<prompt> Human: Hey PF,Background info first, Im 19 years old and have been working as a maintenence guy for an apartment complex for the last 7 months. When I was hired on I was told, in my interview, that I was given paid 30 minute lunches, which surprised me because Im an hourly employee. Fast foward to June of 2015 my boss notices on my time sheet that Ive been taking paid lunches and informs me that I have to clock out from this point on. No big deal, was slightly pissed that he was revoking my paid lunches, but I got over it. This brings us to a week ago, a coworker of mine was checking his pay stub and noticed he was short changed 10 hours in a two week pay period. He confronted our boss and my boss informed him that its to pay back the paid lunches that he had taken. Sure enough when I got home I noticed hes been taking 7 - 10 hours off every week. I talked to him about it via text and hes said that since I was taking paid lunches even though I shouldnt have been, he is owed the money back. The biggest problem that I have is that he was withholding money without consulting with me first to explain himself. What can I do in this situation, Im currently looking for a better job, but in the meantime do I need to pay him back?TL;DR: Boss hired me telling me I got payed lunches. Few months later claims he didnt say that. Secretly withheld money by changing my time sheets.Sorry for poor formatting first post ever and Im on mobile.Assistant: This is not legal. 1. Do you have documentation that the payed lunches were a benefit?2. Contact your states labor department. There is someone in your state that helps you with businesses doing unfair wages.3. Is your boss the owner? Do you have an HR department? You may not want to work there if you put up a fight.Human: Thanks for the advice,1. He wont let me see my benefits sheet that I signed at the beginning of my employment, so I really cant answer this one.2. I really dont want to bring this into court if at all possible. Hes a very wealthy man and can probably drag the court process out long enough to bleed me dry, financially.3. Yes hes the owner of the apartment complexes that I work at, the person who would be considered HR is my sister in law and she wants to stay out of the situation as much as possible. Im currently looking for a new job so Im not worried about that.  <response>: Your sister-in-law has no choice in this, she must get involved as the HR person for the business... 