AEOs
- Mark Holland (Unlicensed)
- Zack Caley
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
Contents
Adding an Attachment of Earnings Order
AEO Priority - Fines (post Apr 04)
AEO Priority - Maintenance & Fines (pre Apr 04)
Income Support Deduction Notice (ISDN)
Scottish Conjoined Arrestment Order
Usage
The AEO screen allows the entry and maintenance of employee orders and includes the following types:
- AEO Non Priority - Civil Debt
- AEO Priority - Fines (post Apr 04)
- AEO Priority - Maintenance & Fines (pre Apr 04)
- Council Tax Order
- Deduction From Earnings Order
- Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA)
- Income Support Deduction Notice (ISDN)
- Scottish Arrestment Order
- Scottish Conjoined Arrestment Order
- Scottish Maintenance Order
Adding an Attachment of Earnings Order
The screen will have different data entry layouts depending on the type of AEO selected. The following options appear on all order types.
- Court: The issuing court. Click on details for information about the court address and other contact information. New courts must be created in the Company -> Court Details screen
- AEO Type: One of the types listed above.
- Pay Element: The pay element to which you want the deduction to be made. These will have been set up at company level. Once the pay element has been used against an AEO it cannot be reused against a second order. In this scenario the user will be prompted to choose another element. New AEO elements can be added from the Company -> Pay Elements screen
- Admin Charge: The company administration charge for an AEO.
- Reference: The AEO reference.
- Note: Notes on the AEO
- Date of Order: The start date of the order. Entry to this field can be made manually, or by use of the Calendar button alongside.
- Stop Date: The date the order was stopped . Entry to this field can be made manually, or by use of the Calendar button alongside. An AEO should only be stopped upon request of the court
- Ceased: The date that the balance has been fully paid ceasing the order. This field is updated by the system and cannot be updated by the user.
Additional options can be found under the specific order.
AEO Non Priority - Civil Debt
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.
AEO Priority - Fines (post 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.
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)
- Original Balance: The balance at the start of the order to be paid off.
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)
- Original Balance: The balance at the start of the order to be paid off.
Income Support Deduction Notice (ISDN)
Additional options: (See section 2 for information on remaining options)
- Original Balance: The balance at the start of the order to be paid off.
Scottish Arrestment Order
Additional options: (See section 2 for information on remaining options)
- Original Balance: The balance at the start of the order to be paid off.
Scottish Conjoined Arrestment Order
Additional options: (See section 2 for information on remaining options)
- Original Balance: The balance at the start of the order to be paid off.
- CMA 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
Scottish Maintenance Order
Additional options: (See section 2 for information on remaining options)
- 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).