Can an employer make employees pay for stolen/broken/missing items?
August 10th, 2009 | by admin |
Laura P asked:
My sister works at a deli in a busy golf course in Texas. She told me that when things, like bags of chips, candy, etc. get stolen or broken, her boss makes the employees pay for it. I have worked in a restaurant before, and if cookies got broken when being put out in the bakery, we had to log them in a book and throw them out. It is wasteful, but we were not allowed to eat them, much less forced to pay for them!
I asked her if employees in other parts of the golf course, like the shop or cart bran, etc. have to pay for broken carts, missing golf balls, or stolen clothing, and she wasn’t sure. I have a pretty good idea they don’t have to.
She says this has been going on for some time, and the employees are afraid that the management will think they were the ones that stole or broke the items, so they pay up rather than fight it. Is this legal? Can they really do this?
Ande Fishing Rods
My sister works at a deli in a busy golf course in Texas. She told me that when things, like bags of chips, candy, etc. get stolen or broken, her boss makes the employees pay for it. I have worked in a restaurant before, and if cookies got broken when being put out in the bakery, we had to log them in a book and throw them out. It is wasteful, but we were not allowed to eat them, much less forced to pay for them!
I asked her if employees in other parts of the golf course, like the shop or cart bran, etc. have to pay for broken carts, missing golf balls, or stolen clothing, and she wasn’t sure. I have a pretty good idea they don’t have to.
She says this has been going on for some time, and the employees are afraid that the management will think they were the ones that stole or broke the items, so they pay up rather than fight it. Is this legal? Can they really do this?
Ande Fishing Rods
3 Responses to “Can an employer make employees pay for stolen/broken/missing items?”
By Rain On Me on Aug 12, 2009 | Reply
The employees were directly responsible.
By dudley997997 on Aug 14, 2009 | Reply
The employer is not than no the employer is not able to this if not than no the employer is not able to do so if there.
An employee who has stolen the employer may seek restitution andor civil demand.
An employee who has stolen the employer is not able to this if there is direct evidence.
By Messianic Jew on Aug 15, 2009 | Reply
Not unless she agreed to that when hired.