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My employer filed a false absconding case after I complained about unpaid salary

Asked by Anonymous·Jun 10, 2026·1 answers
Three months of unpaid wages, and when I finally raised it formally, the company reported me as absconding even though I'd been coming to work the whole time. Now my file is flagged and I can't process anything. Can a report like this be challenged with attendance proof, and does my salary complaint help or hurt me here?

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Yes, a false absconding report can be challenged, and your evidence of attendance is exactly what does it. An absconding report is meant for an employee who has genuinely stopped appearing at work without explanation — it is not a tool for punishing someone who filed a wage complaint, and the authorities treat retaliatory reports seriously. Filing a knowingly false report exposes the employer to penalties, and the timing here speaks for itself: three months of unpaid salary, a formal complaint from you, then suddenly an absconding flag. Move quickly on two tracks at once. First, contest the report through MOHRE: present everything showing you were at work after the date the company claims you absconded — access-card logs, biometric attendance, emails sent from the office, work product, colleague statements, even location data. Second, keep your salary complaint alive; it does not hurt you. The pending wage dispute supports the argument that the report was retaliation, and the two issues will reinforce each other rather than cancel out. Ask MOHRE explicitly to dismiss the absconding report and to note the sequence of events. Do not sign anything the employer offers in exchange for "removing" the flag without advice. An employment lawyer can run both tracks together — clearing your file and recovering the unpaid wages.
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