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AI don’t know the specific facts, but it would be very easy for the company to claim that she was terminated for the same reason as the other employees who were terminated. It is discrimination only if she was singled out.
Filing a POSH complaint does not provide immunity against being affected by downsizing etc.
AThe devil is in the details. Without very specific details of the case that are best discussed with a lawyer in person, any generic advice given online will be useless or, worse, misleading.If it is a big firm, they would likely have lawyered up and done a risk assessment before deciding on the termination.
Go and speak to actual lawyers with experience in the field. It will probably require a long interactive session for them to flesh out the relevant facts.
AThe devil is in the details. Without very specific details of the case that are best discussed with a lawyer in person, any generic advice given online will be useless or, worse, misleading.If it is a big firm, they would likely have lawyered up and done a risk assessment before deciding on the termination.
Go and speak to actual lawyers with experience in the field. It will probably require a long interactive session for them to flesh out the relevant facts.
AI have personally experienced the sharp deterioration in customer experience at Amazon over the last few years.The big picture is that the online store business is unprofitable in most countries including India and is subsidised by AWS. Amazon is also lagging behind the other tech giants in AI and the new CEO is under heavy pressure to cut losses.
They are actively cracking down on what they think are excessive or fraudulent returns and trying to get rid of unprofitable customers. In the process, even genuine returns are feeling the pinch. To make matters worse, many customer interaction functions have been taken over by AI agents and even human agents who were previously able to issue refunds have been disempowered.
You have already contacted Executive Customer Relations – which is formally the highest level of escalation. There is supposed to be a Grievance Officer, but those emails are also sent to ECR, as far as I know. You can try mailing Jeff Bezos or Andy Jassy, but they get so many angry customer complaints that it is unlikely yours will get through the filter.
I hope it doesn’t come to it, but I suspect you will have to go the legal route if you want to take this further.
I have stopped ordering anything from Amazon that I am not prepared to write-off in case things go wrong.
AI have personally experienced the sharp deterioration in customer experience at Amazon over the last few years.The big picture is that the online store business is unprofitable in most countries including India and is subsidised by AWS. Amazon is also lagging behind the other tech giants in AI and the new CEO is under heavy pressure to cut losses.
They are actively cracking down on what they think are excessive or fraudulent returns and trying to get rid of unprofitable customers. In the process, even genuine returns are feeling the pinch. To make matters worse, many customer interaction functions have been taken over by AI agents and even human agents who were previously able to issue refunds have been disempowered.
You have already contacted Executive Customer Relations – which is formally the highest level of escalation. There is supposed to be a Grievance Officer, but those emails are also sent to ECR, as far as I know. You can try mailing Jeff Bezos or Andy Jassy, but they get so many angry customer complaints that it is unlikely yours will get through the filter.
I hope it doesn’t come to it, but I suspect you will have to go the legal route if you want to take this further.
I have stopped ordering anything from Amazon that I am not prepared to write-off in case things go wrong.
ANot necesary. They can ask her to serve the notice or pay her salary in lieu of serving notice. It is their choice.AIt is a fairly standard term in employment contracts. If she signed such a contract, she would be in breach of contract if she refused to serve. She may get sued and will at least get a bad reference from the employer in future.I have personally had to serve notice periods I didnt want to because I wanted to stay compliant with the contract i signed. Some contracts allow the employee to pay the salary value to the employer instead of serving the notice if the employer allows it. Check if that option is available.
ADepends on the exact text of the agreement. Assuming the salary is paid in arrears, in general, you cannot penalise him retroactively by refusing to pay the salary for a period during which he was still employed in good standing.Yes, in general, you should formally terminate employment.
AIf he sues you, the onus is on him to provide proof that the 12L he transferred to you was a loan. If he has bought a flat , he can be asked to explain the source of funds for that. If it emerges that he took 12L in cash , he faces a huge tax bill.If he is really a family friend, try to get a mutually respected contact to mediate the matter.Both of you might lose from going to court if the facts are as you state.
ANot just the other guy, OP will also have to explain the source of his 12 L. This is a lose lose situation for the family “friends” and a win for lawyers, CAs and ITD if the information comes before them.AOk , the whole story doesn’t add up, especially why he repaid you first if his intention was to cheat you.Anyway, you have the cash back , so you don’t have to return it unless a court orders you to. Just be prepared for questions from Income Tax in addition to having to deal with the lawsuit . If you don’t have a record of having lent the money in cash, which is illegal, how will you prove that the 12L you got back in the bank is not undisclosed income ?
Consult an expeirnced CA for the tax implications and be prepared to hire a lawyer if he sues you.
It is a “he said , she said” situation. It will be decided on the relative strength of circumstantial evidence and both of you face tax scrutiny risks regardless.
There really is no good reason to do such a transaction in cash if it is white money involved.
ADo you have a banking and tax trail to show how you got the 12 lakh in cash ? Cash transactions over 2 Lakh are not permitted under Section 269ST. Though the penalty is on the payee not the payor, it will expose you to Income Tax scrutiny to explain the source of the cash.AUnfortunately, the only option is to fight a legal case. Amazon has changed drastically after Bezos stepped down. Outside of AWS, they are making big losses in the online store business in India, and are actively looking to get rid of non profitable customers. You may have a genuine case, but in many cases they have been defrauded by people returning different products than they ordered. While the earlier Amazon policy was to give the benefit of doubt to the customers, that has drastically changed now. They are trying to protect themselves from fraud, but genuine cases like yours are also suffering because of that.AJust have your mom file a complaint with his commanding officer and cc the Army Chief and his wife. That will bring him in line.
