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Employment

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(2) The following deductions may be made by an employer from the wages of his employee--

(a) deductions for absence from work:

Provided that--

(i) in the case of a contract of employment 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;

(ii) no such deduction shall be made for the purpose of defraying or partly defraying the cost of holiday pay or sickness allowance which the employer has paid or may be or may become liable to pay to the employee; (Replaced, 39 of 1973, s. 4)

(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 $300, 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 accom- modation has been in the occupation of the employee or his family; (e) deductions for the recovery of any advance or over-payment of wages

made by the employer to the employee:

Provided that--

(i) except with the approval in writing of the Commissioner, 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;

(ƒ) deductions, with the written consent of an employee, for the recovery

of any loan made by the employer to the employee;

(g) 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 417

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of any medical benefit scheme, superannuation scheme, providenteme -fund or thrift scheme lawfully established for the benefit of the

employee or his dependants;