Legal Question in Employment Law in Hawaii

Unemployment Benefits

I was recently fires from my job and before it happened my supervisor had me sign a form taht stated they were going to take out a certain amount of money that was missing from the cash register.They were to deduct half of the money that was missing between me and another cashier. I was not aware that by law they were not to deduct mony for any reason. when i tried to file for unemployment i was denied due to this reason. when i was fired the employer did not mention that i was being let go for this reason. my question is is This sign document legal? Please let me know. I will be appeling this case.

Thank you,

Jen


Asked on 8/26/03, 2:13 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Regina Mullen Legal Data Services, PLC

Re: Unemployment Benefits

First, you should never have signed the deduction agreement,--that agreement may trump whatever laws require that they not do it, because they had your consent.

You definitely have a case in which you lost benefits due to an admission of wrongdoing, so you really need to hire a lawyer to get it sorted out for you.

Take a copy of the form you signed (your attorney can get one for you, --if you weren't given a copy, that's actually a good thing), and s/he can sort through it to see if there is a reason to invalidate it.

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Answered on 8/26/03, 2:21 pm


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