TODAY OUR GUES IS Founder and CEO of DEW Movement Nolubabalo Salem Nyati with over 15 years financial services experience. A garnishee order is the common name for an Emoluments Attachment Order.
This is court order instructing an employer to deduct money from an employee’s salary in instalments to pay one or more creditors.
This means that before you get your salary, your employer pays a chunk of it to a debt collection attorney or creditor until the debt is repaid.
The abuse of these orders has been a problem for many years, as they have been made against consumers who have never had the opportunity to oppose the order or challenge the amount deducted in court.
There have been cases of consumers who have had almost 50% of their salaries deducted, leaving them with insufficient funds to provide for themselves and their dependants.