The first deductions that your employer may make from your gross pay - assuming you have previously authorised the deductions in writing - are one or more of the following:

• pension contributions, if you are a member of an occupational pension scheme
  
  
• charity contributions, under an approved payroll giving scheme
  
  
• purchases of partnership shares, under a Share Incentive Plan.

More Information:

• Introduction
  
• Statutory deductions
  
• Voluntary regular deductions
  
• Deductions in retail employment
  
• One-off deductions
  
• Exempt deductions
  
• Making a complaint

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