Personal protective equipment at the expense of the employee

Personal protective equipment designed to protect an employee from the effects of harmful and (or) dangerous industrial factors is provided to the employee free of charge. This obligation of the employer is stipulated in Article 221 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation.

According to Article 137 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, the employer has the right to make a decision on deduction from an employee’s salary, in the case of:

– reimbursement of the unprocessed advance payment given to the employee on account of wages;

– repayment of an unspent and timely unpaid advance issued in connection with a business trip or transfer to another job in another area, as well as in other cases;

– refund of amounts overpaid to the employee as a result of accounting errors, as well as amounts overpaid to the employee, if the body for the consideration of individual labor disputes recognizes the employee’s guilt in non-compliance with labor standards.;

– dismissal of an employee before the end of the working year, due to which he has already received annual paid leave, for unpaid vacation days;

– if the salary was overpaid to the employee (in cases of an accounting error; if the body for the consideration of individual labor disputes recognized the employee’s guilt in non-compliance with labor standards; if wages were overpaid to the employee in connection with his illegal actions established by the court).