Your employer routinely deducts cash shortages from your paycheck. Is this legal? 1) Yes, you are responsible for this. (2) Yes, but only if the employee was the only one who had access to the cash. 3) Yes, if the employer obtains written permission from the employee, they can make any type of deduction. (4) No, this is never allowed.Yes, but only if the employee was the only one who had access to the cash and the employer obtained written permission from the employee to deduct for specific cash shortages. (5) Deductions for faulty work are not allowed. Deductions for cash shortages are allowed only if the employee was the only one who had access to the