What is the name of your state? my state is ca. I was fired from my job of five years for being tarty. the next day i went to turn in the company phone and get my last check, when i opened my check, there was a note saying that I owed 400$ for personal calls on the phone.so he deducted it from my check.leaving me with 100$ and it said that i couldnt get unemployement.can I? and i never signed anything about my paying for personal calls nor have i ever had to pay pryer to this.