Employment Contracts · glossary

Deduction from pay

Money an employer keeps back from wages. Section 13 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 allows one only if a contract term allows it or the worker agreed in writing beforehand. Esme agrees in clause 25.1, so Cressby can take a sign-on repayment from her pay. Contract 25.1 · Chapter 4 · see Sign-On Payment

Explained in Chapter 4, Salary, Bonus and the Sign-On Payment, of Employment Contracts.

How it comes up, in Chapter 4
Getting the money back is the next step. Section 13 of the 1996 Act allows a deduction from pay only if a contract term permits it or the worker agreed in writing first.
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