| As an employer, you are aware of the | | | | within your payroll system, you are confident the |
| importance of making accurate employee wage | | | | proper garnishment is taken out, and that the |
| garnishments. Calculating withholdings and making | | | | employee gets their minimum amount. |
| payments can be complex, and processing them | | | | Set up a garnishment priority. When an employee |
| incorrectly can result in legal repercussions. Here | | | | has more than one garnishment, you will need to |
| are some ways payroll software can help ensure | | | | know which garnishment takes priority. Setting up |
| deductions are made accurately and on time. | | | | a priority system within your software allows you |
| Set up and track garnishment calculations. By | | | | to automatically deduct the garnishment in the |
| setting up garnishment calculations to compute | | | | correct order, so that the proper amount is |
| automatically when payroll is processed, you are | | | | deducted for each creditor. |
| assured a consistently accurate dollar amount is | | | | Specify the priority of other deductions. A |
| being withheld, keeping both employee and | | | | garnishment may be set up to allow the |
| creditor happy. | | | | employee to contribute money to other areas |
| Set up and pay garnishment creditors from your | | | | before the garnishment is taken, such as a 401(k) |
| payroll system. By setting up creditors within your | | | | contribution. In this case, setting up a rule within |
| payroll system, you can easily process and send | | | | your system to handle this will make certain that |
| checks right from the system instead of having | | | | the garnishment is taken only after the other |
| to look up the address and print the check from | | | | deductions are taken. |
| another location. This also provides the ability to | | | | Employee payroll garnishments can be |
| run reports to see who has been paid, and how | | | | complicated. Use every tool at your disposal to |
| much. | | | | ensure you are in compliance with a court-ordered |
| Specify a minimum net pay. Many garnishment | | | | garnishment, and look after the needs of your |
| court orders require that an amount be deducted | | | | employee at the same time. Payroll software is a |
| from the pay, yet the employee pay should not | | | | tool that can work wonders in keeping both |
| go below a specified amount. By setting this up | | | | parties satisfied. |