In some cases the employer may make deductions from the salary of the employee. For the purpose of covering the arrears to the employer, the following deductions or charges from salaries shall be made:
(1) the advance payment of the salary paid to the employee;
(2) the excess payments made as a result of mechanical errors of calculation;
(3) the part of the advance payment provided to an employee for a business trip or a shift to another workplace or for performance of specific tasks, which was not spent and not returned appropriately;
(4) the amount of compensation for damage caused to an employer by the employee.
In cases mentioned in this part, where the debt of an employee does not exceed his or her monthly average salary, the employer shall be have the right to make deductions where no later than within a one-month period upon the date of expiry of time limits for return of advance payment, of making excess payments executed as a result of mechanical errors of calculation, of returning the amount of advance payment not spent and not returned on time and the date of detecting the damage caused to an employee, it has published a relevant legal act on making deductions. Deductions or charges from salaries of employees may also be made with the purpose of covering the arrears to the employer, when the employee is dismissed until the end of the working year for which he or she has been provided with a leave. In this case, the amount paid for the days not worked shall be charged. For those days, the charges shall be made, if the employee has been dismissed from work in the cases provided for by Article 109(1)(6), (7), (1
2), (13), Article 112(1), Article 113(1) (5), (6), (8)-(10) of the Code.
It shall not be permitted to deduct or charge the salary calculated and paid in excess due to the incorrect application of law, except for cases of mechanical errors of calculation.
Upon the payment of salary, the overall size of deductions and charges shall be calculated in the manner prescribed by law, which cannot exceed fifty percent of the monthly salary of the employee.
