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…
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