My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: Pennsylvania
I signed a training contract for my job and am leaving early so I will owe money back per the contract ($14000 is the prorated amount I owe). In the contract it says I have 30 days to pay back the full amount or they can garnish my wages at a rate of $1500 a month for 12 months. However, I have recently discovered that Pennsylvania has very restrictive wage garnishment rules and basically doesn't even allow it except for student loans and child support. My employer has threaten me several times with the wage garnishment if I don't pay it all back. So my question is can he garnish my wages because I signed the contract even though state law says no? Id assume state law would prevail here. If so is this whole contract technically null and void because of the illegal sub clause? Id assume he could still sue me for it which is why I still plan on making a fair deal with him but $14000 is almost half my salary! Thanks for any help.
I signed a training contract for my job and am leaving early so I will owe money back per the contract ($14000 is the prorated amount I owe). In the contract it says I have 30 days to pay back the full amount or they can garnish my wages at a rate of $1500 a month for 12 months. However, I have recently discovered that Pennsylvania has very restrictive wage garnishment rules and basically doesn't even allow it except for student loans and child support. My employer has threaten me several times with the wage garnishment if I don't pay it all back. So my question is can he garnish my wages because I signed the contract even though state law says no? Id assume state law would prevail here. If so is this whole contract technically null and void because of the illegal sub clause? Id assume he could still sue me for it which is why I still plan on making a fair deal with him but $14000 is almost half my salary! Thanks for any help.
Resignation: Illegal Wage Garnishment Provision in an Employment Contract
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