Kihagyás

Sequence of Withholding from Employee’s Wages

Article 64 (1) of Vht specifies that if there is more than one claim for garnishment against the judgment debtor’s wages they shall be withheld in the sequence described in Section 165 and in accordance with Sections 164-167. The sequence of multiple claims must be established according to which of the blockings (documents on which the deduction is based) for each claim was received by the employer first. By way of derogation from the above the court may order that the claims falling under the same Paragraph of Subsection (1) of Section 165, from among Paragraphs a)-e) (Sequence of Satisfaction), be satisfied proportionately.

Proportionality cannot be applied in case of Garnishment of pension payments received from the pension disbursement organisation, this does not include the child support, the civil claims caused by a criminal offense and awarded in civil actions or criminal proceedings to the injured party against the judgment debtor.

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