---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 778.304"
title: "29"
number: "778.304"
heading: "Amounts deducted from cash wages—general."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/778.304"
---

# §778.304. Amounts deducted from cash wages—general.

- (a) **The word “deduction” is often loosely used to cover reductions in pay resulting from several causes—**
  - (1) Deductions to cover the cost to the employer of furnishing “board, lodging or other facilities,” within the meaning of [section 3(m)](/cfr/29/3.md?p=m) of the Act.
  - (2) Deductions for other items such as tools and uniforms which are not regarded as “facilities.”
  - (3) Deductions authorized by the employee (such as union dues) or required by law (such as taxes and garnishments).
  - (4) Reductions in a fixed salary paid for a fixed workweek in weeks in which the employee fails to work the full schedule.
  - (5) **Deductions for disciplinary reasons.**
- (b) In general, where such deductions are made, the employee's “regular rate” is the same as it would have been if the occasion for the deduction had not arisen. Also, as explained in [part 531](/cfr/29/part531.md) of this chapter, the requirements of the Act place certain limitations on the making of some of the above deductions.

## Notes

### Amendments

[33 FR 986, Jan. 26, 1968, as amended at 46 FR 7314, Jan. 23, 1981]

### Authority

Authority: 52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq. Section 778.200 also issued under Pub. L. 106-202, 114 Stat. 308 (29 U.S.C. 207(e) and (h)).

### Source

Source: 33 FR 986, Jan. 26, 1968, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[33 FR 986, Jan. 26, 1968, as amended at 46 FR 7314, Jan. 23, 1981]