Shibani,
First, in either case you have mentioned, holding back salary is difficult. But again it depends in the size of the company. If its a small team with manual payroll, it's easy to,hold back or delay salary (and no police station will bother coming and asking you in any case why you didn't pay him salary. Let anyone challenge me on it)
If its a large comoany' this is more difficult.
Also when you process your payroll is important. I know smaller firms who delay payroll just so that someone will not be able to leave without notice without sacrificing 1/3 of salary.
There are companies where rule is to not give salary during notice period till full and final settlement. So lots of things depend on your company rules, hr / ir issues, etc.
In any case, you can hold back salary on suspicion for a few days. In the end you have to confront the person and deal with it. Remember once you hold back his salary, you have lost that employee anyway. He may in fact then try doing more damage on his way out. Consider that also
Looking forward to discussion on this and feedback from members on my points
First, in either case you have mentioned, holding back salary is difficult. But again it depends in the size of the company. If its a small team with manual payroll, it's easy to,hold back or delay salary (and no police station will bother coming and asking you in any case why you didn't pay him salary. Let anyone challenge me on it)
If its a large comoany' this is more difficult.
Also when you process your payroll is important. I know smaller firms who delay payroll just so that someone will not be able to leave without notice without sacrificing 1/3 of salary.
There are companies where rule is to not give salary during notice period till full and final settlement. So lots of things depend on your company rules, hr / ir issues, etc.
In any case, you can hold back salary on suspicion for a few days. In the end you have to confront the person and deal with it. Remember once you hold back his salary, you have lost that employee anyway. He may in fact then try doing more damage on his way out. Consider that also
Looking forward to discussion on this and feedback from members on my points