2009/6/10 Kiran Jonnalagadda <[email protected]> > Wouldn't this fall foul of bonded labour regulations? > > A friend of mine quit an IT major three months after joining, while still > in his mandatory training period. His superior said she couldn't record it > as a resignation. She'd get investigated for that, so she was going to mark > him as absconding. > > He received a notice from them demanding he pay up the "training fee" bond. > A lawyer advised him to ignore it since it wouldn't stand in court anyway. > He did, and in over six years since, hasn't been bothered by them again.
Same thing happened to me, but I paid up since the company I was joining agreed to pay the bond. Incidentally, I did recieve a summons from the court - so its not ignored by the court and they do give it a hearing. Of course, if the summons have not been served i.e. if you have not recieved it, then you have an excuse (I think). A friend of mine changed addresses in between his time at the same co and therefore got away with it. Kiran
