Setting Up PR Garnishment Groups

PR Garnishment Groups define the disposable-earnings basis for employee garnishments. Create multiple groups when enforcing agencies require different earnings/deduction memberships. Group number 0-255; description up to 30 characters.

Before you start

• Earnings and deduction codes that form disposable earnings exist in PR Earnings Codes and PR Deductions and Liabilities.
• Garnishment Deduction codes will use calculation method N (Rate of Net).

Steps

1. Open PR Garnishment Groups.
2. Create the group number and description.
3. On the Deductions/Earnings tab, assign member rows:
   • Type E = earnings code that is part of disposable earnings.
   • Type D = deduction code that reduces disposable earnings.
   • Each code must be valid.
4. On each garnishment Deduction/Liability code that uses method N, reference this garnishment group.
5. Assign the garnishment Ded/Liab on PR Employee Dedns/Liabs (allocation groups and AP/vendor overrides as needed).
6. Save. Test disposable earnings on a sample employee before live garnishments.

Notes

• Wrong disposable-earnings membership understates or overstates garnishable wages.
• Related: PR Deductions and Liabilities, Managing Employee Deductions and Liabilities.