Policy: Employees shall be notified by the Payroll Department that a garnishment, levy or tax lien shall be placed against their earnings. A garnishment execution is a judicial process whereby a creditor has a judgment to shall be forwarded to the Payroll Department for processing. The PBC is legally required to honor appropriately authorized garnishments. It is illegal to terminate an employee because of a garnishment.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B8805