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UMy brother was employed at an early-stage startup (seed-funded) for the last 4+ years as a developer. He was the 6th member of the company and did particularly well. Promoted and given a good raise every 6 months.
A few months back, he casually mentioned to his co-founder that he was getting bored with the work and might look for a change for his personal growth. Nothing concrete, nothing in writing – just discussing his mental state with his co-founder as a mentee.
Suddenly one day, around 45 days back, his co-founder and HR scheduled a call with him, asked him to leave on the spot and declined to pay any severance/notice period pay. When he objected, he was threatened that if he didn’t accept this, they would hand him a termination letter instead of a resignation letter. No PIP, no discussion, no severance, no notice — nothing.
My brother kept objecting, asking for his 2-month notice period pay in the email chain as part of his FnF. He was supposed to receive his annual bonus as well in the same month, which was again denied to him.
To make matters worse, these folks handed him a termination letter and the last 15 days paycheck with remarks – “Terminated”. (Yes, they went out of their way to mention this in his last paycheck as well – so much for working hard to build something together).
We are looking for advice and recommendations for a lawyer who specialises in labour law to take this case forward. We are mentally prepared to take this to court.
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