Legal Question in Employment Law in Missouri
Check Deductions
I'm a welder at a small steel shop in southeast Missouri. Our plant has been expanding and recently hired a new management team. We were asked this week to sign a form authorizing deductions from our paychecks. Most were pretty typical: insurance, 401k, over payments. I include the one in question exactly as it is written:
''the cost of repairing or replacing any Company supplies, materials, equipment, money, or other property that I may damage (other than normal wear and tear), lose, fail to return, or take without appropriate authorization from the Company during my employment.''
It sounds to me as if they could take money from my check for any reason. People make mistakes, sometimes on expensive pieces of equipment. Can they really charge us for it? What if I'm terminated for making a mistake, can they not pay me my last check to allay the cost of that mistake? These managers have already proven they will fight unemployment claims even to the point of lying and saying people walked out when they were clearly fired.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Check Deductions
It sounds like you need to negotiate that clause out of the agreement before you sign it. If they will not remove it, then perhaps this is no longer the job for you. It appears that they are trying to get a license to rob you, as you suspected. Consult directly with a labor attorney in your area before signing this agreement.
Good Luck
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