If my employer failed to provide me with a check stub for my final check, is this legal?
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If my employer failed to provide me with a check stub for my final check, is this legal?
I was terminated and my employer kept my final check for “training”.
Asked on December 28, 2010 under Employment Labor Law, Illinois
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
This would be legal only IF there was some agreement between you and the employer (e.g made in an offer letter or some other correspondence; on an employment application; in an employment agreement or contact) stating that in the event an attorney leaves employment under the circumstances involved in your employment ending, that they employer may keep or withold a paycheck to pay for the employee's training. If agreed to, then, like most such agreements affecting terms and conditions of work, it is enforceable. However, if not agreed to, then no--in those situations (the vast majority of the time) an employer may not simply decide to withhold part of the employee's compensation.
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