Payment of Wages Act 1991
F7[Prohibition on certain deductions.
4C. An employer to which this section applies shall not—
(a) without prejudice to the generality of section 5(1), make a deduction from an employee’s wages in respect of tips or gratuities made to, or left for, an employee, or
(b) make a deduction from tips or gratuities to be distributed, in accordance with section 4B, to an employee, other than—
(i) as required by or under this Act, by any other statute or by any instrument made under any statute, or
(ii) to the extent as is fair and reasonable in order to meet costs directly arising from paying tips or gratuities by means of electronic modes of payment.]
Annotations:
Amendments:
F7
Inserted (27.10.2022) by Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Act 2022 (23/2022), s. 3, S.I. No. 543 of 2022.
Editorial Notes:
E12
Redress procedure for purpose of section provided by Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015), s. 41 and sch. 5 part 1 item 3, item 3 substituted (27.10.2022) by Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Act 2022 (23/2022), s. 8, S.I. No. 543 of 2022.