What is the maximum someone can withhold from your check? Can they deduct items like rent and hotel stays if that wasn’t the agreement? Las Vegas
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What is the maximum someone can withhold from your check? Can they deduct items like rent and hotel stays if that wasn’t the agreement? Las Vegas
My boss was really into zanex. I was staying with them, her husband thought I
had took some of her pills. I would admit if I did, but that is not my thing.
I went home early one day due to personal reasons. They came home after they
got off work and told me I had to leave immediately, they said they would put
me in a hotel till I found somethingthis was at 9PM. I told them I did not
want it pulled off my check, they said it wasn’t. I had something incredibly
horrible happen to me during that week and went home to AZ. I asked them if
they would send my check, they said yes. A week went by and they said they
didn’t have time they were to busy. Another week went by still no check. I
texted them, since she never answered her phone and asked what was going on.
She texted back that she got something from child support and was going to send
what was left of it after she deducted rent and the hotel stay from it. This
would’ve been over 2000. Now she won’t reply/blocked me. I spoke with my ex
who would’ve got the child support and she has yet to receive anything from
them. What can I do?
Asked on May 25, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Arizona
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
They cannot deduct anything for rent or a hotel stay unless you agree to it: even if an employee owes money to his or her employer, the employer cannot withhold money unless the employee agrees to it (such as part of a repayment agreement) or if ordered by a court. If there was a child support garnishment against you, they could withhold the amount ordered in the garnishment but no more. If they took out or withheld more than court-ordered garnishment, you could sue them to recover the amount they should not have withheld.
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