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.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 2204
Deduction from Wages · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
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.
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.