My question involves employment and labor law for the state of: Arizona


I worked for a restaurant. They closed down for good. Usually, I would be the one to do our time sheets and print out the employee checks. However, for this last one, one of the owners did the time sheet on our accountant's website.

He did them, asked me to print them out and handed them to the employees.

When I printed them out, I saw there's a check for me (minus social, medical, federal & state tax). I figured this was a bonus for me (I had talked to this specific partner the day before). I didn't think much of it at the time. So I just cashed in the check and deposited it into my back account.

Now, 2 weeks later, they're saying the person who did the time sheet (one of the owners) or someone at the accounting firm ****ed up the time sheet and told me I shouldn't have been issued a check for this period since I was already paid for the whole week when they announced they were closing down the restaurant (they did).

They told me they wouldn't give me a bonus despite that that was the agreement when I took the job (verbally). If the monthly sales are over XXXX amount, they would give me a bonus ranging from $200 - $500. But now the restaurant is closed, they told me they're not gonna give me a bonus despite for the whole 5 months I worked there. Each month, the sales exceeded the XXXXX amount.

I guess my questions

can they legally ask me to refund a check that's already been issued to me?
The bonus, can they legally refuse to honor our (verbal, not written) agreement about the monthly bonus?

PS: I was a salaried employee, if that matters.