Employer deducting wages because of a mistake
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My eldest has a part time job at a rather famous theatre in London. She has been there a month or so and loves it, she is studying English at LSBU and loves the theatre, this is a dream little job for her.
Today we had numerous messages from her, it seems that on her shift yesterday she was bamboozled by 2 customers who each paid with a fake £50 notes. She remembers serving them and was open and honest when questioned about it.
She works in a kiosk that is just outside the theatre and is open to the public.
She is in bits, she loves this job. She has been told that she will have £50 deducted from her wages. This is only a part time job so, to her, £50 is a lot of money.
My question is, is this legal? When she gets home I will ask her to check her contract. This was an honest mistake, these 2 people knew what they were doing, my daughter said they were very friendly and chatty.
Today we had numerous messages from her, it seems that on her shift yesterday she was bamboozled by 2 customers who each paid with a fake £50 notes. She remembers serving them and was open and honest when questioned about it.
She works in a kiosk that is just outside the theatre and is open to the public.
She is in bits, she loves this job. She has been told that she will have £50 deducted from her wages. This is only a part time job so, to her, £50 is a lot of money.
My question is, is this legal? When she gets home I will ask her to check her contract. This was an honest mistake, these 2 people knew what they were doing, my daughter said they were very friendly and chatty.
Thanks for all the replies, we spoke last night and she was adamant that this money would be paid back, wether in her contract or not, she knows she made a mistake and fair play to her, wants to make amends.
She said she has had no specific training on fake money, a pen is supplied and used but it was ineffective. The notes that were taken, were in her words ‘like Monopoly money, I can’t believe I have been so stupid’.
She works in an outside kiosk, not really possible to call a manager, her colleague had gone for a break when this happened. Lesson learnt, she has gone back to work today, it’s her choice what she does next.
I will make sure she isn’t out of pocket one way or another.
Just to add, this theatre is on the banks of the Thames and is associated with a rather famous playwright
She said she has had no specific training on fake money, a pen is supplied and used but it was ineffective. The notes that were taken, were in her words ‘like Monopoly money, I can’t believe I have been so stupid’.
She works in an outside kiosk, not really possible to call a manager, her colleague had gone for a break when this happened. Lesson learnt, she has gone back to work today, it’s her choice what she does next.
I will make sure she isn’t out of pocket one way or another.
Just to add, this theatre is on the banks of the Thames and is associated with a rather famous playwright
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