Holding My Check..

[NoSwtTea4U]

Ok..I get paid thursday but I'm afraid I'm not going to be allowed to get my check. Can companies actually not allow you to get your check? Also, say if my manager took my check himself and held it, could I call the police since he basically stole my money?

The story is that I work at *** and I recently quit..well we at one point had DVD's from Mucletech which were free to give away, but we made a dollar in commission off of them. Well we ran out of them a while ago but Wednesday was my last day so I figured I would ring up like 80 of them just so I could make $80, why not? Well my manager found out and being a douche called Loss Prevention and let them know. They are now coming on Wednesday to interview my co-worker, who also rang some up. I no longer work there but can they hold my check for this? The $80 won't be on this check btw, it'll be on the next one.

[Matthew D]

yes I would think that they could along with charging you with theft of property..

[David Dunn]

Well my manager found out and being a douche called Loss Prevention and let them know.

I remember some story about a kettle and a pot and the color black.

[joecski]

Ok..I get paid thursday but I'm afraid I'm not going to be allowed to get my check. Can companies actually not allow you to get your check? Also, say if my manager took my check himself and held it, could I call the police since he basically stole my money?

The story is that I work at *** and I recently quit..well we at one point had DVD's from Mucletech which were free to give away, but we made a dollar in commission off of them. Well we ran out of them a while ago but Wednesday was my last day so I figured I would ring up like 80 of them just so I could make $80, why not? Well my manager found out and being a douche called Loss Prevention and let them know. They are now coming on Wednesday to interview my co-worker, who also rang some up. I no longer work there but can they hold my check for this? The $80 won't be on this check btw, it'll be on the next one.

This depends on the state you work in. In many states, it is absolutely illegal to hold a last paycheck for any reason, I know California is one of these states. However, I worked in retail security for a number of years, and the generally accepted fact was that we could never hold a person's paycheck, even if we caught them stealing thousands of dollars worth of stuff. So, if you are that worried about it, threaten the manager with a call to the state labor department if your check is not released. This, or a call to the corporate Human Resources of *** should help you out. If the tell you you have to talk to LP before you get your check, this is illegal everywhere and could lead you to file a countersuit of false imprisonment against them. LP can only talk to you if you are an active employee getting paid for your time. As a caveat, you look pretty guilty of committing fraud, so calling the police would probably not be in your best interest. Since you never received the money, it would be harder to prosecute, but keep this in mind when deciding what steps to take.

[glenihan]

[doggzj]

uh yea. You commit fraud, and what do you expect?

[Malek256]

I strongly suggest that you think long and hard about what's happening here. You've just veered down a bad path.

Fix it.

[houseman]

LOL

What a great start to the morning with this hilarious read.

HAHAHAHAHA

Where's Darwin when you need him?

[jminis]

Bro how the hell did you expect to get away with ringing up 80 copies of the MT dvd's? I believe they can deduct the 80 from you but they can't not give you your check. One thing has nothing to do with the other. Just hope they don't press charges on your ass, luckily for you they usually don't as long as your not a dick about it.

[houseman]

Bro how the hell did you expect to get away with ringing up 80 copies of the MT dvd's? I believe they can deduct the 80 from you but they can't not give you your check. One thing has nothing to do with the other. Just hope they don't press charges on your ass, luckily for you they usually don't as long as your not a dick about it.

Here in Ontario (Canada), if you don't give the two weeks require notice, they cna hold your last cheque for up to 6 weeks I believe.

[cable626]

let them keep that check. You'll pay so much more for a lawyer if they decide to prosecute you. Cut your losses here, and give up on that check.
Fix this situation and you BETTER learn from it.

[lifted]

A few years ago before I finished college, I worked as Loss Prevention for numerous stores. I was so good at catching people, that the boss and co. were just ecstatoc at getting them so many new clients...stores at times would actually request for me to be there on certain days that were bad....well, I had a family emergency and had to fly to another state...soon after I had to quit because some other **** came up and was really busy with school, finals, etc. etc...

