Support Withholding represents 60% to 70% of the wage garnishments that employers administer and it is not usual for employees to be subject to support for more than one family, issued by different states. Child support includes cash deductions as well as the additional cost of insurance premiums when a Medical Support Order is served.

Join noted author and speaker Amy Bryant, CPP, as she identifies the key requirements of previous legislation and the impact on how support must be handled today by the garnishment department.

• Find out about the priority of each type (component) of support, and why they should be identified separately
• Learn how the priority of support types must be followed when the total of orders exceeds disposable earnings
• Learn the difference between child support and spousal support
• Walk through examples of the two methods to pay money to orders for more than one family and when the allocation must be applied.  
• Learn through instruction and explained by examples, when to apply all the instructions in an income withholding order and when other states requirements must be followed
• Find out what you can do when an income withholding order requires the deductions be sent to the custodial parent or a third party.
• Learn the employers' responsibilities when paying lump sum amounts to employees with active support orders and how the Office of Child Support Enforcement is trying to streamline the process
• Learn which requirement in a medical support order that overlaps with payroll/garnishment and the need to form a partnership with HR.
• Discover how to find out if an IRS levy has priority over a support order and when the IRS levy has priority
• Learn steps to take when an income withholding order is received for a person not identified in the payroll master file
• Hear about the best ways to handle support orders.
• Learn the latest updates in support legislation

Amorette (Amy) Bryant, CPP