Title: Define wage garnishment.
Course: GRADS: Work Focus (19906) > Section: Examining Workplace Factors for Families

Definition should include

- reasons for wage garnishment
- process for wage garnishment
- implication for employee
- responsibility of employer
- identification of government oversight agencies.

Process/Skill Questions

Thinking

- Who are the winners and losers in the garnishment process?
- What is the maximum percentage of an employee's income that may be garnished?

Communication

- How can communication help avoid the garnishment process?
- What is the parent communicating to the child in the garnishment process?
- What information will the courts need to initiate the garnishment process?

Leadership

- Who should initiate the garnishment process?
- What is the role of the courts in the garnishment process?
- What is the role of the employer in the garnishment process?

Management

- What state and federal agencies oversee the wage garnishment process?
- What are some consequences to consider if wages are garnished?
- What are the limitations of wage garnishment?