Description
Use this page to add and maintain Attachment of Earnings Orders for an employee. The actual detailed rules of each type are beyond the scope of this document
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Scottish Conjoined Arrestment Order
Usage
The AEO screen allows the entry and maintenance of employee orders and includes the following types:
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AEO Priority - Maintenance & Fines (pre Apr 04)
Additional options: (See section 2 for information on remaining options)
- Original Balance: The balance at the start of the order to be paid off.
- Deduction Amount: The period amount to be deducted.
- Protected Earnings: The stated protected earnings level determined by the court.
- Carried Forward Deduction: If the Deduction Amount cannot be fully repaid in a period the value is carried forward to the next period. If there is a Carried Forward Deduction when the order is first set up on the system it can be added in this field. This field will update automatically on payroll commit and remain available to edit for the lifetime of the order.
- CF Protected Earnings Arrears: If a worker's pay in a previous pay period is below the level of protected earnings, then this can be carried forward. If there is an arrears when the order is first set up on the system it can be added in this field. This field will update automatically on payroll commit and remain available to edit for the lifetime of the order.
Council Tax Order
Additional options: (See section 2 for information on remaining options)
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Deduction From Earnings Order
Additional options: (See section 2 for information on remaining options)
- Deduction Amount: The period amount to be deducted.
- Protected Earnings: The stated protected earnings level determined by the court.*
- Protected Earnings Proportion: The stated protected earnings percentage determined by the court.*
- Carried Forward Deduction: If the Deduction Amount cannot be fully repaid in a period the value is carried forward to the next period. If there is a Carried Forward Deduction when the order is first set up on the system it can be added in this field. This field will update automatically on payroll commit and remain available to edit for the lifetime of the order.
* Please only enter one of these fields.
Direct Earnings Attachment
DEA's come into effect from the next pay day which falls on or after 22 days after the date on the notice letter. (More info can be found Here (GOV UK) )
Additional options: (See section 2 for information on remaining options)
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- Daily Rate: A daily rate of maintenance which is multiplied by the number of days in the appropriate pay period, i.e. 7 days where the employee is paid weekly
Editing an Existing Order
Once a Court Order has started and the period committed the ability to change the field values is largely disabled, however on any order with a reducing balancing the outstanding balance can be edited (as can the carried forward deduction and the arrears of protected earnings on appropriate orders).