Golden California Girls wrote:
Server should at the least get a license plate number and call the
police. Being so inattentive as to allow someone out without paying, that
properly is covered. Especially if you agreed to it in writing before you took
the job.

The point is that you can fire an employee for that, but not dock it
out of his pay. I doubt any employer would put those terms in writing,
since it's illegal. If an employer hired me below minimum wage and I
signed the contract, I still have a right to demand minimum wage.