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A creditor does Wage garnishments as per the laws laid down in the Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA). It allows garnishment to a maximum of 25% of employee's net earnings.

The provisions of the CCPA are supervised and applied by the Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, Washington, DC.

If you have legal reasons to contest a wage garnishment, please call at their office at (202) 219-8743.

U.S. Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics

Good luck.

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 3:12 pm Subject:

I think this information will be useful to a lot of people. I get phone calls(at work--i do payroll) all the time because people think that I can just start and stop their garnishment when they(garnishee) tells me to.

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