Q: Can a former employer send a copy of a child support wage order to a family member via text without consent ?
former employee has not been employed by the former employer for a year. The sister did not request to see the wage order. The employer sent it to prove he wasn't responsible for being the cause of another legal matter. Was this legal and if not what would be the be coarse of action for the former employee take? This same employer has been found guilty of wage theft with this former employee as well. there is also more legal issues with the former employer that is now in the process of getting legal help with.
A: A child support wage withholding order is a public record. A former employee has no reasonable expectation of privacy with respect to a former employer disseminating a public record without the employee’s consent as such consent is not required.
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