Garnishments and Levies
FIN-PAY-120
About This Policy
- Effective Date:
- 10-01-1990
See current policy
- Date of Last Review/Update:
- 07-01-2007
- Responsible University Office:
- Financial Management Services
- Responsible University Administrator:
- Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
- Policy Contact:
Stephen Miller
Director of Payroll, Customer Service and Training
stgmill@iu.edu
- Policy Feedback:
- If you have comments or questions about this policy, let us know with the policy feedback form.
Policy Statement
Indiana University will honor all court orders to garnish employee wages. All orders for wage assignment or voluntary assignments will be honored. In cases of multiple wage assignments, priority for honoring them will be in the following order:
1. Child support
2. The following will be honored in the order received:
Federal, state and local tax levies
Creditor garnishments
Student Loans
Voluntary Assignments
Appropriate remittances will be made of monies collected. Financial Management Services will maintain confidential files which will contain court orders, IRS levies, monies collected, and any other pertinent information concerning affected employees.
Reason for Policy
To state Indiana University’s intention to comply with federal and state law in the matter of wage garnishments and wage assignments.
Please note: This is an archived version of the policy. View the current version.