Lawful deductions and warning letters
The nine Article 25 grounds, each with its own ceiling, a 50% overall cap, and an Article 39 sanction ladder that will not let you skip a step.
Ceilings that are applied, not documented
Every ground under Article 25 has its own limit. Writing them in a policy document does not stop a payroll run breaching them; applying them in the calculation does.
| Loan or salary advance | 20% of the wage, and written consent from the worker is required |
|---|---|
| Court judgment | 25% of the wage |
| Alimony | 25% of the wage |
| Damage to company property | Five days’ wage per month |
| Disciplinary (Art. 39) | Five days’ wage per month |
| Everything combined | 50% of the wage, whatever the mix |
Amounts above a ceiling are withheld and carried to the following month, then tested again. The debt survives; the deduction stays lawful.
The sanction ladder, in the order the law sets
Written notice, warning, wage deduction, suspension without pay, deprivation of bonus, deferral of promotion, dismissal. M1 TimePilot keeps them in that order and records the procedure that Article 39 requires around each one.
The procedure is the point
A written accusation, a recorded hearing, the worker’s defence on file, the investigation minute, and notice of what follows on repetition — inside thirty days, one sanction per violation. The screen tracks each of these and a draft refuses to print until they are there.
Bilingual on purpose
The warning letter is a bilingual document printed from the browser, not a generated PDF. The PDF engine this product uses elsewhere cannot shape Arabic script, and a warning letter with broken Arabic is not a warning letter.
Frequently asked questions
Article 25 lists the permitted grounds and each has its own ceiling: a loan or advance is capped at 20% and needs written consent, a court judgment at 25%, alimony at 25%, damage to company property at five days' wage per month, and a disciplinary wage deduction at five days per month under Article 39.
Yes — 50% of the wage, across everything combined. M1 TimePilot applies the individual ceilings first, then the global cap.
It is withheld and carried into the next month, then re-tested. Nothing is written off, and nothing unlawful is taken.
Yes. The warning letter is produced as a bilingual document you print from the browser, precisely so Arabic renders properly. The PDF engine used elsewhere in the product cannot shape Arabic script, so warnings deliberately do not use it.
It tries. Article 39 requires a written accusation, a hearing, the worker's defence on file, an investigation minute and notice of what follows on repetition, all inside thirty days and one sanction per violation. The screen tracks each of those and a draft sanction refuses to print.
Yes, as a deduction under its own Article 25 ground, subject to the same ceilings as every other.
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