{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:2204","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Deduction from Wages","number":"2204","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2204/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK VI - SPECIAL CONTRACTS","title":"TITLE III - CONTRACTS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES","chapter":"Chapter 1. - Employment","section":"Section 1. - General Provisions","paragraph":"Paragraph 3. - Wages Due to Employee"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"Unless otherwise provided by law or by a Court order, an employer may not make deductions from or set off claims against the wages of an employee.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2204/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":609,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/609/?article=2204&paragraph=p1#article-2204-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"A collective agreement or an express written agreement with an employee may provide that an employer may make deductions or set off specified claims against the employee.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2204/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":609,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/609/?article=2204&paragraph=p2#article-2204-p2"}]},{"id":"p3","number":"3","text":"In no case may the aggregate deductions or set offs in any one month exceed one-fifth of the wages due to the employee in that month.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2204/#p3","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":609,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/609/?article=2204&paragraph=p3#article-2204-p3"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}