Hi,
I am currently working as a teacher. I am a legal immigrant and working with the school on a yearly contract. This was regarding 'Unfair and Forceful Deduction' from my pay check by my employer towards rent payment for my apartment.
I am currently staying in an apartment which was provided by my employer when I came to United States last year. The lease for this apartment is in the name of my employer. Even though the lease was in the employer’s name, I was making the monthly rent payment to the apartment community from my checking account. When I took the apartment the lease was already in place and some other teacher was occupying the apartment. She left in a few days after I moved in. I mention this to highlight the point that the apartment was not taken specifically for me. It was something that the school had already leased out and I was using it for some part of the year.
In the first week of August 09, I informed my employer about my intention to vacate the apartment because of the high rent amount which I could no longer afford. From my side I had given a little less than four weeks of notice in writing. This was out of sheer courtesy on my part that I gave the notice. I say this because my employer had never ever before communicated any conditions about the notice period to be given before vacating the apartment.
My employer is now forcing me to continue to live in the apartment for another month and pay the rent amount. He has threatened me that if I decide to move out before completing the additional one month he would go ahead and deduct the rent amount for that month from my paycheck.
According to me this is absolutely unfair. He wants to save his money at my cost. He had never ever before mentioned or communicated anything about any notice period to be given before vacating the apartment. Isn’t the failure to communicate about this a lapse on his part? From my side I have already given a notice of close to a month, then why should I bear for his lapse. Can he deduct the rent amount directly from my paycheck and get away with it? I have given a letter of notice to him clearly stating that I will vacate the apartment at the end of the four week period and I do not expect any deduction towards the rent from my paycheck for the next month. My question is can still go ahead and deduct the rent amount from my paycheck? If he does that then whom should I complain to? He thinks because I am an immigrant he can get away with it. I don’t want to part with my hard earned money. Please advice and guide me.
Thanks.
I am currently working as a teacher. I am a legal immigrant and working with the school on a yearly contract. This was regarding 'Unfair and Forceful Deduction' from my pay check by my employer towards rent payment for my apartment.
I am currently staying in an apartment which was provided by my employer when I came to United States last year. The lease for this apartment is in the name of my employer. Even though the lease was in the employer’s name, I was making the monthly rent payment to the apartment community from my checking account. When I took the apartment the lease was already in place and some other teacher was occupying the apartment. She left in a few days after I moved in. I mention this to highlight the point that the apartment was not taken specifically for me. It was something that the school had already leased out and I was using it for some part of the year.
In the first week of August 09, I informed my employer about my intention to vacate the apartment because of the high rent amount which I could no longer afford. From my side I had given a little less than four weeks of notice in writing. This was out of sheer courtesy on my part that I gave the notice. I say this because my employer had never ever before communicated any conditions about the notice period to be given before vacating the apartment.
My employer is now forcing me to continue to live in the apartment for another month and pay the rent amount. He has threatened me that if I decide to move out before completing the additional one month he would go ahead and deduct the rent amount for that month from my paycheck.
According to me this is absolutely unfair. He wants to save his money at my cost. He had never ever before mentioned or communicated anything about any notice period to be given before vacating the apartment. Isn’t the failure to communicate about this a lapse on his part? From my side I have already given a notice of close to a month, then why should I bear for his lapse. Can he deduct the rent amount directly from my paycheck and get away with it? I have given a letter of notice to him clearly stating that I will vacate the apartment at the end of the four week period and I do not expect any deduction towards the rent from my paycheck for the next month. My question is can still go ahead and deduct the rent amount from my paycheck? If he does that then whom should I complain to? He thinks because I am an immigrant he can get away with it. I don’t want to part with my hard earned money. Please advice and guide me.
Thanks.