Section 29Part 3 — Remuneration and Hours of Work
Deductions
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29. (1) An employer shall not make any deductions from the wages payable to an employee under any contract of employment except in accordance with subsections (2) to (4).
Without prejudice to subsection (1) and notwithstanding paragraph (e) of subsection (3), an employer shall not make any deduction from the wages payable to an employee or require or receive any payment from an employee, or allow any other person to deduct, or require or receive any payment from an employee, in respect of —
the cost of anything done or required to be done by the employer under this Act or any regulations made hereunder;
obtaining or retaining employment with the employer;
any fine imposed by the employer;
bad or negligent work, other than a shortfall in cash collected by an employee on behalf of an employer or in a cash float provided to the employee by the employer; or
any injury to the materials or property of the employer, save when the injury is occasioned by the wilful misconduct of the employee.
There may be deducted —
any deduction imposed by any law;
any money advanced by the employer (whether paid to the employee themselves or to some other person at that person’s request) in anticipation of the regular payment of the employee’s wages, provided the amount deducted accords with the agreement made between employer and employee at the time of the advance, and provided that no interest, discount or similar charge may be imposed on such advance;
the actual or reasonable estimated cost to the employer of any materials, tools and implements which, although not obliged to provide, the employer has supplied to the workman at the latter’s request;
any payment into any welfare, insurance or other similar fund which an employee has authorised to be deducted; Labour Act (2021 Revision) Section 30 c Revised as at 31st December, 2020 Page 23
subject to subsections (2) and (4), any sum of money the deduction of which an employee has expressly authorised in writing; and
any wages deducted by virtue of the suspension of an employee where the employee has been given a written warning under section 52(2) or 53(1) and the employee has been guilty of further misconduct or has continued to perform that person’s duties unsatisfactorily.
The total which may be deducted in any period shall not exceed one-third of the gross money wage of the employee for that pay period, provided that this shall not apply to interest on and repayments of negotiated loans nor to the recovery of money advanced as contemplated in paragraph (b) of subsection (3) provided that the deduction accords with the agreement made at the time of the advance.