Garnishments-and-Withholdings

Child Support Garnishment
What a child support garnishment means in payroll, how it affects pay, and why payroll treats it as a required deduction.
Deduction Priority
What deduction priority means in payroll, why it matters for required deductions, and how it affects payroll review.
Disposable Earnings
What disposable earnings mean in payroll, why they matter for required deductions, and how they differ from gross pay.
Garnishment
What a garnishment is in payroll, how it affects employee pay, and why payroll must treat it as a required deduction.
Garnishments and Withholdings
Terms for wage garnishments, levies, support orders, and withholding amounts that must be taken from employee pay.
Involuntary Deduction
What an involuntary deduction is, why payroll must apply it, and how it differs from employee-elected deductions.
Levy
What a levy means in payroll, how it affects employee pay, and why it is treated as a required payroll collection.
Wage Garnishment
What wage garnishment means in payroll, how it works, and how it relates to required deductions from employee pay.