Resigned and Formatted Company Laptop: Could This Affect Clearance Process?

Hi all, one of my friends resigned from his company and, before submitting the laptop, he formatted it due to some code version and personal data reasons. Now, he has handed over the laptop to the company. Are there any issues that he might face during the clearance and separation process?

Dear Satyendra Choubey, Your friend has handed over the hard assets that he belonged to but not the soft assets. What is his liability to hand over the soft assets? What provisions are mentioned in his appointment letter? What about the policy on employee separation? Does the policy mention the method to hand over the soft data? Has your friend signed an undertaking for handing over the soft data?

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Dinesh Divekar