<prompt> Human: My employer and I agreed to a raise of my hourly wage two weeks ago. This weekend, my employer asked me to reduce that raise by more than 50, citing financial struggles in the company. I chose to leave the company because I believe I am being undervalued and can receive higher salaries at other places of employment.Now, my previous employer is threatening to withhold my final paycheck until they receive certain information that I collected during the course of my job duties mostly contact information, correspondence, and spreadsheets. Since I am no longer an active employee at this company, I am wondering how much of this information I am required to turn over, or if I am required to at all. There are some things they are asking for that I created on my own to decrease the time it took to perform certain tasks, mostly in Excel, and I do not believe that my employer has a right to this intellectual property, but I would be interested to hear from all of you.One piece of information I found that I believe is relevant to this situation is from the New York State Labor Laws, Article 6,191:3. If employment is terminated, the employers shall pay the wages not later than the regular pay day for the pay period during which the termination occurred, as established in accordance with the provisions of this section. If requested by the employee, such wages shall be paid by mail.I appreciate anyone who takes time to read this and respond, you would be helping me more than you will ever know.  <response>: There are some things they are asking for that I created on my own to decrease the time it took to perform certain tasks, mostly in Excel, and I do not believe that my employer has a right to this intellectual property, but I would be interested to hear from all of you.You created these things during the course of your job duties. The general rule in NY is that in the absence of an agreement stating otherwise, the IP rights in the things that you made under these circumstances belong to your employer. 