Chapter I: Deductions.

The employer may not deduct wages to compensate for sums owed to it by an employee for miscellaneous supplies, whatever their nature.

By way of derogation from the provisions of Article L. 3251-1, compensation between the amount of wages and the sums that would be due to the employer may be provided in the case of the following supplies: 1° Tools and instruments necessary for the work ; 2° Materials for the care and use of the employee; 3° sums advanced for the acquisition of these same objects.

Apart from the cases provided for in 3° of article L. 3251-2, the employer may only deduct wages for cash advances he has made if the successive deductions do not exceed one tenth of the amount of wages due. The deduction made in this respect is not to be confused with the seizable or transferable part. Payments on account for work in progress are not considered to be advances.

Subject to the provisions of article 1240 of the French Civil Code, employers may not require employees to pay money or withhold money under the name of expenses or any other name for any purpose whatsoever, in the normal course of their work in the following sectors: 1° Hotels, cafés, restaurants and similar establishments ; 2° Entertainment companies, circles and casinos; 3° Transport companies.