Struggling to find EDD Form WG-007 for wage garnishment - Help needed!

Form WG-007 isn't actually an EDD form. It's a California Judicial Council form called 'Claim of Exemption for Wages (Wage Garnishment)'. You can find it on the California Courts website. Here's what you need to know: this form is for claiming exemption from wage garnishment - basically it's how you tell them you can't afford to have your wages garnished because of financial hardship. If you have the overpayment amount, you might want to set up a payment plan with EDD instead of waiting for garnishment to start.

i had the same thing last yr. its not on edd site its a court form. google california courts wg-007 and itll come up

WG-007 is definitely a court form not an EDD form!! I went through this whole mess back in January. You need to submit it to the COURT not to EDD. The address should be on your garnishment paperwork somewhere. Don't make my mistake - I sent mine to EDD first and lost precious time. Also take COPIES of all your bills and expenses when you fill it out so you can prove hardship!!

I HATE how EDD does this!!! They send these scary letters about garnishment but don't even include the form you need or clear instructions! They did this to my brother too and he almost got his wages garnished because he couldn't figure out the process in time. The system is DESIGNED to confuse people so they miss deadlines. So frustrating!

Here's a direct link to the form you need: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/wg007.pdf This form needs to be filed with the court handling your garnishment case, not with EDD. The court information should be on the garnishment notice you received. If you're having trouble getting through to EDD to discuss alternatives to garnishment, I'd recommend using Claimyr (claimyr.com). It helped me get through to a real person at EDD when I was dealing with an overpayment situation. They have a video showing how it works: https://youtu.be/JmuwXR7HA10?si=TSwYbu_GOwYzt9km. Getting a payment plan set up might be better than waiting for garnishment to start.

Just be careful when filling out that form. I did mine wrong the first time and my exemption was denied. Make sure you fill out EVERY section completely and provide documentation for all your expenses and hardships. If the form asks for something and you leave it blank, they might just deny it automatically. Also, you only have ONE shot at this usually, so do it right!

btw you should try to call edd before filling this out. maybe you can do a payment plan instead of going thru all this garnishment stuff. but goodluck getting thru lol

My cousin worked for edd and she said most ppl don't know you can actually get these overpayments waived sometimes if you can prove financial hardship. did you try applying for a waiver? might be worth looking into before the garnishment

To summarize your options since there's a lot of information here: 1. File the WG-007 form with the court (not EDD) to claim exemption from garnishment 2. Try to contact EDD to set up a payment plan before garnishment starts 3. Look into filing an overpayment waiver request (DE 1446W) if the overpayment wasn't your fault 4. Consider getting help from legal aid in your county The most important thing is to take action before your deadline expires. Don't wait!