Deductions from wages - Wyoming

Summary of differences between federal and state regulations

Federal regulations restrict the types of deductions that can be made from an employee’s wages or salary. Deductions can be made in certain cases, but the legality often depends on the nature and purpose of the deductions, as well as the status of the employee as exempt or non-exempt.

Wyoming law allows an employer to make deductions from an employee's wages due to:

• Cash register shortages, provided the applicable rules are followed.
• An employee’s failure to repay advances of vacation, sick, or personal days, though there is no specific offset rule addressing this.
• An employee’s obligation to repay a loan made by the employer, provided the applicable rules are followed.
• Repay the employer because of the employee’s destruction or loss of equipment or property of the employer, provided the applicable rules are followed.
• Any other reason, as allowed by Wyoming Statute 27-4-104(a) and the Wage Offset Rules.

An employer may not deduct wages for an employee accepting a bad check unless:

• The employer has provided written instructions as to procedures for accepting checks and the employee fails to follow the procedures; or
• The employer reasonably believes that the employee has been a party to a fraud or other wrongdoing in taking a dishonored check.

State

Contact

Wyoming Department of Employment

Regulations

Wyoming Statutes Title 27, Chapter 4, Article 1 §27-4-101, 104, 111, and 116
www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/wystatutes/

Wage Offset Rules - Chapter I, Section 6 (b-f)
https://roar-assets-auto.rbl.ms/documents/14326/Chapter-1.pdf

Federal

Contact

Wage and Hour Division

Regulations

For non-exempt employees:

29 CFR Part 531, Wage Payments under The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

For exempt employees:

29 CFR Part 541, Subpart G, Salary Requirements