Frankly, based on what you have written, both of you would seem to be in the wrong. Your own comments (bolded) seem to contradict each other. Frankly, if you have offered to reimburse and/or returned the vouchers, you have admitted to wrongdoing by default. Therefore, they have the right to terminate you with cause (no notice is needed). As you have nothing in writing at all about being given 'salary in lieu' you have nothing except a lesson to be very careful with valuables entrusted to you while in your workplace. You legal fees will far outstrip your salary gained if you win, but you will probably lose and be that much further in the hole.poorsoul wrote:I have worked with this company since August as a Admin Executive. Under the employment contract that I have signed with them, if either party decided to terminate the contract during the probation, a month of notice must be given. On December 2010, I was told by the Asst Manager,(under the instruction of the Senior Manager) that I failed to meet their expectations.
As they do not have any ground to terminate me, I was told to resign on my own accord. At that moment, I have asked if I would need to fulfill my one month notice. He told me that I would not need to turn up to work as they will buy off my notice period. No official letter was given though. I know that, under general employment terms, if the company decided to buy off the notice period of the staff, they will have to make immediate payment, or not least that 7 days. As such, I have asked the the company on the payment date of my salary. I was told that they will only pay me on the end of the December. I told them to try to expedite the payment as I was worried that they will try to delay my payment. As such, almost everyday I tried to contact them to expedite the payment but to no avail.
On end December 2010, I have got to know from them that 3 vouchers (SGD$100 each) under my care were lost. I must clarify this first, I have never take these vouchers for my personal use. I really don't know what happened to the first 2 vouchers. For all I know, every vouchers that I received, I have sent out. This is not the first time during my employment there that I have sent something to the staff but they said they have not received it!
As for the last piece of the voucher, I received it 2 days before I was told to leave. On the next day I was on Medical Leave and the next day, I was told to go. When I was told to leave, I have leaved the last voucher in my drawer. I leaved with empty hand on that day as I was escorted out.
Whatever it is, I accepted that all were lost in my possession and I have told them that I will buy back the vouchers and send all $300 it back to them. In fact, I have already sent the vouchers back to them. I was told by them thru sms (no official letter) that they are not going to pay me the salary as they intended to dismiss me thru 'unethical conduct'. How can they, on end of December, decided to terminate me while they are suppose to pay my salary on December? Furthermore, no internal enquiry was done to determine that there is indeed an unethical conduct. I suspect that all along, they have intended not to pay my salary as they have dragged this for quite some times. As I really did not steal these vouchers, I am not worried even if they decided to make a police report. I have sent numerous emails to the Sr Manager but she did not replied me at all!!
As my salary and position has exceeded the requirements in the Employment Act, Ministry of Manpower is unable to assist me in recovering my salary. I was told by the officer from the Ministry of Manpower that the only option available to me is to seek legal help. I did tried to seek legal help but was told that the legal fees might, in the end, be more than what that I could recover from the company. I was really on the losing end.
I hope you guys understand that for a typical middle group income earner like me, a one month salary is very important. I have got bills to pay and creditors knocking at my door everyday asking me to make payment. I really hope anyone that are able to advise on how recover this salary arrears which is rightfully mine.
.....go back and read my last post which starts: So if..... This is not a accusation, this is a theoretical statement. English is so important to get the nuances correct. Just like Mandarin, where it's so important to get the tonal qualities correct.Please do not make any allegations if you are unsure of the actual situations.
i think what he was trying to say is:JayCee wrote:How could you send back vouchers to the company if you say you no longer had them? That's not physically possible. The only way you could have them is if you didn't in fact send them out before (either because you pocketed them or for some other reason like you forgot).
Something smells fishy to me
That's what I wanted to think as well, except in the first post she wrote the following:sand_ste wrote:i think what he was trying to say is:JayCee wrote:How could you send back vouchers to the company if you say you no longer had them? That's not physically possible. The only way you could have them is if you didn't in fact send them out before (either because you pocketed them or for some other reason like you forgot).
Something smells fishy to me
- he has lost 1st and 2nd voucher
- he has given the 3rd voucher back but noone acknowledge it
and thus, he wanted to give it all back with cold hard cash of $300.
i think...
Which means she couldn't have given back the third voucher either as they already had it, theoretically.As for the last piece of the voucher, I received it 2 days before I was told to leave. On the next day I was on Medical Leave and the next day, I was told to go. When I was told to leave, I have leaved the last voucher in my drawer. I leaved with empty hand on that day as I was escorted out.
its just $300 vouchers... i dont think you deserve to be sacked just because some shopping vouchers...poorsoul wrote:sorry, my fault for not explaining this clearly. it's some takashimaya vouchers. i went back down to takashimaya to buy back the vouchers and send it back to the company..
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