Victorian Numbered Acts

VICTORIAN WORKERS' WAGES PROTECTION ACT 2007 (NO. 71 OF 2007) - SECT 8

s. 8

    (1)     An employee may authorise his or her employer in writing—

        (a)     to make a single deduction from his or her wages to a specified person on a date or occasion specified in the authorisation; or

        (b)     to make multiple deductions from his or her wages to a specified person at a frequency and for the period (definite or indefinite) specified in the authorisation.

    (2)     An authorisation under this section must specify the amount of each proposed deduction and any variation in the amount of the deduction must be authorised by the employee in writing.

    (3)     Subsection (2) does not apply if—

        (a)     the employee has authorised his or her employer in writing to make a multiple deduction for an amount as varied from time to time and the deduction is not for the direct or indirect financial benefit of the employer or a related party of the employer; or

Example

An employee may authorise his or her employer to deduct an amount from his or her wages to pay a nominated health fund and may authorise the employer to vary the amount of the deduction if the premiums for his or her health fund change.

        (b)     the deduction is of a type prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.