Garnishment cost in time

The writ of garnishment is fixed by the judge in which all the charges are mentioned. Once done, the employee has to pay as per the records. Nothing is charged outside it.

Wouldn't it also be unfair to charge additional amounts, since the employee's paycheck is already being garnished, indicating they are already in financial trouble of some sort?? Just on a moral standpoint, I mean. Seems like pouring salt on an open wound to me.

I don't dispute the fact that it causes the employer additional work, but is it so much that you feel you need to charge the employee?

Suebeehoney, Couldnt agree with you more. How much does one person deserve to be tortured? KYSIDE38

AH!!! I can answer this one! I am an HR rep...filing writs IS a huge amount of time and paperwork..But you cannot bill the employee for your time, nor can you punish them in any way. That would be a huge violation under many federal laws, I can list some of them if need be!! You would get a WHOPPING fine and could find your own credibility/job compromised.

WOOHOO! THANK YOU FINS!

In Illinois the Wage Assignment Act lets an employer take and keep $12 of what they pull from the employee's check. But the way the law is worded, it sounds like the creditor has to eat that cost:

A fee of $12 for each wage assignment shall be collected by and paid to the employer and the amount so paid shall be credited against the amount of the wage????????earner's outstanding debt.

Yep, we can bill the credito..But never ever the employee. Bad stuff, that is.

You can get in big, big, big trouble for punishing an employee in any way shape or form. The assistant to the HR rep before me went to court over a similar situation. Garnishments and voluntary deductions are very tricky things, there are so many violations, it's not even reasonable.