Underpaid - wage garnishments were incorrectly calculated by payroll for three months

[Proserpina]

Guys, he clearly owes an FTB debt (stated in first post). FTB has specific guidelines which payroll must follow on forced garnishment. OP actually posted the correct rules. I'm not entirely sure what the remedy is unless the garnishment ended up exceeding the amount owed (which CAN happen if payroll isn't too swift). As others have pointed out, the question is what are your damages? Clearly payroll has a bunch of monkeys at the helm so asking them to fix the error going forward is a waste of time.

Given that FTB can also collect on behalf of the IRS...

 

[davew128]

Given that FTB can also collect on behalf of the IRS...

Not on wages, only on a state tax refund.

 

[schrodingerscat]

Issue resolved!

Thank you everyone that assisted in trying to resolve this issue!

I ended up getting it resolved with payroll. We agreed that they will not garnish any wages until they pay off the money that they owe me. So we're all set!

 

[swalsh411]

That "solution" will only get your employer in trouble. They can't legally ignore a garnishment that says your pay SHALL be garnished by some amount, even if prior garnishments were more than what was allowed. The garnisher will ask why payments have stopped and when they find you are still working there but the order is being ignored, they can sue your employer for what should have been withheld but was not. (which works out for you, unless you get fired over the whole thing).