Any further voluntary deductions may be regular, i.e. deducted every time you are paid, or one-off. In either case, to be lawful, any such deductions must be authorised by a provision of your employment contract or by a document that you have signed in advance.

Common examples of regular deductions are:

• trade union deductions
• contributions to a personal pension scheme
• social club membership fees
• hospital fund contributions
• loan repayments, including advances of wages
• payments towards the purchase of clothing or equipment
• stock or till shortages
• contributions towards the use of the private use of a company car or van
• contributions towards a company benefit, e.g. private medical insurance, meals
• payments towards a benefit provided under a salary-sacrifice scheme.

Under separate trade union legislation, it is unlawful for an employer to make a deduction of an amount that would be a contribution to a trade union's political fund if the member has instructed the employer in writing not to make the deduction.

More Information:

• Introduction
  
• Pre-tax deductions
  
• Statutory deductions
  
• Deductions in retail employment
  
• One-off deductions
  
• Exempt deductions
  
• Making a complaint

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