Legal Question in Employment Law in Iowa

Employer is addicted to crack and is forging company checksick

Our bookeeper has been assigned

the duty of signing our company

checks as a safe gard to keep the

owner from dipping into the

company funds. He is drawing a

regular salary however when he runs

low for his addiction he request

additional checks for himself.

Recently he has taken one further

step and is now taking blank

company checks and forging our

bookeepeers signature. He will not

presently discuss the situation and

she is at wits end on what to do.

She is fearfull that if she does not

comply he will retalliate by firing her

for insubordination to avoid paying

her unemployment. What can we or

she do? Urgent, please help!


Asked on 5/15/07, 10:52 am

2 Answers from Attorneys

Regina Mullen Legal Data Services, PLC

Re: Employer is addicted to crack and is forging company checksick

I know it sounds harsh, but so long as she chooses to work for someone like that, she is doing this to herself.

Bookkeeping is a valuable skill, so the only advice that I feel is worth giving is to protect herself by keeping a diary and making copies of the books and then getting the heck away from this guy.

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Answered on 5/24/07, 4:47 pm
Bonita Riggens Law Office of Bonita M. Riggens

Re: Employer is addicted to crack and is forging company checksick

She needs to immediately consult with an Iowa criminal defense attorney to get advice so she can protect herself.

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Answered on 5/15/07, 11:14 am


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