QUESTION
sexual harrassment - also payroll deductiond
Asked on Mar 22nd, 2015 on Sexual Harassment - North Carolina
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I started working for a company back in 2011. My husband suffered a heart attack with open heart surgery. My husband was hospitalized for 9 days. We had a hurricane here and there was work to be pro formed so after 12 days home from hospital my husband was forced to return to work. Since hr was unable to perform his duties his boss hired me to do his job. I wasn't paid for training for 4 months but paid me my husbands salary on payroll. Once he went back fulltime it was explained to me since I was His wife that I wouldn't be the bread winner of the family and he started to pay my husband His usuall salary. I went to school in Raleigh and obtained my Pest Applicators license. I worked for him for 3 1/2 years. He took a payroll deduction out of 10.00 a week till I was released from my job in Feb 2014. Which I was using his own uniforms and should of not been charged while other employees were charged 5.00 a week. It was never stated on a payroll check that the money was removed for unif
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I am very confused by this post. It is labeled as "sexual harassment - also payroll deduction." However, there is no mention of sexual harassment in the post. Also, I do not see a question. You may want to think about what you want to ask and then re-post this with a specific question (or questions) and just the facts related to your question(s).
In general, employers are only allowed to make deductions from employees wages if the employee has agreed to it in writing. Also, and in general, a wage and hour lawsuit has a rolling statute of limitations of 2 years (sometimes 3). So, if you file a lawsuit today for a wage and hour violation on the payroll deduction, you can only collect back two years from today and that keep rolling along until February of 2016 when the statute will run out. However, if this issue is solely about $10.00 per week, it will not be worth paying an attorney to try to get that money for you. Therefore, you might want to file with the NC Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, to see if they can help. Time is running out though.
Answered on Mar 22nd, 2015 at 12:13 PM
I am an experienced attorney focusing on employment law in North Carolina and Tennessee. This post/response is not meant to constitute legal advice.