Creating a garnishment setup
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Select the "Create Garnishment Setup" link from the left pane.
The “Create Garnishment Setup” page appears.
The system displays the following.
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Date format |
The date format applicable to the login user. Tell me more |
Select/ Enter the following.
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Garnishment Setup Unit |
Select the organization unit in which you must create garnishment definition. The drop-down list box displays all the organization units where you have permission to create garnishment definitions. Tell me more |
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Garnishment Definition Id |
A unique code to identify the garnishment definition. |
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Garnishment Setup Short Description |
A unique description of the garnishment definition. |
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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. |
Enter the pay element code under which disposable earnings have been defined. Alternatively you can also specify a rule name based on which the disposable earnings are computed.
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Pay Element Code |
The pay element under which the disposable earnings are defined. |
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Rule |
The rule name that defines disposable earnings. |
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From the “Limit on Garnishment Per Pay Period” group box enter the following.
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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. |
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Percentage |
If the garnishment type is to be a specific percentage of his/her earnings, example, 70%, enter the value, This percentage will be recovered from the employee as garnishments. |
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Rule |
Specify the rule name based on which the garnishments are recovered. |
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Note: You can specify only one option i.e., “Amount”, “Percentage” or “Rule”. The system will throw an error if you specify more than one option.
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Garnishment Pay Element |
Specify the pay element code under which the garnishments are recovered from the employee. |
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Service Charge Pay Element |
Specify the pay element code under which the service charges for the services rendered are recovered from the employee. |
From the “Garnishment Type Priority” multiline enter or select the following.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
Select the “Help” icon that appears beside the “Comments” field. The system displays a dialog box.
Enter the comments in the dialog box.
Select the “OK” pushbutton to save the details and return to the previous page.
Select the “Cancel” pushbutton to return to the previous page without saving the details entered.
Select the “Save Garnishment Setup” pushbutton to save the details entered.
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Use this page to set garnishment setup for an employee.