[heatherrojas84]

My employer fired me resently without any notice and than deducted without my permission $106 from my paycheck with the explannation being an "Exam Fee". When I called her to ask what this fee was she stated that it was for all the pre employment testing that she had required I have before I could begin the job. She never ever stated that if I were to be fired that I would have to pay back any money. Can she do this to me?

[Enigma88]

I would have to say no because I have had 2 jobs where I had to do testing and the first one stated that if I was terminated in my probation period than it would be taken from me and the second job didn't have any thing stating they could take money so I asked my employer because it was 3,000.00 worth of testing and he said if I quit or got fired they couldn't take anything. And plus most places I know make you sign something in order to give the employer permisson to take from your check.

[N0help4u]

Legally I do not think they are allowed to take anything out when you quit especially if they did not give you the explanation in writing when you were hired.

[ScottGem]

It depends. It may not have been specifically stated to you, but there may be an employee handbook or other documentation that you were given when you started that states that. So there is no way anyone can tell you if it was a valid deduction or not without knowing what the established policies of the company are.

I can say that if there is no written policy that your boss can produce to justofy this deduction, then it would be disallowed and you should complain to the department of Labor.