<prompt> Human: Hi personalfinance, I was just looking at my paychecks from the last few months, and noticed my boss has been taking a 10 cut from each paycheck. Roughly 4,000 in the past 10 months. She has no involvement whatsoever in my work, I go to a house, work 12 hours, then leave. Being the only worker there. She only signs my check. She says that the 10 is a referral fee, for giving me a job to work at this house, or if another job happens to come up. I was wondering if this is actually legal or ? I dont want to lose my job or anything. Assistant: Did you sign a contract when you were hired or is there anything in any handbook for your job that states this? If not, thats a lawsuit waiting to happen.Human: I signed a piece of paper written in 22 Comic sans, just saying I will take care of my client. I dont remember 10 deductions. No handybooks or anything, no job description, no job training. She just gives us addresses for homes, and we show up. I am apparently paying for her referral to other homes, but every time a new home happens to go under her business, I am never informed. Shes probably had 12 homes now since Ive began.  <response>: Doesnt sound like shes taking your pay... Sounds like shes taking commission.management fees? 