Legal Question in Employment Law in Virginia

Can my teenage son be responsible for a cash shortage at his job.

My 17 year old son works for a fast food restaurant. His cash drawer came up $7.00 short. His manager told him that he was responsible to pay back any amount over $4.99. He reluctantly gave them the difference. I asked the manager for a letter explaining their policy of shortages. She send me a note that reiterated what she had told my son. Is this legal? P.S. there was more that one person on the register that night.


Asked on 3/29/07, 6:08 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: Can my teenage son be responsible for a cash shortage at his job.

As long as the policy is applied across the board to each employee who's assigned responsibility for a cash register on any given shift(even though others may have access to it), I don't see a problem with it and believe it's a fairly common practice in retail stores.

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Answered on 3/29/07, 10:52 pm


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