Process employee benefits wage garnishment based on benefit type
After employee benefits wage garnishment setup has been completed, you can process employee benefits wage garnishments. For more information about setup, see Set Up Employee Benefits Wage Garnishment Based On Benefit Type.
Typically, an HR user who processes HR requests and a payroll clerk are responsible for processing employee benefits wage garnishment. The HR user ensures that the setup has been completed and the payroll clerk performs the compensation journal steps.
Employee benefits wage garnishment processing involves the following steps:
Verify employee benefits information, including benefit plan options for new hire HR requests.
Verify employee benefits information, including benefit plan options for existing employees.
Review employee wage garnishments are created and sent to payroll correctly.
To verify benefits information for new hire HR requests
Choose
, enter hr requests, and then choose the related link.The HR Requests page opens.
Select the new hire HR request for which you want to verify the benefits information, and then on the action bar, choose Details.
The HR Request-Hire page opens.
On the Employee Benefits FastTab, ensure that the employee benefits information, including benefit plan option are specified.
To verify employee benefits information for existing employees
Choose
, enter employees, and then choose the related link.The Employees page opens.
Select the employee for which you want to verify the benefits information, and then on the action bar, choose Related > Human Resources > Employee Benefits.
The Employee Benefits page opens.
Ensure that the employee benefits information, including benefit plan option are specified.
To review employee wage garnishments are created and sent to payroll correctly
Choose
, enter compensation journal, and then choose the related link.If the Compensation Journal Templates page opens, select a template, and then choose OK.
The Compensation Journal page opens.
On processing of payroll through the compensation journal for employees that are set up with benefit plan options, the associated deduction on the payroll employee is created automatically.
Load lines for applicable employees, review the data, and then send the lines to payroll.
For more information, see Compensation Journal.
Choose
, enter payroll processing list, and then choose the related link.The Payroll Processing List page opens.
Select the record that you want to review, and then on the action bar, choose Mange > View.
The Payroll Processing page opens.
Verify on the payroll document that the payroll employee deduction amount was updated correctly based on the benefit rate details setup.
Choose
, enter payroll employees, and then choose the related link.The Payroll Employees page opens.
Select the employee for which you want to view that the employee deduction amounts were created correctly, and then on the action bar, choose Home > Deductions.
The Employee Deductions page opens.
Select the deduction that you want to view, and then on the action bar, choose Manage > View.
The Payroll Employee Deduction Card page opens.
Verify that the following fields were updated correctly based on the employee benefits wage garnishment setup:
Amount Formula: Equals the benefit calculation procedure.
Benefit Procedure Amount: Equals the amount from the benefit rate details setup.
Benefit Status Code: Equals the benefit plan options from employee benefits, for example, single or family.
See also
Set up employee benefits wage garnishment based on benefit type
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