Is your 'garnishee' still valid?
04 August 2015 - 10:02
If you are paying one or more emoluments attachment orders (EAOs), or "garnishees" as they are popularly known, every month, where does the recent Western Cape High Court judgment - which found 15 Stellenbosch workers' EAOs to be unlawful and invalid - leave you? Is your EAO also unlawful and invalid?Should you tell your employer to stop deducting the money from your monthly salary?Credit ombud Nicky Lala Mohan says that, in the past, conflicting legal interpretations of the legislation governi...
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