Legal Question in Employment Law in California
employee rights
can an employer make you pay out of your bonus checks money you owe another employee .my employer told me i wouldnt get my bonus checks if i didnt pay the other employee which had nothing to do with work.he even took me to cash them
Asked on 6/06/08, 10:39 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Arkady Itkin
Law Office of Arkady Itkin
Re: employee rights
This is completely unlawful. Your employer may not withhold your wages even on debts that you owe your employer unless done with ill intent/malice, not to mention owing money to a third person.
Thank you.
Answered on 6/07/08, 10:32 pm