Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Pennsylvania

debt collecters

are debt collectors allowed to harass you at work


Asked on 6/01/09, 10:33 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

John Gibson John W. Gibson, Esquire

Re: debt collecters

If they have reason to know that your employer does not permit such calls, they are in violation of the law and you have a cause of action against those particular debt collectors under both the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (Federal) and the Fair Credit Extension Uniformity Act (Pennsylvania). You may want to talk to an attorney in your area about suing the debt collector, especially if this is causing you problems at work.

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Answered on 6/03/09, 5:35 pm


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