---
type: threshold
id: ccpa
asset: regulatory-threshold-triggers
title: "CCPA — US federal employment law thresholds by employee count"
sources:
  - https://stratus.hr/resources/federal-law-breakdown-how-many-employees
source_quote: "Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) The <https://webapps.dol.gov/elaws/elg/garnish.htm#BasicPro> Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) says you cannot discharge an employee simply because their wages have been garnished for a debt."
generated: true
verified: false
harvested: 2026-08-04
stale_after: 2027-08-04
law: "CCPA"
full_name: "Consumer Credit Protection Act"
employee_threshold: "1"
requirement: "you cannot discharge an employee simply because their wages have been garnished for a debt"
---
**Law:** CCPA

**Full name:** Consumer Credit Protection Act

**Employee threshold:** 1

**Requirement:** you cannot discharge an employee simply because their wages have been garnished for a debt

> Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) The <https://webapps.dol.gov/elaws/elg/garnish.htm#BasicPro> Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) says you cannot discharge an employee simply because their wages have been garnished for a debt.

Source: <https://stratus.hr/resources/federal-law-breakdown-how-many-employees>