HC Deb 08 February 1994 vol 237 c133W
Mr. Madden

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what legal remedies are available to employees of petrol service stations whose employers deduct from their hourly wages the cost of stock or petrol stolen by third parties.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The Wages Act 1986 makes it unlawful for an employer to deduct more than 10 per cent. from the gross wages of retail workers because of cash shortages or stock deficiencies. Where a deduction is in breach of the Wages Act workers may complain to an industrial tribunal; where it is in breach of their contract of employment they may take action in the civil courts.