained closed during X mas holidays for all the teachers; these are the paid holidays.
Please advise how to resolve it? The management has taken this issue on an egoistic grounds, and I wish to avoid any dispute.
Thanks. Pl consider this urgent..
From India, Hyderabad
If the school was closed for X'Mas holidays and when all other teachers had paid holiday, why this particular employee (teacher) was denied the holidays?
I do not understand how can sick leave (that also on without pay) be compensated by working on holidays whereas there is no work at all available for him. If , on the other hand, if you instruct a clerk or a machinist or welder to finish all the PENDING works by working on holidays, there is some genuineness, that he can come and finish all work at his convenience. That also is not possible if you had earlier treated the sick leaves as LOP.
Now in your case, it is a teacher who is suppose to work on holidays. Will she teach to desks and benches? And if she makes a complaint that she was asked to come to school during vacations with some other motive, to be very precise, she was sexually harassed (!), where your management's ego will work?.
Now make a home work on the matter. I presume that your educational institution is not owned or aided by government. If so, you must have registration under the AP Shops and Commercial Establishments Act. If yes, she will get 12 sick leave with pay and other leaves as mentioned in the Act. If you have not taken registration, then also she is in a better position to expose it before the District Labour Authorities. Therefore, make your own assessment and advise the Management of it and solve the problem. Find out why she has put this matter after a long gap of nearly 10 months.
Regards,
Madhu.T.K
From India, Kannur
4249I do not understand how can sick leave (that also on without pay) be compensated by working on holidays whereas there is no work at all available for him. If , on the other hand, if you instruct a clerk or a machinist or welder to finish all the PENDING works by working on holidays, there is some genuineness, that he can come and finish all work at his convenience. That also is not possible if you had earlier treated the sick leaves as LOP.
Now in your case, it is a teacher who is suppose to work on holidays. Will she teach to desks and benches? And if she makes a complaint that she was asked to come to school during vacations with some other motive, to be very precise, she was sexually harassed (!), where your management's ego will work?.
Now make a home work on the matter. I presume that your educational institution is not owned or aided by government. If so, you must have registration under the AP Shops and Commercial Establishments Act. If yes, she will get 12 sick leave with pay and other leaves as mentioned in the Act. If you have not taken registration, then also she is in a better position to expose it before the District Labour Authorities. Therefore, make your own assessment and advise the Management of it and solve the problem. Find out why she has put this matter after a long gap of nearly 10 months.
Regards,
Madhu.T.K
From India, Kannur
Hi Uday,
Thanks a miilion.
It has happened with my wife in a so called 'reputed' public school in Kondapur in Hyderabad.
Thanks for the input.
I had wanted an objective view on the matter. That's why I had put the question to the forum that way.
I have already written letter to the school authorities , a detalied one with all other harassment issues.
Thanks again
From India, Hyderabad
Thanks a miilion.
It has happened with my wife in a so called 'reputed' public school in Kondapur in Hyderabad.
Thanks for the input.
I had wanted an objective view on the matter. That's why I had put the question to the forum that way.
I have already written letter to the school authorities , a detalied one with all other harassment issues.
Thanks again
From India, Hyderabad
Dear Roopchand,
CiteHr is a website whre you can share your experiences, whether good or bad, with others. For that you can be very straight forward and you need not misrepresent as any other person. In your initial post you said you were the HR Manager who asked an employee to work on vacations and now you have come with a confession that it was your own case study! Be more realistic and bold.
Regards,
Madhu.T.K
From India, Kannur
CiteHr is a website whre you can share your experiences, whether good or bad, with others. For that you can be very straight forward and you need not misrepresent as any other person. In your initial post you said you were the HR Manager who asked an employee to work on vacations and now you have come with a confession that it was your own case study! Be more realistic and bold.
Regards,
Madhu.T.K
From India, Kannur
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