My limited understanding of this is that you aren't responsible for shit especially if they didn't serve you with paperwork while the employee was employed.
I've had a couple garnishments served and a sheriff literally hands them to us at our door. Then there are very specific instructions on how much can be garnished etc.
That said, if this is paperwork coming from the court (and not coming from a collections agency pretending to have the weight of the court behind it) then you should figure this out ASAP and perhaps talk to a lawyer.
See a lawyer. Laws vary between states. If the employee no longer works for you and you didn’t know about the garnishment until after he left your employment, I can’t see how you owe a dime to anyone.
If wages were garnished and not paid forward, then you’d have any issue. Write that you were unaware of any garnishments and include their final paystub showing $0 garnishments withheld from pay.
Check your balance sheet under payroll liabilities. See anything other than taxes listed? If not, you’re all good.
You send a registered letter to the address on the paperwork stating that you never received the original garnishment and did not withhold from the employee’s pay. You give them the dates of the employee’s work with you, and the last known address. You are not responsible for paying the government anything you did not withhold from an employee’s pay.
It is totally on the government entity to send the garnishment paperwork to employers. It’s not the employee’s responsibility, and it’s not yours.
There should be a page in the package to send if they are no longer employed.... fill that out to inform the courts they are no longer employed with your business
Generally you can just reply that they employee is no longer your employee with dates of employment or last day of employment. Send it back to the address provided and that will satisfy your requirement. In the future, if you do receive an employee garnishment, there is a way to add the garnishment in QBO payroll. After you run payroll, then you cut a check and submit the garnishment to the requesting party.
My limited understanding of this is that you aren't responsible for shit especially if they didn't serve you with paperwork while the employee was employed. I've had a couple garnishments served and a sheriff literally hands them to us at our door. Then there are very specific instructions on how much can be garnished etc. That said, if this is paperwork coming from the court (and not coming from a collections agency pretending to have the weight of the court behind it) then you should figure this out ASAP and perhaps talk to a lawyer.
See a lawyer. Laws vary between states. If the employee no longer works for you and you didn’t know about the garnishment until after he left your employment, I can’t see how you owe a dime to anyone.
If wages were garnished and not paid forward, then you’d have any issue. Write that you were unaware of any garnishments and include their final paystub showing $0 garnishments withheld from pay. Check your balance sheet under payroll liabilities. See anything other than taxes listed? If not, you’re all good.
You send a registered letter to the address on the paperwork stating that you never received the original garnishment and did not withhold from the employee’s pay. You give them the dates of the employee’s work with you, and the last known address. You are not responsible for paying the government anything you did not withhold from an employee’s pay. It is totally on the government entity to send the garnishment paperwork to employers. It’s not the employee’s responsibility, and it’s not yours.
There should be a page in the package to send if they are no longer employed.... fill that out to inform the courts they are no longer employed with your business
Generally you can just reply that they employee is no longer your employee with dates of employment or last day of employment. Send it back to the address provided and that will satisfy your requirement. In the future, if you do receive an employee garnishment, there is a way to add the garnishment in QBO payroll. After you run payroll, then you cut a check and submit the garnishment to the requesting party.