Official text per PAM's consolidated English edition (2025). For guidance only; not legal advice.
a. It is not allowed to deduct more than 10 percent of the worker’s remuneration for the payment of loans or debts due to the employer who shall not impose any interest thereon. b. Not more than 25% of the remuneration due to the worker may be attached, waived or deducted for the debt of alimony or the debt related to food, clothes or other debts including debts toward the employer. Where the various debts compete for the aforesaid portion of the remuneration, the alimony debt shall have priority over the other debts.
Source The English text is presented as the official January 2025 consolidated edition identified in the approved local source notes. The Arabic text is unofficial. This local snapshot was not independently verified against PAM by this directory.