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can anyone garnish my compensation

Asked by an anonymous Tumblr user.

A wage garnishment is when your employer is required to withhold some portion of your earnings in order to pay off a debt. Wage garnishments do not include voluntary wage assignments—that is, when you voluntarily agree that your employer may turn over a specified amount of earnings to a creditor or creditors.

Most garnishments are made by court order. The IRS or a state tax collection agency can garnish your wages for unpaid taxes. Your wages can also be garnished if you have defaulted on student loan debt.

Title III of the Consumer Credit Protection Act limits the amount of earnings that can be garnished and protects you from being fired if your pay is only being garnished for one debt.

For questions about wage garnishment, contact the Department of Labor or call 1-866-4-USWAGE (1-866-487-9243) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in your time zone.

Asked by Anonymous

How is the job market right now? are there any jobs out there?

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate was 8.2% in March and 120,000 non-farm jobs were added to the economy.

From December 2011 through January 2012, employment had risen by an average of 246,000 jobs per month.

Learn more about the employment situation in March.

From the Department of Commerce:
The employment report for March 2011 provides excellent news: private payrolls grew by well over 200,000 for the second consecutive month and the unemployment rate ticked down to 8.8%. Additionally, nonfarm employment was revised upward by 5,000 in January and by 2,000 in February. The widespread job gains in March add to other positive signs about the labor market, including the continued drop in new claims for unemployment insurance. Overall, this month’s report is a very good one that signals ongoing job growth.
Read more details on employment report from the Department of Commerce’s Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Dr. Rebecca Blank.
Image description: Chart showing employment rates from 2007 to 2011.

From the Department of Commerce:

The employment report for March 2011 provides excellent news: private payrolls grew by well over 200,000 for the second consecutive month and the unemployment rate ticked down to 8.8%. Additionally, nonfarm employment was revised upward by 5,000 in January and by 2,000 in February. The widespread job gains in March add to other positive signs about the labor market, including the continued drop in new claims for unemployment insurance. Overall, this month’s report is a very good one that signals ongoing job growth.

Read more details on employment report from the Department of Commerce’s Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Dr. Rebecca Blank.


Image description: Chart showing employment rates from 2007 to 2011.