Legal Opinion
Barnhill v. Robert Saunders & Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 29, 1981No. Civ. 46636PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SCOTT, Acting P. J.
The principal question presented here is whether an employer has the right to set off an employee’s debt against wages due the employee upon the employee’s discharge. We also consider whether an employer who attempted to exercise such a setoff was properly subjected to penalties for wilful nonpayment of wages pursuant to Labor Code section 203.
Respondent Eileen Barnhill was employed by appellant Robert Saunders & Company as a bookkeeper from March 3, 1975, until December 12, 1977. In October 1977 she executed a promissory note in favor of appellant in the amount of…
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