Hi,
I have resigned from my current job after getting a better offer from another company. But after the resignation, my current employer is forcing me to serve a notice pd of 3 months which has been laid down in their exit process of HR manual. Now, upon discussing the same with my prospective employer, it has been understood that they are not willing to wait for so long.
I had already communicated to my current employer that I will be serving a notice pd of 1 month and the rest can be adjusted by the way of my accrued leaves. They have refused the same. I had even put an offer to buy back the entire un-served notice pd, but they are not willing for that either. They want me to serve the entire 90 days' time. Other wise, they are threatening to take action against me like not releasing my relieving letter, delaying my FNF settlement, etc.
However, the prospective employer does not want my relieving letter and are content with the resignation acceptance only.
In this scenario, what legal actions/ recourses my current employer can take if I do not serve the full notice pd of 3 months and go by the effective date of resignation as proposed by me in my resignation letter?
P.S:- Of course, I will be intimating my current employer about my leaving on the last date of working (as proposed in the resignation letter by me) so that they cannot treat this as a case of absconding or leaving the company w/o any notice/ intimation.