I was just trolling the McDonald’s subreddit and someone accidentally took home a headset. Someone posted that this will cost the employee a hefty fine, I said that’s illegal and was downvoted. Then I went to verify my facts and I saw this on the DOL website:
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/16-flsa-wage-deductions
“Some examples of items which would be considered to be for the benefit or convenience of the employer are tools used in the employee's work, damages to the employer's property by the employee or any other individuals, financial losses due to clients/customers not paying bills, and theft of the employer's property by the employee or other individuals. Employees may not be required to pay for any of the cost of such items if, by so doing, their wages would be reduced below the required minimum wage or overtime compensation. This is true even if an economic loss suffered by the employer is due to the employee's negligence.”
Does this make it legal to steal as long as you make near minimum wage?