ANYWAYS ....My boss was really ****ty about me quitting on him (even though I did my best and gave him a weeks notice) and refused to give me my last pay until I returned some things (papers, etc...nothing major) Well, w/o knowing this prior I threw all that stuff away. So I called up the Labor union...I think it was the labor union?...and they said under NO circumstances, your employer HAS to give you your pay...so after I found this out, I called my boss and told him I called the labor union, and that was all it took for him to hand over my pay....so don't take no ****...tell them that you're going to the labor union, and they should adhere...if not, call them and the reps at the union will call your boss and make him....

Sure, you were damn wrong for stealing, but you have YOUR rights too.

[Matthew D]

Well if you do go ahead and pursue your check, I do hope that they do decide to press charges... sorry but stealing is stealing I don't give a damn if it was your right to get a final check or not..

[NoSwtTea4U]

Well if you do go ahead and pursue your check, I do hope that they do decide to press charges... sorry but stealing is stealing I don't give a damn if it was your right to get a final check or not..

I'm not sure they can press charges, for those of you who don't know; the companies pay the commission, not ***. So I guess MuscleTech could press charges, but it would cost more for them to go to court than to lose $80, or to just ask me for it. Thanks for all the help guys and I realize what I did wasn't out of best judgement, but we all make mistakes. Mathew D-You've made bad decisions in your life and I don't think it's the best to wish the worst upon someone, but we all see things differently. Thanks guys..

[Matthew D]

true I have made bad decisions but I sure the hell owned up to them when it hit the fan..

[NoSwtTea4U]

true I have made bad decisions but I sure the hell owned up to them when it hit the fan..

I have owned up the this. I told the manager what I did, he then called Loss Prevention and told them. Had I never told him what I did and chose to ignore him then nothing would have happened, but I chose to and I just wanted to know my rights.

[CROWLER]

Ok..I get paid thursday but I'm afraid I'm not going to be allowed to get my check. Can companies actually not allow you to get your check? Also, say if my manager took my check himself and held it, could I call the police since he basically stole my money?

The story is that I work at *** and I recently quit..well we at one point had DVD's from Mucletech which were free to give away, but we made a dollar in commission off of them. Well we ran out of them a while ago but Wednesday was my last day so I figured I would ring up like 80 of them just so I could make $80, why not? Well my manager found out and being a douche called Loss Prevention and let them know. They are now coming on Wednesday to interview my co-worker, who also rang some up. I no longer work there but can they hold my check for this? The $80 won't be on this check btw, it'll be on the next one.

have owned up the this. I told the manager what I did, he then called Loss Prevention and told them. Had I never told him what I did and chose to ignore him then nothing would have happened, but I chose to and I just wanted to know my rights..

No bro you have NOT owned up to it and now you are even lying to us.

If you had told you had told your boss you would have said that in your first post. Instead you said he found out.



CROWLER

[NoSwtTea4U]

[QUOTE=CROWLER]

No bro you have NOT owned up to it and now you are even lying to us.

If you had told you had told your boss you would have said that in your first post. Instead you said he found out.



CROWLER

I actually did tell my manager...I did a quick overview in my first post. There's no way he can just "find out" but I was trying to make the paragraph as short as possible so people would actually read it. Sorry for the confusion..

[CROWLER]

lol what do you mean there is no way he could 'just find out'???? Dude everyone who has ever worked in a retails store knows at the end of the night or the next AM you close out the register and it breaks each category down.


BTW my best friend OWNS a *** so I KNOW what I am talking about.



CROWLER

[NoSwtTea4U]

lol what do you mean there is no way he could 'just find out'???? Dude everyone who has ever worked in a retails store knows at the end of the night or the next AM you close out the register and it breaks each category down.


BTW my best friend OWNS a *** so I KNOW what I am talking about.



CROWLER

DVD's are not in the inventory, nor do they belong to a category. Category's are very broad-ie: Multivitamins, Gold Cards, Sports Nutrition, Direct Purchase, etc...There is no way he could have found out without me telling him, I'm sorry. I'm also not going to argue about this..there's no need. Thank you guys for the help.