No discharge from employment for garnishment

1. Law
2. District of Columbia Code
3. Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]
4. Attachment and Garnishment
5. Attachment and Garnishment of Wages, etc
6. No discharge from employment for garnishment

No employer shall discharge an employee for the reason that a creditor of the employee has subjected or attempted to subject unpaid earnings of the employee to garnishment or like proceedings directed to the employer for the purpose of paying a judgment.

(Dec. 17, 1971, 85 Stat. 679, Pub. L. 92-200, § 7.)

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 16-584.

1973 Ed., § 16-584.

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