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ABA Family Legal Guide
Law and the Workplace
On the Job
Wages and Hours
What types of credits is an employer allowed to take against the wage owed?
The employer can credit the reasonable cost of board, lodging, and other facilities customarily provided to employees. In order to credit the cost of such noncash benefits, they must be furnished for the worker's convenience and must be voluntarily accepted by the worker. Examples of noncash items whose fair value can be credited to the minimum wage owed are
Employers who have a policy of requiring workers to pay for breakage or cash shortages cannot take such amounts as credit toward the minimum wage owed. Nor are employee discounts allowed as credits toward minimum wage.
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