Legal Question in Business Law in New York
employer collecting past due rent
i am an employer and one of my employees rents from me and is not paying his rent and I wanted to know if I could just take it out of his check so that I can get his rent caught up or if he has a mileage check if I can just make it out to me?
Asked on 8/16/07, 8:58 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Mark S. Moroknek
Kelly & Curtis, PLLC.
Re: employer collecting past due rent
No you can not deduct rent from an employee's pay check absent his written consent.
Answered on 8/17/07, 2:58 pm