Unlawful Wage Deductions? Contact Long Beach Attorneys
Employers have rights just as employees do. They have the right to set policies to protect property and avoid theft on the job.
Employers do not have the right to deduct reimbursement from employees’ paychecks after they allegedly broke equipments or their cash registers came up short. They can discipline or fire the employee. But they cannot make unlawful deductions from wages that have properly been earned.
Unlawful deductions from wages could take on many forms. For example, an employee might do work for a third party who doesn’t like the job performed and fails to pay the employer. The employer then deducts the amount owed by the third party from the employee’s wages or earned commission. Another scenario of unlawful deductions is when an employer is dissatisfied with the job performed by his/her employee and deducts from the employee’s wages for the poor job performed. Another scenario might be where an employee earns commissions but the employer makes unqualified adjustments.
Contact an employment lawyer at the Long Beach, California, law offices of Westrup Klick, LLP, to discuss your case if you believe that your employer made unlawful wage deductions from your paycheck. Our attorneys have years of experience helping ordinary workers obtain justice when employers routinely and habitually disregard labor and employment laws.
Employers may be liable if they took money out of employees’ paychecks to compensate for a broken window or other material loss that employees have been blamed for on the job. If you believe that you may have a claim against your employer for wrongfully charging you a payroll cashing fee, contact an employment lawyer.
At Westrup Klick, LLP, we are proud to help ordinary people achieve justice and obtain compensation after they have been cheated, wronged or defrauded by employers, landlords, retailers or lenders. Through the power of class action lawsuits, we stand up for the rights of people who would not otherwise be able to afford to hire attorneys.
