HR manager eMails out the payroll

Nageswari asks: what happens if your HR manager is mad with your company and before he quits he eMails the payroll to everybody? Now everyone knows what the other gets. What do you do in this situation?

In answer:
In most countries its against the law to undertake such an action, let alone the companies own policy - it will certainly blow their chances of a later reference, and most likely result in the company suing them.

You can't do much about it once it is done - if you are lower down the scale, use it as a lever to get a better package; if higher up I guess you may have a few bridges to repair through throwing around a few non-monetary favours!