Wage Garnishments
Wage Garnishment is a legal procedure in which a person’s earnings are required by court order to be withheld by an employer for the payment of a debt. Employers begin garnishing wages as soon as they received an order to do so from a court or agency.  You may have wages garnished without a court order if you owe money to the federal government. This may be the case when you owe taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Common reasons for wage garnishments
- Unpaid debts government claims
- Government claims
Types of wage garnishment
- Creditor garnishments
- Student loans
- Tax levies
- Voluntary wage assignments
When to stop garnishing employee wages
- The employee’s debt is fulfilled
- the garnishment order is resolved
- the garnishment period ends
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