How Child Support Orders and Garnishments are Handled
A court or child support agency can require an employer to deduct child support payments from an employee's paycheck automatically. Similarly, a garnishment or tax levy issued to your employee may also require you to withhold those payments from their paycheck. BerniePortal offers full child support and garnishment services.
What do I do when I've received a child support order or garnishment from my employee?
- Send the order to your account manager at help@bernardhealth.com.
- The team will configure the withholding amount to be correctly deducted from the employee's paycheck based on the terms in the order.
- We will also report and communicate to the applicable agencies.
- Please note, when you are editing your pay information in payroll the child support information will be greyed out and cannot be edited as shown below. It also will not show the calculation in the employee's pay information until the review page.
- Once you click "save & review," BerniePortal will calculate the correct deductions to be taken out of the employee's pay. You can audit their information on the review page before you run payroll.
If you have additional questions, please contact your account manager.