Create Garnishments for US Employees

This topic provides basic instructions for creating garnishment orders for US employees in Dayforce.

Before You Begin: Before you add garnishments, you need to set up the necessary third-party payees for garnishment payments. You do this in the Payees tab of Payroll Setup > Third Party Payees.

The Payroll > Garnishments screen in People has the following tabs (some of which become active depending on selections you make in other tabs):

• Properties: this tab has the following sections:
  • General Details
  • Order Details
  • Payee Details
  • Parameters
• Disposable Income
• Arrears: (this is for Current and Spousal Support only)
• Fees
• Held Garnishments: (this is for Creditor Garnishments)

See the following additional topics for detailed instructions on each component of creating a garnishment:

• General Garnishment Details for US Employees
• Garnishment Order Details for US Employees
• Garnishment Payee Details for US Employees
• Garnishment Parameters for US Employees
• Disposable Income for US Employees

The steps for creating arrears and fee records are different from those for creating the main garnishment record. See Garnishment Arrears for US Employees and Garnishment Fees for US Employees.

To create a garnishment record for a US employee:

1. Go to People, open the employee profile, and click Payroll > Garnishments.
2. Click Add.
3. In Properties tab, fill out the General Details, Order Details, Payee Details, and Parameters sections.
4. (Optional) Click the Disposable Income tab and use the arrows to move earning and deduction codes to the respective Excluded Earnings and Excluded Deductions lists.
5. Click Save.