Salary Deductions Under Payment of Wages Act: How Much Can Be Legally Deducted for High Earners?

Clarification on Salary Deductions Under the Payment of Wages Act 1936

Legally, how much amount can be recovered from the salary if an employee is earning more than 50,000 per month? According to the Payment of Wages Act 1936, in Section 7, only 50% is allowed to be deducted from the salary. However, the Payment of Wages Act 1936 applies to wages payable to an employed person in respect of a wage period if such wages do not exceed the threshold stipulated under the Act, which is currently Rs. 24,000.

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Exemptions Under Section 60 of the Civil Procedure Code

Section 60 of the Civil Procedure Code exempts the following factors from recovery in pursuance of any decree:

(i) Salary to the extent of the first one thousand rupees and two-thirds of the remainder in execution of any decree other than a decree for maintenance. Provided that where any part of such portion of the salary as is liable to attachment has been under attachment, whether continuously or intermittently, for a total period of twenty-four months, such portion shall be exempt from attachment until the expiry of a further period of twelve months. Where such attachment has been made in execution of one and the same decree, it shall, after the attachment has continued for a total period of twenty-four months, be finally exempt from attachment in execution of that decree.

(ia) One-third of the salary in execution of any decree for maintenance.