Canada Labour Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. L-2)

Marginal note:General rule

• 254.1 (1) No employer shall make deductions from wages or other amounts due to an employee, except as permitted by or under this section.

• Marginal note:Permitted deductions

  (2) The permitted deductions are

  • (a) those required by a federal or provincial Act or regulations made thereunder;

  • (b) those authorized by a court order or a collective agreement or other document signed by a trade union on behalf of the employee;

  • (c) amounts authorized in writing by the employee;

  • (d) overpayments of wages by the employer; and

  • (e) other amounts prescribed by regulation.

• Marginal note:Damage or loss

  (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(c), no employer shall, pursuant to that paragraph, make a deduction in respect of damage to property, or loss of money or property, if any person other than the employee had access to the property or money in question.

• Marginal note:Regulations

  (4) The Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing:

  • (a) deductions that an employer is permitted to make in addition to those permitted by this section; and

  • (b) the manner in which the deductions permitted by this section may be made by the employer.