Dunn v. Northeast Helicopters Flight Services, LLC

Summary

The court held that the statutory prohibition on an employer's demanding money as a condition of employment covers future examination fees unrelated to the employee's ordinary wages. It further held that the required representation or understanding may be unilateral, implicit, or inferred from a termination closely following the employee's refusal to make the payment. Because the record supported a reasonable inference that the termination was linked to the fee-sharing demand, summary judgment for the employer was improper. Justice Mullins, dissenting and joined by Chief Justice Robinson, would have held that the proposed fee sharing concerned a separate future business venture and did not violate the statute.