Garnishments are not easy to process.  In fact, they’re one of the more labor intensive and complex tasks a payroll department has to handle. 

Whether it’s a tax levy, child support, or a creditor garnishment even the most seasoned payroll pro can get confused as to the correct procedure, priority, and compliance requirements. 

Now you can stay up-to-date on reporting requirements and ensure compliance with CCM’s 2009 Garnishments Compliance audio conference series.

In these 75-minute interactive sessions, you’ll learn best practice strategies and practical techniques on how you can develop a process that:

• ensures each garnishment is handled correctly,
• complies with federal and state regulations,
• eliminates costly fines and penalties, and
• reduces your processing times and costs.

Details on each invaluable session:

SESSION 1:

2009 Garnishments Guidelines: Best Practice Procedures and Compliance Techniques

During this practical session, you’ll specifically learn:

• The federal requirements a payroll department must know on each type of garnishment
• How state requirements affect garnishments
• How to handle terminated employees in regard to garnishments
• How to determine the withholding under a federal tax levy
• Proper processing for student loans and creditor garnishments
• Best practices for communicating with employees and issuing parties
• How to calculate the withholding and prioritize the order of distribution when an employee has more than one type of garnishment
• Best practices for processing garnishments in the payroll department

SESSION 2:

Child Support Garnishments: Withholding Best Practices and Compliance Procedures

In this invaluable session, you’ll learn:

• How to define child support garnishments
• The federal requirements a payroll department must know for child support
• How state requirements affect child support
• Specific requirements for child support, including deduction limits, deadlines, filing procedures, administrative fees, and penalties/fines for violations
• How to handle terminated employees in regard to child support

By the end of this critical session, you’ll also know:

• Best practices for communicating with employees and issuing parties
• Which garnishment to take when an employee has current support orders, medical support orders, and arrearages
• Examples of how to calculate the withholding and prioritize the order of distribution when an employee has more than one type of garnishment
• Best practices for processing child support garnishments in the payroll department
• Review the OCSE withholding notice

Featured Faculty:

Vicki M. Lambert, CPP, Certified Payroll Manager, President and Academic Director of Vicki M. Lambert, LLC

Vicki M. Lambert, CPP, Certified Payroll Manager is President and Academic Director of Vicki M. Lambert, LLC a firm specializing in payroll education and training.  Ms. Lambert has a Bachelor’s degree, Magna Cum Laude in Business Administration and is a Certified Payroll Professional with over 30 years of multi-state payroll experience.

Ms. Lambert has lectured extensively throughout the United States on payroll administration and compliance issues for clients that include ADP, CCH Incorporated, Ceridian Employer Services, Fox Studios, County of Riverside, Sun Microsystems and others.  She has authored, co-authored or edited numerous payroll publications and newsletters.

Ms. Lambert is also the host of “The Payroll Hour” a weekly payroll centric radio program broadcast worldwide from Las Vegas, Nevada on Vegas All Net Radio.  The show can be accessed on the internet at www.vegasallnetradio.com.

MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE:

We're so confident you'll get what you want out of this conference that we'll refund every penny if you're not completely satisfied. No questions asked! It's 100% risk-free!

LIMITED TIME ONLY:  Now, you can get the most complete and invaluable Garnishments reference tool for just $377.  That’s both programs for 30 percent off the regular price of $538.  You save $161!

Pricing:

Your CD recordings include the complete audio conference presentations, audience Q&A and presentation materials.

APpROVED FOR CONTINUATION CREDIT:

Receive 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI)! For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org.

Each CCM event presents a variety of information and is presented for each organization to develop its own approach and methodology.