Garnishment Details for Canadian Employees

This field is set to the current date by default, but you can change the date as needed. If the effective date falls within a pay period, and the Active checkbox is selected for the garnishment, Dayforce calculates the garnishment for the employee.

The Effective From date cannot be before the date set in the Court Order Date or Court Order Received Dates fields, which are located in the Order Details section of the garnishment record.

This field is cleared by default. Add the date when Dayforce stops calculating the garnishment if needed. If you set an effective to date that falls within a pay period, Dayforce calculates the garnishment for that pay period, but not for pay periods that fall after.

Records that have an end date that falls in the past aren’t displayed in the Payroll > Garnishments screen by default. To view ended records, click All. You can switch between the Active and All as needed.

Select one of the following available options:

• Family - FAMILY: The garnishment relates to the employee's family support and maintenance obligations
• Federal - FEDERAL: The garnishment relates to money owed to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) or Revenu Québec for non-payment of taxes or recovery of overpayments that can include CPP, QPP, EI, or QPIP.
• Summons - SUMMONS: The garnishment relates to money owed by the employee due to a civil or criminal action that was filed against the employee by a third party.

The combination of options that you select in the Issuing Province and Type drop-down lists impacts the Additional Details section of the garnishment record as follows:

• The Handling Fees checkbox is displayed only when handling fees can be applied.
• The parameters specific to the selected province or territory are displayed for the selected garnishment type. You can fill out these parameters to update the minimum subsistence amount, if used for the garnishment. If there are no parameters, then the application indicates such with the message "There are no parameters for this garnishment type and authority".

Select the province or territory that issued the garnishment. If the issuing province isn’t on the order, select the employee's work province.

The combination of options that you select in the Issuing Province and Type drop-down lists of the General Details section impacts the Additional Details section of the garnishment record as follows:

• The application only displays the Handling Fees checkbox if applicable, and it is otherwise hidden.
• The application displays parameters specific to the selected province or territory and for the selected garnishment type. If there are no parameters, then the application indicates this with the message "There are no parameters for this garnishment type and authority."

The Active checkbox is selected by default for new garnishments, but you can clear it if needed. When cleared, the application does not calculate the garnishment in the current pay run, even if the garnishment is effective during that period. By setting a garnishment as inactive, you can save the record without the application actually calculating it for the employee.

When you select the Active checkbox and the garnishment is effective dated in the current pay run, the application calculates the garnishment.

Note: If you enter an end date for a record, and this date is reached, the application does not display the record in the Payroll > Garnishments screen by default. To view the record, you need to click All at the top right of the garnishment list. You can toggle between the Active and All buttons as needed.