Child Support Garnishments: Withholding Procedures for 2013

Key Topics

• The federal requirements a payroll department must know for child support
• How to define child support garnishments?
• Specific requirements for child support, including deduction limits, deadlines, filing procedures, administrative fees, and penalties/fines for violations
• How state requirements affect child support?
• Best practices for communicating with employees and issuing parties
• How to handle terminated employees in regard to child support?
• Examples of how to calculate the withholding and prioritize the order of distribution when an employee has more than one type of garnishment
• Which garnishment to take when an employee has current support orders, medical support orders, and arrearages?
• Review the OCSE withholding notice
• Best practices for processing child support garnishments in the payroll department

Who should Attend

• Human resources
• Payroll professionals
• Business owners
• Accounting personnel
• Lawmakers, attorneys