Set Up Court Order Elements

You must create the court order elements before you create a Court Orders and Student Loans calculation card.

Here are the key tasks you must perform while setting up elements for court orders:

Create court order elements
Select element classifications
Set up element eligibility

The application creates the required indirect elements and the predefined fast formulas

Create Court Order Elements

You must only create one element for each order type. Here's what you need to do to create court order elements:

Select Payroll.
Select the Elements task.
Click Create Element.
On the Create Element screen, select your legislative data group.
Select the primary classification Involuntary Deductions.
Select the secondary classification from the list of values based on the appropriate court order type.

Note: The category is automatically set to Involuntary Deductions.
Click Continue.
Enter the required information, and answer the questions in the associate element template.
Click Next.
Review the information, and click Submit to create the element.
Select the Elements task to view the court order element you created.

Select Element Classifications

When you add the deduction component for the element to an employee's Court Orders and Student Loans calculation card, you can use the calculation values specific to that order. You can do this by selecting the appropriate secondary element classification.

Secondary Classification	Order Description
Attachment of Earnings Order Fines	Used in England and Wales to recover fines.
Attachment of Earnings Order Non-Priority	Used in England and Wales to recover civil debts.
Attachment of Earnings Order Non-Priority Northern Ireland	Used in Northern Ireland to recover civil debts.
Attachment of Earnings Order Priority	Used in England and Wales to recover maintenance and fines.
Attachment of Earnings Order Priority Northern Ireland	Used in Northern Ireland to recover maintenance and fines.
Child Maintenance Service Deduction from Earnings Order	Used in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland to recover child support payments.
Conjoined Arrestment Order	Used in Scotland to combine two or more debts, such as Earnings Arrestment, Current Maintenance Arrestment, or both.
Council Tax Attachment of Earnings Order (CTAEO)	Used in England to recover arrears and council tax. Uses different deduction tables for different issue dates,
Council Tax Attachment of Earnings Order Wales	Used for recovery of arrears and council tax by a Welsh authority from 01 April 2022. Uses different deduction tables for: English orders issued at any time All Welsh CTAEO issued before 01 April 2022,
Current Maintenance Arrestment	Used in Scotland to recover maintenance costs.
Deduction from Earnings Order (DEO)	Used in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland to recover child support payments. Use this classification for DEOs prior to 2003 and after 2003, even though they have different calculation schemes. You specify which scheme to use when you add the order to the employee's calculation card.
Earnings Arrestment	Used in Scotland to recover civil debt, fines, or arrears of community tax or council tax.
Direct Earnings Attachment	Used in England, Scotland, and Wales to deduct benefit overpayments an employee owes the Department for Work and Pensions from their pay.

How Indirect Element Are Created

When you save an involuntary deductions element, the task automatically creates the required indirect elements.

Initialize and Processor: Internal elements that ensure the relevant links and results for the court orders are created

Fee Results: Fees amount for court order administration, if any.

Deduction Results: Deduction amount calculation by the payroll process.

Adjustment: Adjustment or override value for that payroll period.

Note: The element template creates the element only if it's relevant for a specific court order. For example, the adjustment, arrears results, and fee results elements are created only if required.

How Fast Formulas Are Created

When you create the court order element using the element template, it ensures the relevant fast formulas are attached to your elements during the creation process.

Note: Don't edit these fast formulas or the result values. The application updates them periodically to meet statutory and legislative requirements.

Set Up Element Eligibility

To attach elements to employees, you must set the eligibility for the element. When you create the Court Orders and Student Loans card, the application automatically creates the court orders and student loans element. And, the element eligibility is created by default.

If there's an Adjustment element, you must create the element eligibility for it. Here's how you can do this:

Select the Elements task from the Payroll work area.
Search for and select the court order element you created.
Select the relevant Arrears element that was automatically created.
In the Element Overview pane, select the folder Element Eligibility.
Click Actions.
Select Create Element Eligibility.
Enter a unique name for the eligibility record.
Select the relevant payroll statutory unit.
Select the relationship type from the list of values.
Click Submit.

Note: Don't enter any values in the Input Values tab. Use this only if you need to set up a separate element for a particular court order issued for an employee.