Is it legal to be held liable for register shortages when I am not the only one running the register?

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Is it legal to be held liable for register shortages when I am not the only one running the register?

Asked on May 9, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Indiana

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SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 11 years ago | Contributor

1) If you do not have an employment contract, you are an employee at will. As an employee at will, you could be fired at any time, for any reason--including for a register short when you are not the only person with access to the register.

2) If the employer asks you to repay the money and you refuse, they may not take it out of your salary or wages. Rather, to recover the money from you, they would need to sue you for the money and then prove by a "preponderance of the evidence" (that is, that it was "more likely than not") that you stole or negligently (carelessly) lost the money.


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