HR Chat: Sales Competition

You recently held a sales competition among your employees, offering a $500 bonus to the individual who sold the most units of a specific product. After awarding the bonus to the employee with the highest reported sales, another employee came forward alleging that the winner had inflated their sales numbers and was not rightfully entitled to the prize.

In light of this, you are now questioning whether you can deduct the bonus from the winning employee’s pay if they are unwilling to voluntarily return it.  What can you legally do?

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