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Last Updated: 2025-02-21
Override Withholding Order Priority

Override Withholding Order Priority

Record multiple withholding orders for a worker.
Security:
Worker Data: Payroll (Income Withholding Orders)
 domain in the Core Payroll functional area.
This topic provides instructions for withholding order priority for these countries:
  • Payroll for Canada
  • Payroll for France
  • Payroll for the U.S.
You can view the processing priorities for a worker's withholding orders on the
Withholding Orders for Worker
 report.
For Payroll for Canada, when a worker has multiple income withholding orders (IWOs), Workday assigns a processing priority to each order based on the rules of the issuing agencies. Workday delivers this priority:
  • 200 - Federal Tax Levy
  • 201 - Province Tax Levy
  • 300 - Family Maintenance Order
  • 400 - Garnishment Order
  • 500 - Wage Assignment Order
For Payroll for the U.S., when a worker has multiple IWOs, Workday assigns a processing priority to each order based on the rules of the issuing agencies. Workday delivers this priority:
  • 200 - Support
  • 201 - Lump Sum
  • 300 - Bankruptcy
  • 400 - Federal Tax Levy
  • 500 - Creditor Garnishment
  • 500 - Federal Administrative Wage Assignment
  • 500 - State Tax Levy
  • 500 - Student Loan
  • 600 - Wage Assignment
For Payroll for the U.S., if 2 IWOs have the same priority, the order date determines the priority. However, support orders always have the highest priority (200), even when a worker has multiple orders. You can override the default priority order assigned to any order type except support orders.
  1. Access the
    Withholding Orders for Worker
     report.
  2. Select
    Withholding Order
    Override Priority
     from the related actions menu of an IWO.
    The
    Override Priority Withholding Order
     task displays.
  3. Enter a number in the
    Priority Override
     field to replace the
    Priority Default
    .
    For Payroll for Canada and the U.S., the lower the number, the higher the priority.