As I said, the FLSA doesn’t help you here. Travis’s solution is a good one to explore with your attorney to accomplish the same objective.
From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeremy via Af Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 9:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Employee damaging equipment Well I extremely appreciate the specific FLSA laws on this matter and the creative ways of dealing with the solution (for those employees who are not our brothers). Thanks Josh and Travis. On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 8:05 PM, Glen Waldrop via Af <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I'm not going to screw him over or anything. He offered to pay for the ladder on his own, just the way we were raised. You break it, you bought it. ----- Original Message ----- From: Tyson Burris @ Internet Comm. Inc via Af<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 8:51 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Employee damaging equipment He said it was his brother right ? Who cares! Your brother is your blood. Sh!t happens Sent from my iPhone On Oct 23, 2014, at 8:47 PM, Josh Reynolds via Af <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Federal labor law says you can't hold employees financial responsible for broken/lost tools. (from my understanding) Josh Reynolds, Chief Information Officer SPITwSPOTS, www.spitwspots.com<http://www.spitwspots.com> On 10/23/2014 04:22 PM, Glen Waldrop via Af wrote: How do you guys handle it when an employee damages or loses equipment? This is my baby brother's first job. He tied the ladder and it fell out of the truck, no where to be found. He said he's going to either get me one or pay me back, just curious how everyone else handles this. I've never run into it yet. � Doug Hass Associate 312.786.6502 Franczek Radelet P.C. Celebrating 20 Years | 1994-2014 300 South Wacker Drive Suite 3400 Chicago, IL 60606 312.986.0300 - Main 312.986.9192 - Fax www.franczek.com Circular 230 Disclosure: Under requirements imposed by the Internal Revenue Service, we inform you that, unless specifically stated otherwise, any federal tax advice contained in this communication (including any attachments) is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purposes of (i) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any transaction or tax-related matter herein. ________________________________________ For more information about Franczek Radelet P.C., please visit franczek.com. The information contained in this e-mail message or any attachment may be confidential and/or privileged, and is intended only for the use of the named recipient. If you are not the named recipient of this message, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message or any attachment thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender and delete all copies. ________________________________________ Franczek Radelet is committed to sustainability - please consider the environment before printing this email
