ANyway, i wanted to claim back my rightful pay and went to sent
a letter to MOM asking bout thesituation. but i'm quite sure my pay
is now irrecoverable BAD DEBTS. wad can MOM do to them? they have
their limits. jus like CASE and DSAS, they too have their limits.
(to be frank, they have nNO USE, they cant help us reclaim back
losses, they cant help consumers fight back for their right,
leaving those ppl who approach them wallow in disappointment) IF
CANT HELP MIGHT AS WELL SHUT DOWN RIGHT? y let ppl approach u but u
reject them straight in the face saying "SORRY THERE"S NOTHING WE
CAN DO"
anyway, here's the letter. hope it'll give a clearer pic of wad im
toking about. i jus feel so unjustifed. BEING A FREE LABOUR FOR ONE
FULL MONTH:::::::::
RE: FRAUD
To: Person in charge
I have a few questions and sincerely hope that you will assist me
in this matter. It is rather urgent.
I just graduated from poly and joined a telemarketing company. As a
fresh graduate, I had high hopes and aspirations, but it was soon
shattered and I was faced with the ugly truth of the working place-
fraud, deception, and underhand method. I soon found out that the
company actually has some bad practices which I do not approve
of:
(i) Detaining us for work till almost 8.30pm everyday even though
our contract states 0900 to 18 30 HRS. (without paying us OT)
(ii) rag?pay system whereby the company will always hold two weeks
pay with them. (but within the salary period)
(iii) Denying employees of the right to exit the company in the
rightful manner (provide 1 month notice), this is because they will
benefit from it when employees just leave the company as they will
forfeit the 2 weeks pay.
(iv) Employees had no punch card system, and denied of a
photocopied contract
In addition, the company seems to have a lot of underhand methods
to protect themselves and deprive employees of their rights. On the
first day when I signed the employment contract with them, I
requested for a photocopied contract for reference. But the
interviewer denied me of this right and said that the company does
not have such practice. Thinking back, I was sure that it was all
in an attempt to rapped?new graduates like me who had no
experience in the working industry.
Hence, I decided to quit. I tendered my one month notice resign
letter to them on the 25 July (as required by them), which means
that officially, the employment contract would be terminated on the
25 August. As such I would be able to get my full pay back.
However, only on the 11th August that my manager told me that she
did not approve my resign letter and want me to resubmit the one
month notice again. I was furious and felt cheated that I was
denied the right to exit the company in the proper and rightful
way. If they did not approve of my resign letter, they should have
told me on the day I tendered my resign letter but not after I
served 2 weeks notice. My colleague faced the same problem too. She
tendered her letter and served her one month notice. But on the
last day of her work, when she told them that it her last day, the
manager said she forgotten about it and she never did approved her
resignation and asked her to resubmit it again.
It was obviously an attempt to rag?our employment period or even
to force us to quit on our own so that they would not need to pay
us our 2 weeks pay. Is this how the working world is supposed to
be? Resorting to such ugly underhand methods to the beneficial of
the company & denying employees of their rights? Denying
employees of their rightful pay even though they worked responsibly
for the company. (A few of the ex- staffs actually tendered their 1
month notice but never did the company pproved?the resign letter
too. In the end, they rather choose to leave the company and
forfeit their pay instead of being forever stuck in such a
cycle----- the company denying them the right to exit the company
by saying they did not approve the resign letter.)
I was utterly disgusted by the culture of this company and I really
wish to highlight this matter to MOM. I sincerely wish that
appropriate action to be taken on this company to prevent more
people from falling into this trap. Further more, it is not the
first time that someone actually lodges a complaint against this
company.
Lastly, here are some questions:
(1) If employees had already tendered their resign letter to
employers. Do employers actually have the right to eject?or
isapprove?the resignation?
(2) If yes, won employees be forever trapped in this cycle?
(3) By doing so, are the employers actually committing the rongful
detention of employee?under the Employment Act under clause
108?
(4) In light of the situation mentioned above, will employees be
entitled their pay after only serving half month notice?
(5) Will employees be able to claim back their pay if we just leave
the company without finishing the one month notice?
Thank you for your kind patient in reading this letter and hope to
hear from you soon.
Best Regards!
