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Can an employer make deductions for an overpayment of wages from statutory sick pay?

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Statutory sick pay is included in the definition of ‘Wages’ for the purposes of the right not to suffer unauthorised deductions.

For further information, see PrACTice Note: Deductions from wages—Definition of wages.

Under section 13 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA 1996), an Employer cannot make any deductions from the wages of a worker unless:

  1. •

    the deduction is required or authorised to be made by virtue of:

    1. ◦

      a statutory provision, eg the requirement

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