No employer shall discharge an employee for the reason that a creditor of the employee has subjected or attempted to subject unpaid earnings of the employee to garnishment or like proceedings directed to the employer for the purpose of paying a judgment arising from a consumer credit sale, consumer lease, consumer loan, or a consumer rental-purchase agreement. HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 8-800.336; 1974 (58) 2879; 1985 Act No. 121, Section 9.
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