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Last Updated: 2024-03-08
Override Legislation Rule (AUS)

Override Legislation Rule (AUS)

Security:
Setup: Payroll (Withholding Orders) - AUS
domain in the AUS Payroll functional area.
You can manually override the Workday assigned default legislation rule for court orders.
Child Support and Section 72A orders default to
Federal
.
You can't amend a withholding order once it has been processed in a payroll calculation.
If you want to change the legislation rule for only 1 withholding order, you can:
  • Select the desired rule in the
    Legislation Rule
    field when you Initially record the withholding order.
  • For an existing withholding order, select the related action
    Withholding Order > Edit
    , then select the desired rule in the
    Legislation
    field.
  1. When creating a withholding order, set the
    Issued In State
    to the state of the order, or to Federal for federal orders.
  2. The
    Legislation Rule
    will default to the
    Issued State
    . You can change it to:
    Option Description
    Resident State
    The state that the residential address of the worker is in.
    Work State
    The address of the workplace of the primary position of the worker.
    Federal
    Workday ignores all addresses. The rules for a child support order are used.
Workday applies the legislation rule that you selected to this withholding order.
Run the pay calculation.
If you have already calculated a pay result for the worker, run the pay calculation again.