If it wasn't part of a written contract stipulating that any mistakes he made would come out of his pay, then any attempt to retroactively add that clause in is illegal.
They didn't have a policy in place at the time of the incident, the incident prompted them to PUT a policy in place.
You can't be arrested & charged for something there was no law to cover at the time you did the action, they can't fine him for something he did or did not do where there was no rules in place regarding said action.
More to the point, *by law* they have to get him his final cheque within seven (7) days after he resigned.
If they fire you, they have three (3), if you quit they get seven (7), but either way they HAVE to give you your money.
If there's a discrepancy over the hours he's worked & rate of pay, then they can take it to an arbiter, otherwise if his rate of pay & hours aren't under contest they're legally required to pay him in full.
If they refuse to, or dock his pay, IMMEDIATELY take the UNcashed cheque to the nearest lawyer, & sue the pants off the idiots.
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