Can an employer in Texas garnish wages for "alleged" theft of property of an employee even though the employer has not filed a theft report with a local police department?

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Originally Posted by ygarciablue

Can an employer in Texas garnish wages for "alleged" theft of property of an employee even though the employer has not filed a theft report with a local police department?

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Wages are exempt in Texas (except for child support) so they can't. And, no, your employer can't just take money out of your check for no reason.

Is it a "pay it back or we'll have you arrested?" deal?

I'm a little confused - the employer is taking money of employee's wages for theft of property of an employee? Obviously the employee isn't stealing from himself so a second employee is involved? Then the second employee is the one who can charge the first employee. I don't see that the employer has legal standing.