Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Arizona

Employer civil action

I was employeed for 22 months in the state of AZ and had just received another raise a few weeks before I was terminated. A few months prior, my employer wrote me a check to help me pay credit card debt. The only paper work is the check with ''loan to pay credit cards'' in the memo. No agreement was made to repay, nothing signed. She was taking $50 a week from my checks and upon firing me by cell phone message she kept my last weeks paycheck, shorted me 3 hours on it, and never paid me for the one day I worked before she fired me stating it was effective immediately.

She has filed papers in civil court/Justice of the Peace and I need to give an answer why I feel I don't owe them. Am I legally bound to repay them?


Asked on 7/29/08, 5:34 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Brian Blum Blum Law Office, PLC

Re: Employer civil action

If the money was a loan, then you have to pay it back. You can file a "counterclaim" to get your unpaid wages. Get the forms from the Justice Court online:

http://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/justiceCourts/CourtForms/Index.asp

You need to file an "answer" and a "counterclaim."

You should really hire a lawyer if you can. Good luck.

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Answered on 7/29/08, 5:42 pm


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