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Payroll - Wage Attachments
This procedure covers the administration of wage attachments and garnishments in the IS Payroll module.
Payroll -Assigning a Wage Attachment to an Employee's Record [NAV7038P]
Payroll - Changing or Ending Wage Attachments [NAV7043P]
Payroll - Entering Wage Attachments: Individual Payee [NAV7040P]
Payroll - Entering Wage Attachments: Organization Payee NAV7037P under review
Payroll - Processing Payment of Wage Attachments [NAV7042P]
Payroll - Setting Up Payment of Wage Attachments: Organization Payee NAV7041P under review
Payroll - Setting Up Payment of Wage Attachments: Individual Payee [NAV7039P]
See the HR for You section of the University Human Resources website [http://www.hr.virginia.edu/] for information on payroll policies.
See the Debt Payments section of the Payroll Policies for specific information on garnishments, tax liens, bankruptcy, or wage assignments.
In IS, garnishments, tax liens, and wage assignments are all treated as wage attachments.
The HRMS Payroll Specialist and/or HRMS Payroll Administrator is responsible for entering wage attachments, setting up payment of wage attachments, assigning wage attachments to employees, processing payment of wage attachments, and updating and ending wage attachments as necessary.
Chief Human Resource Officer
HRMS Payroll Administrator*
HRMS Payroll Specialist*
The Chief Human Resource Officer is responsible for ensuring that this document is necessary, reflects actual practice, and supports University policy.
This activity is performed whenever the Payroll Division receives notice to withhold money from an employee's wages to satisfy certain debts.
HRMS Payroll Specialist, HRMS Payroll Administrator
1. Determine the type of wage attachment (i.e., garnishment, tax lien, or wage assignment) and whether the payee is an individual or an organization.
Follow the applicable IS navigation instructions, depending on whether the payee is an organization or an individual.
Refer to Payroll - Entering Wage Attachments: Individual Payee [NAV7040P].
Refer to Payroll - Entering Wage Attachments: Organization Payee NAV7037P under review.
3. Set up payment of the wage attachment.
Refer to Payroll - Setting Up Payment of Wage Attachments: Individual Payee [NAV7039P].
Refer to Payroll - Setting Up Payment of Wage Attachments: Organization Payee NAV7041P under review.
4. Assign the wage attachment to the appropriate employee.
5. Process payment of wage attachments.
6. Receive notification or legal documentation to change or end the employee's wage attachment.
7. Change or delete the wage attachment as needed.
