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05/17/2022
1674 - Restriction on Discharge from Employment by Reason of Garnishment
Commerce and Trade
Chapter 41 — Consumer Credit Protection
Subchapter II — Restrictions On Garnishment
(a) Termination of employment. - No employer may discharge any employee by reason of the fact that his earnings have been subjected to garnishment for any one indebtedness.
(b) Penalties. - Whoever willfully violates subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(Pub. L. 90-321, title III, §304, May 29, 1968, 82 Stat. 163.)
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