Rhode Island General Laws 28-14-11. Wages held as garnishee
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require any employer to pay to an employee any wages or money which the employer lawfully holds as garnishee under a writ of attachment issued by any court of this state in which the employer is named as garnishee, if the garnishee makes reports of that amount held by him or her as the garnishee to the court to which the writ is returnable.
History of Section.
P.L. 1941, ch. 1069, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 28-14-11.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 28-14-11
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Employee: means any person suffered or permitted to work by an employer, except that independent contractors or subcontractors shall not be considered employees. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-14-1
- Employer: means any individual, firm, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, corporation, receiver, or other like officer appointed by a court of this state, and any agent or officer of any of the previously mentioned classes, employing any person in this state. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-14-1
- Wages: means all amounts at which the labor or service rendered is recompensed, whether the amount is fixed or ascertained on a time, task, piece, commission basis, or other method of calculating the amount. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-14-1
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.