Labor Code 224

[Eairrdsidh]

Hello my name is Art  I work @ a High School in Calif ,it is privately owned,recently all employees were off for approx 1 month(ending date Aug 28,2011) without pay.On Oct 12 employees received memo stating that we would have deductions for any health and or dental insurance for that month and they required we sign memo I refused and wrote on memo and returned it to H.R stating(''No I am not ok with any payroll deducting any monies due to month off without pay!) They still took approx $197.75 ending Dec30 last year they also took $173.73, let it be know that there is no agreement by union,or by employee or employer that such deductions could be made. Please inform if I should contact La Labor Board,      Thank You Art from Calif

[Lonato]

Art:

It appears you are already somewhat familiar with the provisions of the California law applicable to deductions from wages.  Deductions are prohibited without written consent of the employee.  From the facts you have recited I would agree that you should contact the Department of Labor Standards Enforcement(DLSE).

In case you don't already have it, here is a link to the DLSE web site:http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/

I hope you are able to satisfactorily resolve this issue.