Date format

The date format applicable to the login user. Tell me more

Payroll General Info. Unit

The organization unit selected in the previous page.

Garnishment Definition Id

A unique code to identify the garnishment definition.

Garnishment Setup Short Description

A unique description of the garnishment definition.

Garnishment setup long Description

A brief description of the garnishment definition. If you have identified the garnishment setup code as “GR002”, you can enter “Grnshmnt02.” as the short description and “Garnishment Setup” as the long description.

Pay Element Code

The pay element under which the disposable earnings are defined.

Rule

The rule name that defines disposable earnings

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Amount

The maximum amount that can be recovered as garnishments. In the adjoining drop-down list box the system will display “Per week” as default value. The drop-down list box will display the following values viz., "Per week”,” Per Day”,” Per Bi Week", "Per Semi Month", "Per Month" and "Per Year”. You must select one among them.

If the garnishment is to be a specific amount, example, $400, enter the value. If you have selected “Pay week” option from the drop-down list box you indicate that  $400 amount will be recovered as garnishment for each pay week.

Percentage

If the garnishment type is to be a specific percentage of his/her earnings, example, 70%. This percentage will be recovered from the employee as garnishments.

Rule

The rule name based on which the garnishments are recovered.

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Garnishment Pay Element

The pay element code under which the garnishments are recovered from the employee.

Service Charge Pay Element

The pay element code under which the service charges for the services rendered is recovered from the employee.

Garnishment type

From the drop-down list box, select the garnishment type for which garnishments are to be recovered. The drop-down list box contains all the garnishment types defined in the quick codes.

Priority

A number to indicate the sequence in which the payments to be made. Example, 1, 2, 3,4. Entering the priority is applicable when you intend to enter more than one garnishment type for the garnishment definition.

Override Garnishment %

The percentage by which the garnishment value of the selected garnishment type can be overridden. This indicates that as you specify an override percentage for a garnishment type, the system will override the equivalent amount from the specified garnishment type and adjusts the same for other garnishment types if the total amount for recovery of garnishments exceeds the maximum amount.