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Payroll deduction for broken equipment

JebusUDJebusUD Adventure!Candy IslandRegistered User regular
edited June 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
So my girlfriend was sent outside from her job at menards, a place kinda like home depot or Lowes, a hardware store, to cut some wire while carrying the department phone. It starts raining very heavily and the phone got wet. It does not turn on anymore and she was told Menards might deduct 200$ from her paycheck to get a new phone.

Is this legal? Sounds pretty shady to me.

and I wonder about my neighbors even though I don't have them
but they're listening to every word I say
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  • Durandal InfinityDurandal Infinity Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    The store itself is probably ensured with the device. Companies can dock pay but I dont think this offense is applicable enough to do so. I'd tell her not to worry about it and see what happens when her next paycheck comes, and make moves from there.

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  • Durandal InfinityDurandal Infinity Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    insured rather. God damn it is late and I need an edit button.

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  • JebusUDJebusUD Adventure! Candy IslandRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Yeah, I dont think anyone said it would happen except the department manager and he is kinda a douche, I gather, so it may or may not actually happen.

    I'm more curious of the legality of it at all. I thought these kinds of practices had been outlawed somewhere.

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    and I wonder about my neighbors even though I don't have them
    but they're listening to every word I say
  • Durandal InfinityDurandal Infinity Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    It depends in that tree worth of paperwork that she signed when she applied for the job it probably state repercussions for damaged equipment. Though most do specify malicious

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  • fuelishfuelish Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    In general, in the US, an employer cannot garnish wages(Take money from your paycheck) without a court order. She can contact the Employment Security Commision to see what is what.

    Info might be here: http://www.deed.state.mn.us/

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  • JebusUDJebusUD Adventure! Candy IslandRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Good, I thought garnishing wages was illegal unless the court said so.

    I will check that out.

    I already told her not to sign anything.

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    and I wonder about my neighbors even though I don't have them
    but they're listening to every word I say
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