Marlene Mitten Garnishment Manager Hewitt Associates

Federal Wage Hour Law
Restrictions on Deductions
• Docking pay for missed time
• if deduction equals pay for time lost, no FLSA violation has occurred;
it can be deducted.
• if an additional penalty amount is deducted, that amount cannot
reduce the employees wages for the minimum required for the hours
actually worked – that would constitute pay below FLSA minimum
wage.
• Deductions for taxes
• Taxes for Federal, State and local income taxes, and the
employee’s share of Social Security and Medicare are considered
wages paid to employee and FLSA minimum wage laws do not
apply
• Employer cannot deduct any amount from employee’s wages to
pay employer’s share of any tax