Is It Fair for My Company to Change My Notice Period and Demand More Recovery Days? What Can I Do?

The organization I was working for had a 90-day notice period. I submitted my resignation on 01 May 2022 and proposed my last working date as 02 June 2022. I agreed to pay recovery for 57 days. The company accepted my resignation but changed my last working date to 12 May 2022 without my consent. Now, when I am requesting relieving, the company is imposing a recovery for 78 days. Is this fair? What should I do? In my case, the company accepted my resignation and shortened the proposed notice period.

The company is trying to extract the proverbial 'last ounce of flesh' from you by asking for payment of an extra 21 days. They may have felt encouraged since you agreed to pay for the 57-day shortfall in the notice period. You should resist this extra claim and point out that the relieving on 12th May was never sought by you. In fact, it is the company's decision, and you have no other recourse except to go by it. Such a claim is not acceptable.