Record Employee Optional Deductions Details

Maintain Employee Garnishment – A Summary of the Activity

This activity allows you to create garnishment details of an employee. Garnishments such as child and spouse support, creditor’s recovery, voluntary assignments etc. can be recorded for an individual employee. Through this activity, you can collect any unpaid amount due under the judgement and the costs of collection. It allows creating multiple garnishment record for an employee. Garnishments are recorded based on the court order. In the Garnishment Details section, you can specify the total amount and the frequency for deducting the amount. You can also specify the payment method details and service charges if any.

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Maintain Employee Garnishment Data	Maintaining employee garnishment data.

Maintain Employee Garnishment

ØSelect “Maintain Employee Garnishment” under “Payroll Garnishment” to navigate to Maintain Employee Garnishment” page.

ØEnter the following details under “Employee Details” section:

Employment Unit

From the drop-down list box, select the employee unit for which the employee garnishment data has to be defined. Mandatory.

Employee Code

Enter the relevant employee code. Mandatory.

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Employee Name

On entering the employee code, the name of the employee for whom the garnishment data has to be recorded gets displayed.

The dynamically generated tiles show the carousel of Garnishment Category.

On clicking the Garnishment Category carousel button, the corresponding order types gets loaded in the multiline.

The following details are displayed in the multiline:

Jurisdiction	This indicates the state descriptions defined for the country – United States in which the person is employed.
Order Type	Indicates the garnishment category mapped to the jurisdiction.
Priority	A number to indicate the priority in which the garnishment must be recovered.
Garnishment No	The garnishment number of the employee.
Case No	The case number of the garnishment.
Order Received Date	The date on which the order was received from the court, authorized.
Order Effective From	The date from which the order is effective.
Order Effective Till	The date until which the order is effective.
Order Release Date	The date on which the order was released.
Order Status	The order status of the garnishment.

Add Garnishment

Ø Click icon in the multiline to navigate to “Add Garnishment” page.

Ø Enter the following details under “Garnishment Details” section:

Jurisdiction	This indicates the state descriptions defined for the country – United States in which the person is employed. Mandatory.
Order Type	From the drop-down list box, select the required Order Type mapped to the jurisdiction. The combo is loaded with various options for you to choose. Mandatory.
Priority	A number to indicate the priority in which the garnishment must be recovered in the payroll. Mandatory.
Garnishment No	The number generated by the system for a garnishment for an existing record i.e., an internal reference number. Note: This field will be blank if you are recording details for the first time. The garnishment number will be generated on saving i.e. on clicking “Add Garnishment” button
Case Number	The case number mentioned in the court order for the garnishment. Mandatory.
Order Received Date	The date on which the order was received from the court, authorized.
Order Effective From	The date from which the order is effective in the payroll. Mandatory.
Order Effective Till	The date until which the order is effective.
Order Release Date	The date on which the order was released. i.e., no pending amount is there to be collected. The entire amount is recovered from the Employee.
Order Status	From the drop-down list box, select the order status of the garnishment. The system displays “Select” by default on launch of the page. Mandatory.
Vendor Code	From the drop-down list box, select the required vendor code (The reference number issued vide the legal document by a third party such as court, bank or educational institution). The combo is loaded with various options for you to choose. The system displays “Select” by default on launch of the page. Mandatory.
Vendor Name & Address	The name and address of the vendor is displayed on selecting the vendor code.
Payment Method	From the drop-down list box, select the required method of payment for the recovery of garnishment. The combo is loaded with various options for you to choose. The system displays “Select” by default on launch of the page. Mandatory.
Attach Document	Click icon next to “Attach Document” to upload the document, if any.
Medical Support for Dependent	When Employee has Child support as the Garnishment, this option should be selected. Yes or no is loaded in the combo. The system displays “Select” by default on launch of the page. Mandatory.

Ø Enter the following details under “Amount Details”:

Total Amount	The total amount for the garnishment deduction.
Deduction Frequency	From the drop-down list box, select the required option that indicates the frequency of withholding the claim amount. The combo is loaded with various options for you to choose. The system displays “Select” by default on launch of the page. Mandatory.
Service Charge Payee	From the drop-down list box, select the required option for service charge payee. The combo is loaded with “Employer” and “Vendor” options for you to choose. The system displays “Select” by default on launch of the page.
Service Charge	From the drop-down list box, select the service charge of the employer, in terms of ‘Amount’ or ‘Percentage’ of the employee's earnings. The system displays “Select” by default on launch of the page.

Ø Click “Add Garnishment” button to add garnishment details.

Ø A success message “Garnishment details saved successfully” appears.

View Garnishment

Ø Click icon in the multiline to navigate to “View Garnishment” page.

Edit Garnishment

Ø Click icon in the multiline to navigate to “Edit Garnishment” page.

Note: You are allowed to edit the required details in the screen as per requirement.