If you are on a salary they can do this you have to give notice. If you are on fortnightly salary they can only take two weeks, monthly salary they can take the month. Are you in a union if you are ask there advise. or go to comsumer affairs on pay rights and conditions.

If it's in your employment agreement that you must give a month's notice before resigning, your employer can legally withhold a month's salary if you leave without giving any notice.

Call your local Labor Board but if I'm reading your posting correctly Nestle may be well within their rights to withhold that money.

Leave days (sick/vacation) and/or bonuses are generally not regulated by law. Often times, depending on where you live, employers are not obligated to give vacations, sick leave or bonuses. However, most do because they want to recruit and retain their workforce effectively. But if the money withhe...

Call your local Labor Board but if I'm reading your posting correctly Nestle may be well within their rights to withhold that money.

Leave days (sick/vacation) and/or bonuses are generally not regulated by law. Often times, depending on where you live, employers are not obligated to give vacations, sick leave or bonuses. However, most do because they want to recruit and retain their workforce effectively. But if the money withheld from your paycheck is for actual time worked, then by law they must give you that money. Check the Nestle employee handbook as it more than likely outlines their policy in this case.

If the "full month's salary" you are referring to is exclusively for leave days and bonuses, then you are probably not going to be able to recover that money. However, if you can prove that other employees who separated from Nestle in similar fashion (i.e. without a month's notice) were paid for their outstanding leave and bonuses, then you may have a discrimination case on your hands. If this is true I suggest you contact an attorney to explore your options or file a complaint with your local Civil Rights Commission.