Context: My friend was not getting paid by a startup company. Out of 5months, my friend was paid half salary for 3 months. He resigned effective immediately due to this and refusing to serve notice period.
Now before leaving he deleted some of his own personal work from company server. The owner being a scammer is threatening of legal notice because of data.
My friend has all the record of the data that he deleted and kept in his laptop(co didnt give their own laptop). The data are not company data.
The lawyer he consulted is asking him to play a βsuffererβ and asking him to send mail saying he will co-operate.
Do you think lawyerβs stance is correct here?
Dont someone who has record of data which was deleted and not being paid, have to co-operate and cant send legal notice demanding dues and all?
Also the owner didnt deposit any Pf amount from the starting.