Employee Resigned Without Notice: How Can We Recover Advance Salary Costs?

Dear All,

We used to pay an advance payment of 5 days in the payroll cycle, i.e., for 1 to 30, we assume the employee is present from the 26th to the 30th of every month to make the payment on the 1st day of the following month. However, after sending a muster roll on the 26th, the salary was processed, and now the employee has resigned and is not ready to serve the notice period.

In this case, how can we recover the costs?

Thanks,
Vishal

Don't issue a relieving letter to the employee. Instead, as a response to his resignation letter, issue a letter stating the amount he has to pay in lieu of the notice period and for leave without pay for days absent to receive proper relieving. Also, mention that a copy of the same letter will be sent to his future employer.