Maintain Garnishment Master

Through this activity, you can record the garnishment master details for an employee. You can select the Garnishment Setup Unit and the Jurisdiction to record the master details. You can also select the Garnishment Category and specify the Priority in which the garnishment should be recovered.

The “Maintain Garnishment Master” page appears.

Garnishment Setup Unit

Select the organization unit in which you must record the priority for the garnishments applicable for a jurisdiction. The drop-down list box displays all the organization units where you have permission to record garnishments for the jurisdiction. The system displays “Select” by default on launch of the page.

Jurisdiction

Use the drop-down list box to select the jurisdiction (state) defined for the country – USA. The combo is loaded with Federal and the state descriptions defined for the country. The system displays “Select” by default on launch of the page.

The system displays the following detail in the “Garnishment Category – Priority Mapping” multiline.

Garnishment ID

A unique number identifying the garnishment.

Garnishment Category

From the drop-down list box, select the category to which the garnishment is applicable. The combo is loaded with all the categories of garnishments defined already in the Garnishment Setup activity under Payroll General Information. The system displays “Select” by default on launch of the page.

Priority

A number to indicate the priority in which the garnishment must be recovered.

The system generates the Garnishment ID for every garnishment category defined for the Jurisdiction.

Garnishment ID Generation Logic

Garnishment ID can range from 4 to 10 characters.

The first two characters denotes the Jurisdiction.

Example: CA – California, FD – Florida and WA - Washington

The remaining characters denotes the selection of Garnishment Category.

Example: CHSUP – Child Support and IRST – IRS Tax Levy.