Add Garnishment Arrears for US Employees

Payroll Administrator Guide

Version
R2025.2.1
ft:lastEdition
2025-12-01
Add Garnishment Arrears for US Employees

Before You Begin: See Garnishment Arrears for US Employees.

Note: The settings for arrears garnishments are similar to those of primary garnishment orders. You can refer to the documentation on primary garnishment orders for descriptions of specific settings. See Create Garnishments for US Employees.

To create an arrears garnishment:

  1. Go to People, open the employee profile, and click Payroll > Garnishment.
  2. Select a primary garnishment order that you need to add the arrears order for.
  3. In the expanded details of the primary garnishment order, click the Arrears tab, and click Add.
  4. In the Details section of the arrears record:
    1. Update the effective from date and enter an effective to date, if needed.
    2. Add a court order date and court order received date.
    3. Select an option in the Type and Duration drop-down lists.
    4. Enter an amount in the Ordered Amount field.
    5. If needed, select an option in the Limit Period drop-down list, and enter an amount in the Limit Amount field.
    6. If needed, enter a number in the Override Processing Sequence field.
    1. Important: Overriding the priority sequence field might cause results to be calculated contrary to the way applicable jurisdictional compliance rules would normally process them.
  5. In the Parameters section, fill out any parameters that are displayed.
  6. Click Save.