wordpress blog stats
Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

, , ,

Yepme employees to take legal action due to nonpayment of salaries for 6 months

A group of employees of online fashion retailer Yepme are planning to take legal action against the parent company VAS Data Services Private Limited for nonpayment of salaries for over six months, reports The Times of India. The report mentions that this group of about 20 employees had sent a legal notice to the company last month demanding that their salaries be paid within 15 days, but there was no acknowledgement from Yepme's end. This isn't the first time that Yepme employees have complained about delayed salaries. In July this year, four employees of Yepme had approached the Labour Commission in Gurgaon with a similar complaint. The complaint also mentioned that the company was putting undue pressure on them to resign. A few months earlier, in March, another group of employees had also put forth almost identical complaints before the Labour Commission. Read a copy of the complaint letter here. It's worth noting that in May this year, Yepme had raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Gokaldas Exports Ltd and the funds had been earmarked for the launch of its ethnic wear range and for expansion of its UK operations. Layoffs at Yepme In January this year, the company had shutdown its warehousing and quality control units and consequently 30 employees had been laid off. The following month, it was reported that Yepme was looking to layoff over 50% of its total workforce, though it's not clear if the company went through with this or not. Learning from the…

Please subscribe/login to read the full story.
Written By

Free Reads

News

With GPS in every car, India's toll collection is going high-tech.

News

Google is currently undergoing the necessary procedures for the leasehold land, which is presently under the ownership of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation.

News

The pilot project for which is being launched in 19 cities this year, with a plan to launch a full-fledged rollout next year.

MediaNama’s mission is to help build a digital ecosystem which is open, fair, global and competitive.

Views

News

NPCI CEO Dilip Asbe recently said that what is not written in regulations is a no-go for fintech entities. But following this advice could...

News

Notably, Indus Appstore will allow app developers to use third-party billing systems for in-app billing without having to pay any commission to Indus, a...

News

The existing commission-based model, which companies like Uber and Ola have used for a long time and still stick to, has received criticism from...

News

Factors like Indus not charging developers any commission for in-app payments and antitrust orders issued by India's competition regulator against Google could contribute to...

News

Is open-sourcing of AI, and the use cases that come with it, a good starting point to discuss the responsibility and liability of AI?...

You May Also Like

News

Google has released a Google Travel Trends Report which states that branded budget hotel search queries grew 179% year over year (YOY) in India, in...

Advert

135 job openings in over 60 companies are listed at our free Digital and Mobile Job Board: If you’re looking for a job, or...

News

By Aroon Deep and Aditya Chunduru You’re reading it here first: Twitter has complied with government requests to censor 52 tweets that mostly criticised...

News

Rajesh Kumar* doesn’t have many enemies in life. But, Uber, for which he drives a cab everyday, is starting to look like one, he...

MediaNama is the premier source of information and analysis on Technology Policy in India. More about MediaNama, and contact information, here.

© 2008-2021 Mixed Bag Media Pvt. Ltd. Developed By PixelVJ

Subscribe to our daily newsletter
Name:*
Your email address:*
*
Please enter all required fields Click to hide
Correct invalid entries Click to hide

© 2008-2021 Mixed Bag Media Pvt. Ltd. Developed By PixelVJ