Wage garnishments are among the trickiest functions a payroll department administers.

And within that general area, there are different rules that apply for garnishments attached for child support.

For example:

• How do the Child Support Act of 1984 and the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 impact the way you handle child support garnishments?
• What are the requirements of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act?
• What is the most overlooked component of support when testing an employees disposable earnings limit?
• What state laws have changed in the past year?

Join noted author and speaker Amorette (Amy) Bryant, CPP, who has over 15 years experience managing large payroll departments in both the private and public sectors, as she:

• Builds on the information learned in the introductory Webinar on garnishments.
• Identifies the most recent changes in state laws and what is being proposed.
• Identifies the issues around medical support premiums.
• Discloses possible future requirements for all support orders sent to employers.
• Offers guidance on how to avoid sending support payments to the wrong place.

Ms. Bryant will discuss the following subjects in-depth:

1. Other federal and state laws that place additional requirements on employers
   • Child Support Enforcement Amendments of 1984
     1. Priority of support and other collection actions through state laws
     2. Allocation of support orders
     3. Components of support and their priority
   • Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
     1. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA)
     2. New Hire Reporting
     3. Standardized withholding order
     4. State Disbursement Unit
2. Requirements of Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
   • Must accept orders issued from agencies in all states
   • When to follow laws of the state that issued the order
   • When to follow employee work state laws
3. Components (categories) of support
   • Categories
   • The issue of medical support premiums
   • Priority of support categories
     • State differences
4. Assignment of priority
   • Support order and other garnishments or levies based on state or federal laws.
5. Reporting lump sum payments
   • What is a lump sum
   • Which states require
   • What must be reported
6. Protect yourself from sending payments to the wrong party
7. New state laws in the past year

Amorette (Amy) Bryant, CPP

 
Amorette (Amy) Bryant, CPP, who has over 15 years experience managing large payroll departments in both the private and public sectors.