Process Name:

Maintain Wage Garnishment

Role:

•      Internal

Objective(s):

•      To update the wage garnishment with information provided by 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 Notice of Wage Garnishment correspondence has been sent to the delinquent Owner/Officer 10 days ago.

•      Notice to Execute Wage Garnishment has been sent to Employer-Paying-Wages.

•      Employer has contacted UI Agency to establish terms of garnishment.

What happens next:

•      Wage Garnishment record is updated

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. 

Enter in the Employer ID and click Search.

SUITS displays the search results below.

5. 

Click the hyperlinked Levy or Garnishment ID.

SUITS displays the Maintain or Dismiss Bank Levy or Wage Garnishment screen.

6. 

Enter in the Installment Amount.

7. 

Select the Garnishment Installment Frequency from the dropdown.

Options are:

•      Biweekly.

•      Monthly.

•      Other.

•      Quarterly.

•      Weekly.

8. 

Enter notes.

This is a required field each time you enter this screen/alter things.

9. 

Select a Status from the dropdown in the Employer-Paying-Wages panel.

Options are:

•      Employed.

•      Garnishment in Place.

•      Not Employed.

•      Waiting Response.

10.

Click Submit.

•      SUITS saves the record.

•      Garnishment remains in “Active” status.

•      SUITS monitors for payment received.

•      As payments come in from this Employer, a Review Multiple Collection Activities workflow is triggered.

•      Staff reviews payments and allocates them per processes covered in T04.

•      Activity continues until the debt is paid in full, or the garnishment is dismissed.

•      No further correspondence is sent out from the UI Agency at this point. It is the Employer-Paying-Wages responsibility to notify the Owner/Officer of the garnishment.