Process Name:

Create Wage Garnishment

Role:

•      Internal

Objective(s):

•      To generate a Notice of Wage Garnishment to be sent to the Employer-Paying-Wages

Before you begin:

•      A personal liability lien has been filed against the specific debt selected for garnishment; in stage “Lien” and with status “Active” (Account is Sole Proprietor or Partnership).

•      The total amount of debt is greater than or equal to $300.00.

•      The Employer account does not have a collection hold.

•      The Employer account does not have an active payment plan.

•      The Employer account does not have an active bankruptcy.

•      The Notice of Wage Garnishment correspondence has been sent to the delinquent Owner/Officer 10 days ago.

What happens next:

•      SUITS has created the wage garnishment record.

•      The Notice of Wage Garnishment correspondence has been sent to the Employer-Paying-Wages.

1. 

Select Employer Services on the LHS menu from the Internal Home screen.

SUITS displays Employer Service icon options.

2. 

Select Manage Collection Functions.

SUITS displays Process Collections Maintenance icon options.

3. 

Select the Bank Levy and Wage Garnishment icon.

SUITS displays the Bank Levy and Wage Garnishment Lookup screen.

4. 

Click New.

SUITS displays the File Bank Levy and Wage Garnishment screen.

5. 

Enter Employer ID and click New.

SUITS displays the Bank Levy or Wage Garnishment Details screen.

6. 

Select the radio button next to either Bank Levy

or

Wage Garnishment.

7. 

Enter in notes.

This is a required field.

8. 

Click Next.

SUITS displays the Bank Levy or Wage Garnishment Information screen.

SUITS will validate whether or not the Notice of Garnishment letter has been generated and sent. You cannot bypass this.

9. 

Click Add.

SUITS displays the Add/Update Bank Information section.

10.

Enter in all bank information.

11.

Click Save.

12.

Click Next.

SUITS displays the Garnishment Owner/Officer screen.

13.

Select the SSN of the Owner/Officer(s) related to the Employer Account.

Only 1 Owner/Officer can be associated to a Wage Garnishment.

SUITS will allow multiple active Wage Garnishments, but each one must be associated with a different Owner/Officer.

14.

Click Next.

SUITS displays the Garnishment Debt screen.

15.

Select the Lien ID to be associated with Garnishment.

16.

Click Next.

SUITS displays the Garnishment Verification screen.

17.

Verify information and click Next.

•      SUITS displays the Confirmation screen.

•      Levy ID is generated.

•      Status of Garnishment is “Active”.

•      Correspondence is generated and sent to Employer-Paying-Wages.

At this point in the process, correspondence is sent to the Employer as opposed to the affected Owner/Officer. The reason being that the Employer will need to contact UI Agency to establish percentage amounts to be taken directly from the Owner/Officer’s paid wages