Unfair wage deductions for cash shortages, breakages, loss, or modes of communication

(a) In general An employer may not make any deduction from the wage of, or require any reimbursement from, a domestic employee of the employer for— (1) any cash shortage of the employer; or (2) breakage or loss of the employer's equipment or other belongings. (b) Communications An employer may not make any deduction from the wage of, or otherwise penalize, a domestic employee of the employer for communicating with a consumer of domestic services directly as opposed to communicating through an application or other messaging service provided by an on-demand platform or otherwise required by the employer. (c) Violation Any deduction or reimbursement in violation of subsection (a) or (b) shall be deemed an unpaid wage for purposes of enforcement under section 118, and the domestic employee shall have the right to recover such wage in accordance with such section.