Wage Attachment Withholding Rules

The system uses wage attachment withholding rules to determine how to apply the limits of the rule to the employee's earnings. For example, regulations in one state might specify that the withholding amount cannot exceed a specified amount of disposable wages. Regulations in another state might specify that withholding amounts cannot exceed a specified dollar amount. Therefore, when you set up wage attachment rules, you must specify the withholding rule to ensure that the correct limits are used. Valid withholding rules are stored in UDC 07/WW, and include:

Withholding Rule	Description
1	Minimum Percent of Disposable Wage The calculated amount of the wage attachment cannot cause the employee's net wages to be below a specified percentage.
2	Minimum Net Amount The calculated amount of the wage attachment cannot cause the employee's net wages to be below a specified currency amount.
3	Maximum Wage Attachment Amounts Withheld as Percentage of Disposable Wages The calculated amount of a wage attachment, in sum with all other wage attachments, cannot exceed the specified percentage of disposable wages.
4	Maximum Wage Attachment Amount Withheld as Dollar Amount The calculated amount of a wage attachment, in sum with all other wage attachments, cannot exceed the specified amount.