• My employer is asking for all previous relieving letters. I have 10+ years of work ex. Mandatory?

My employer is asking for all previous relieving letters. I have 10+ years of work ex. I have submitted documents of my previous company where I have 2+ years experience. Should I submit all relieving letters? I have been in and out of jobs - don't have all them with me now.
Asked 5 years ago in Labour

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6 Answers

Submit relieving letters in your possession to your employer 

 

if employer insist request earlier employers to furnish you relieving letters 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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8145 Consultations

There's no need to give all relieving letters, except the relieving letter from the last employer.

Shashidhar S. Sastry
Advocate, Bangalore
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339 Consultations

First of all you confirm what is the requirement of your employer and what are his company rules in this regard.

You cannot produce the relieving letters of the sort duration employment of the past if you do not possess them.

You can produce whatever you have in your possession.

As a matter of fact the employer should not demand the previous employment relieving letter other than the current employment which you have resigned to join this new employment. 

He can seek verification of your antecedents subsequently through his sources without harassing you in this manner.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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2492 Consultations

If he is demanding then you will have to comply with demand. No court can direct a private employer not to demand the relieving letters

Ashish Davessar
Advocate, Jaipur
30840 Answers
981 Consultations

Hi 

It is practice amongst companies to do a back ground verification check of all employees and in case you do not have relieving letters from all your previous employers, then you can provide the details (tenure, designation, place of posting etc) to your employer for purpose of back ground verification and also admit to not having copies of all your previous relieving letters. 

Your present employment will not get affected on grounds of non provision of relieving letters. 

Hope this information is useful

Rajgopalan Sripathi
Advocate, Hyderabad
2173 Answers
394 Consultations

It depends on you. There is no harm in submission if the conduct and remark on them is not negative

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
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