This Law Firm Publication by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. discusses an amendment to Section 193 of the New York Labor Law that gives employers greater freedom to make deductions from employees' pay. Specifically, the amendment allows employers to make deductions from an employee's wages for the employee's preauthorized personal activities, and to recapture overpayments, loans or advancements made to an employee. Currently, the law prohibits employers from making wage deductions unless a governmental entity authorizes the action or the employee provides written authorization for a deduction that benefits the employee. The new law takes effect on November 7, 2012, but will expire in three years.