... National Minimum wage Act 1998. The current NMW is £4.20 per hour for people over 21, £3.60 per hour for 18-21 year olds, or older people receiving accredited training. The clause also states "the employer may deduct from the employees wages any amounts it thinks fit to cover breakages or loss". This is against the Employment rights Act 1996, section 13, as the law protects individuals from having unauthorised deductions made from their wages, including complete non-payment. The only time when an employer can deduct from an employees wages is in the case of an overpayment of wages. The cost of disciplinary proceedings held by virtue of statutory provision, or the cost of any industrial action to deductions, to satisfy court orders. One of three conditions has to be met for an employer lawfully to make deductions or receive payments from a worker. The deduction or payment must be: * Required ...

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