Sec. 116. Unfair wage deductions for cash shortages, breakages, loss, or modes of communication
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Except as provided in paragraph (2), no domestic work hiring entity shall make any deduction from the wage of or require any reimbursement from a domestic worker for— any cash shortage of the domestic work hiring entity; or breakage or loss of the entity’s equipment or other belongings. A domestic work hiring entity may deduct from the wage of, or require reimbursement from, a domestic worker described in paragraph
(1)if the entity can show that a shortage, breakage, or loss described in paragraph
(1)was caused by a dishonest or willful act of the domestic worker. No domestic work hiring entity shall make any deduction from the wage of, or otherwise penalize, a domestic worker for communicating with a consumer of domestic services directly as opposed to communicating through an application or other messaging service provided by an on-demand platform or otherwise required by the domestic work hiring entity. Any deduction or reimbursement in violation of subsection (a)(1) or
(b)shall be deemed an unpaid wage for purposes of enforcement under section 118, and the domestic worker shall have the right to recover such wage in accordance with such section.