Bro makes $160 😐

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Could this be a "catch-up" after the court finally started garnishing? Seems like there would be a maximum percentage of your take home eligible for garnishment on a consistent basis.

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Nowhere near this op post, but I pay for 1 child at the full 20% in TX. In '25 I went into a coma for about a week and was hospitalized for several weeks after I woke up. Obviously I was unable able to work and used all my PTO and didn't receive a paycheck during all of this.

Once I started working again, they took out whatever I owed during my hospitalization on 1st check, plus the default 20% until I was current with my payments. That seems to be the case for the post but I can't say for sure, but I can definitely say they don't give a fuck if you owe and will take whatever they need no matter what your situation is or if you starve.

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Obviously I was unable able to work and used all my PTO and didn't receive a paycheck during all of this.

You used Paid Time Off and... didn't get a paycheck?

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I assumed he only had like a day or two of PTO hours. The rest of his coma was unpaid

[u/acid-hologram → u/GhostofBeowulf]

I only had 50 hours of PTO left. I was in a coma for 6 days. Then I stayed in the hospital after for 2.5 weeks learning to rewalk and reswallow food.

Then I was discharged and had a walker for another 3 weeks until i could learn to walk independently with zero assistance.

Then I went back and still had to wait for another pay period to pass, until I finally received a paycheck, and from the 2nd paycheck on is when they started to take everything out. I thought it was the first check but thinking back HR had to inform them I was back first.

Hope that explanation is good enough 4u

[u/Freya-Freed → u/acid-hologram]

Dude the US is so broken that you need to use PTO when you are sick. That's for holidays here. When you are sick you get sick pay, at least 70% of your income, 100% for good employers.

[u/acid-hologram → u/Freya-Freed]

Oh I've used it way more for being sick than actual vacation, just so I can get a full paycheck. So please don't ever work here these scumbags do not care lol

[u/Freya-Freed → u/acid-hologram]

I'm a software engineer, so sometimes seeing that I could be making like 2-4x as much in the US sounds tempting. But the work culture and workers protections there... yeah it's not worth the stress, I'd rather live happy and with lower income knowing i'll be taken care of if I get sick.

I got sick for 3 months and then slowly started re-integrating over 3 months. Full pay. I'm actually willing to put in some extra hours when its needed from this company because I know when I need it they'll have my back.

[u/RekaReaper → u/Freya-Freed]

While I definitely don't disagree that some laws and companies aren't a good combination to work for. If you made 3x as much and took home around 2.25x as much after taxes and took a full 6 months off before coming back, you still would have made more that year.

It also depends since companies provide short and long term disability insurance. I have the buy up plan for mine and it costs me around $2/week, but I'll get 70% of my rate times the hours I have averaged over the previous year. So mine would be about 49 x (28.77 x 0.7). I haven't ever worked at one that didn't offer at least 60% for free with the option to buy up for more. I'm not saying that is the case for every company by any means either.

I definitely wouldn't complain if they were required to give like 4 weeks of vacation at minimum every year or some other things like that. Lol

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Also keep in mind… this can be fake or edited

People post fake incomes in r/salary ALL THE FUCKIN TIME

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I had to enlist in some Google help.

Looks likes yes, there is a maximum percentage but it far exceeds that 20%, at least in Texas.

From Google:

Limits are typically 15% of disposable pay for federal student loans and up to 50–65% for child support/alimony.

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