Provision of shops etc. by employers for sale of com- modities to employees.
Restriction on deductions from wages,
20. An employer may establish shops, stores or places for the sale of commodities to his employees, but no employer shall bind any employee by contract, agreement or other obligation, written or oral, express or implied, to make use of any such shop, store or place for the purchase of commodities,
PART IV.
DEDUCTIONS FROM WAGES.
21. (1) No deductions shall be made by an employer from the wages of his employee or from any other sum due to the employee otherwise than in accordance with this Ordinance.
(2) The following deductions may be made by an employer from the wages of his employee-
(a) deductions for absence from work:
Provided that, in the case of a contract of employ- ment under which wages are calculated on a basis of time, no such deduction shall exceed a sum proportionate to the period of time during which the employee was absent from work;
(b) deductions for damage to or loss of goods, equipment or property belonging to or in the possession or control of the employer or expressly entrusted to an employee for custody, or for loss of money for which an employee is required to account, where such damage or loss is directly attributable to his neglect or default:
Provided that-----
(i) the total amount recoverable by deduction in any one case shall not exceed the equivalent in value of the damage or loss suffered by the employer or three hundred dollars, whichever is the less; and
(ii) the total of such deductions in any one wage period shall not exceed one quarter of the wages payable to the employee in respect of that wage period;
(c) deductions in respect of meals supplied by the employer at the request of the employee not exceeding the cost to the employer of such meals including expenses of production and service;
(d) deduction for accommodation provided by the employer for the employee or his family made in respect of the period such accommodation has been in the occupation of the employee or his family;
(e) deductions for the recovery of any advance or over-pay-
ment of wages made by the employer to the employer:
Provided that-
(1) except with the approval in writing of the Com- missioner, no such deductions shall be made by way of discount, interest or any similar charge in consideration of such advance or over-payment; and
(ii) the total of such deductions in any one wage period shall not exceed one quarter of the wages payable to the employee in respect of that wage period;
(f) deductions, with the written consent of an employce, for the recovery of any loan made by the employer to the employees
(g)
B
deductions made at the request in writing of the employee in respect of contributions to be paid by him through the employer for the purpose of any medical benefit scheme, superannuation scheme, provident fund or thrift scheme lawfully established for the benefit of the employee or his dependants;
(A) deductions which are required or authorized under any enactment to be made from the wages of an employee;
() other deductions made at the request in writing of the employee and with the approval of the Commissioner, which may be signified in respect of any particular case in writing or in general by notice in the Gazette. (3) Except with the approval in writing of the Commissioner, the total of all deductions, excluding deductions in respect of absence from work, made under this section from the wages of an employee in any one wage period shall not exceed one half of the wages payable to the employee in respect of the wage period.
(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing an employer from paying to an employee at any time before the due date the amount of wages and other remuneration propor- tionate to work done and adjusting any amount so paid against the total amount payable at the end of the wage period.
PART V.
INFORMATION RESPECTING WAGES.
22. (1) Every employer shall inform each person before such person enters his employment, in a manner intelligible to him, of the conditions with regard to wages under which he is to be employed.
Information
to persons entering employment.
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