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For payroll deductions, if an employee has both a creditor wage garnishment and owes money for uniforms, how do the two affect each other?
This is assuming that the employee in question does not have enough income to pay both before hitting minimum wage.
I have searched for the answer to this for a couple of months and cannot find any source that tells me how this is supposed to be done (I can find tons that cover one or the other, but not both). If there are federal and/or state rules that cover this, a source or just reference info so I can look it up would be great!
i.e: John works 38 hours at $7.50/hour. Assume 10% overall tax rate = $285 - $28.50 = $256.50 disposable income
25% garnishment = $64.12, but is capped by the federal floor of $217.50 (30 hours * $7.25 minimum wage) so only $39 can be taken.
John also owes $40 for uniforms; which can't drop his hourly rate below min wage; $7.50 - $7.25 = $0.25 * 38 hours = $9.50 deduction.
If both are taken, the wage is below both both floors - does it matter? Does one come first? Help!!!
2 Answers
- ?Lv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
garnishments are taken no matter what - the employer has no option - you would get both deducted from your pay
Source(s): Payroll Manager - Anonymous7 years ago
It would not affect the attachment of earnings order, or garnishment, you would have to apply back to the court, I think, to have it adjusted if the cost is too much with the deductions for uniform. Personally though, I refuse to work for anyone who doesn't provide a free uniform and have turned down jobs who say they will deduct me for it. If they want me in their gear, they should pay.
