Garnishment of wages is:
A) a requirement of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 that guarantees employees their incentives irrespective of their performance.
B) a legal procedure by which an employer is empowered to withhold wages for payment of an employee's debt to a creditor.
C) commonly used as grounds for dismissal of an employee.
D) among the more popular wage policies as rated by workers.

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Garnishment is a legal procedure by which an employer is empowered to withhold wages for payment of an employee's debt to a creditor. The Federal Wage Garnishment Law, which became effective on July 1, 1970, limits the amount of an employee's disposable earnings that can be garnished in any one week and protects the employee from discharge because of garnishment.

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