Legal Question in Employment Law in Georgia

bounced check from employer - then I quit

My last check was ''stopped/bounced'' by my employer due to the fact that I decided to quit and I had previously agreed to a payroll deduction of $100 per week to purchase a truck from this company prior to this. The sum of my two payroll checks $1,043 the one that bounced and the coming week's $1,320 came to $2,363 and I had agreed to purchase this vehicle for $2,792 and that was the amount that was still owed. Is this legal? I am technically a 1099 employee - can they just keep my two weeks wages to pay for the truck or shouldn't that be a completely seperate issue. Also they are Incorporated, can I still get a warrant for someone's arrest because of the ''stopped/bounced'' check that they wrote me?


Asked on 10/06/07, 3:22 pm

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Scott Riddle Law Office of Scott B. Riddle, LLC

Re: bounced check from employer - then I quit

You fail to state all terms of your loan agreement, but it makes perfect sense that the employer would want to recoup their money from your final check if you quit. Obviously, the issues were not "completely separate" since they were taking the money from your paycheck. Further, rarely is it every a smart move to try to turn a purely contract/financial dispute into a criminal matter. That tends to lead to more trouble for the person doing it. It appears you still owe them money, so the smart thing to do is likely settle up and move on.

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Answered on 10/06/07, 5:45 pm


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