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  • 11-25-2007, 08:34 PM
    rxwoman
    Garnishment Above 30 Times the Federal Minimum Wage?
    Hi again,
    I have more questions. I keep seeing this guidline for ganishment amount and I wondered if I was understanding it correctly.
    So, if it says 30 times the federal minimum wage ( which is now $6.55/hour) that they are garnishing everything over that amount, that basically means they are leaving you with 30 hours of $6.55 an hour, per week to live on? Ouch!!
    That hardly seems like an appropriate amount to leave a person to live on. It boggles my mind that they are able to garnish people living under the poverty level.
    Anyway I was just curious if I was understanding that correctly. Maybe I should consider myself lucky that I am only being garnished at 15%.
    Oh, a couple other questions...can they garnish more than one employer at a time? And can they keep your income tax return and earned income credit if your already being garnished? This would be in Nebraska.
    Thank you very much.:confused:
  • 11-26-2007, 11:15 AM
    Mr. Knowitall
    Re: Garnishment Above 30 Times the Federal Minimum Wage?
    You seem to be alluding to this federal rule: For ordinary garnishments (i.e., those not for support, bankruptcy, or any state or federal tax), the weekly amount garnished may not exceed the lesser of two figures: 25 percent of the employee's disposable earnings, or the amount by which an employee's disposable earnings are greater than 30 times the federal minimum wage (currently $5.85 an hour). Some states impose additional limits on wage garnishment.

    If you are collecting wages from more than one employer, they can garnish more than one employer. If you are expecting a tax refund they can attempt to garnish the tax refund, within the confines of any state or federal limits on garnishment.
  • 11-26-2007, 02:31 PM
    rxwoman
    Re: Garnishment Above 30 Times the Federal Minimum Wage?
    thank you for clarifying.
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