STATE OF CONNECTICUT |
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NANCY WYMAN COMPTROLLER |
OFFICE OF
THE STATE COMPTROLLER |
MARK OJAKIAN DEPUTY COMPTROLLER |
MEMORANDUM NO. 2000-60
December 11, 2000
TO THE HEADS OF ALL STATE AGENCIES
Attention: | Chief Administrative and Fiscal Officers, Business Managers, and Payroll and Personnel Officers |
Subject: | Increase of State Minimum Wage and its Impact on CGS 52-361a |
I. AUTHORITY
II. COMPUTATION TO DETERMINE AGGREGATE DISPOSABLE EARNINGS SUBJECT TO GARNISHMENT
EXAMPLE:
BI-WEEKLY AMOUNTS | |||
Method A | Method B | Method C | |
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GROSS WAGES | $ 950.00 | $ 950.00 | $ 950.00 |
Less: Allowable Deductions | 285.00 | 285.00 | 285.00 |
DISPOSABLE EARNINGS | $ 665.00 | $ 665.00 | $ 665.00 |
EXCLUSIONS | |||
Method A: | |||
75% of Disposable Earnings | $ 498.75 | ||
Method B: | |||
80 times State Hourly Minimum | _________ | $ 512.00 | |
Method C: | |||
80 times Federal Hourly Minimum | _________ | _________ | $ 412.00 |
AGGREGATE DISPOSABLE |
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$ 166.25 | $ 153.00 | $ 253.00 |
NOTE
$682.67 or more | Use Method A |
$682.66 or less | Use Method B |
III. GENERAL
This memorandum is effective January 1, 2001 and supersedes Comptroller's Memorandum No. 99-51 dated December 13, 1999.
Please direct questions to the Office of the State Comptroller as follows:
Statutory Impact/Computations:
Policy Services Division, (860) 702-3440;
Payroll Procedures:
Payroll Services Division, (860) 702-3452 or (860) 702-3454.
NANCY WYMAN
STATE COMPTROLLER
NW:CH
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