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2009 Garnishments Guidelines: Best Practice Procedures and Compliance Techniques

Course Description:

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. 

In this interactive CCM teleconference, 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.

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

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!

Pricing:

Your CD recording includes the complete audio conference presentation, audience Q&A and presentation materials.

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