MAN’S LAST PAY SUPPOSED TO BE $700, GETS 91 CENTS INSTEAD & BOSS SAID IT’S FOR HIS “TRAINING”

91 cent paycheck

hi folks. to make a long story short my boyfriend got fired last week from his job. today he was supposed to receive his final paycheck which should’ve been around $700, and it was only 91 cents.

When he called his job to ask how that could be, they tried to justify it by saying that because he worked there less than six months that he had to pay them back for the training he received.

I don’t see how this is legal at all. They’re leaving a person without a job AND withholding a significant amount of money from him that he needs to survive.

If anyone knows more about how we can try to combat this please let me know. We need to pay our rent and eat and his employer is going to make that a challenge.

Netizens’ comments

1. Did he sign a contract which explicitly states he has to pay back training? Was there any documentation that training would be paid?
   any contact with the former employer should be in writing or recorded. Let them know he is going to report them. If you have not received his paycheck within a week, file a complaint.
   • (OP) to answer your first question- yes he did sign something but it said basically that if he didn’t go to the training bc he didn’t want to them he’d have to pay it back, it said nothing about if he got fired.
     he has to talk on the phone w the employer, not through text, so i’m hoping i’m around so i can record the conversation on my phone.
2. Usually, if they fire you, you don’t owe them for training etc. This is usually only applied if you’re the one terminating the contract, not the other way around. Otherwise, you’ll just end up with a situation like this.
3. It’s not legal. In fact, employers are required to pay him for training. The only way it would be legal is if he signed a contract stating he would remunerate the company if he left within a certain period of time. File a complaint.
   • (OP) i think they paid him for the training hours, but the money was then subtracted from his paycheck to cover the class altogether if that makes sense.