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Last Updated: 2025-05-30
Change the Balance or Limits of Withholding Orders (FRA)

Change the Balance or Limits of Withholding Orders (FRA)

  • A withholding order exists for the worker.
  • Security:
    Worker Data: Payroll (Withholding Orders) - FRA
     domain in the FRA Payroll functional area.
You can update an existing withholding order to reflect changes such as:
  • Additional order repayments that reduce the current balance.
  • Court orders that lower the legal withholding limits.
  • Court orders that modify the monthly due amount for alimony pensions.
  • New debt that increases the balance of an aggregated order.
  1. Access the
    Withholding Orders for Worker
     report.
  2. Select
    Withholding Order
    Edit
     from the related actions menu of the withholding order.
  3. To change the outstanding balance or alimony pension amount, add a row in either the:
    • Balances
       section on the
      Order Updates
       tab.
    • Alimony Pension Amounts
       section on the
      Alimony Pension Amounts
       tab.
    Option Description
    Effective Date
    For effective dates in the middle of a payroll period, Workday applies the new balance or alimony amount at the end date of the current payroll period. Example: The end date of the last completed pay calculation is February 28. When you create a new balance amount with an effective date of February 20, Workday applies the new balance in March pay calculations.
  4. To override the standard legal limits for debts, and administrative seizures, add a row in the
    Limits
     section on the
    Order Updates
     tab:
    Option Description
    Limit
    Workday applies this limit to the aggregated withholding amount in a monthly payment period.
    Workday uses the amount calculated by the legal bracket when it is below this amount.
Anne has a debt withholding order. A court order has set a lower limit of 700 EUR per month.
Enter a withholding order limit of 700 EUR with an effective date of January 1.
Based on her salary, the legal maximum withholding amount for Anne is 900 EUR, but in January, Workday withholds 700 EUR based on the lowered limit.
In February, Anne changes establishments, which creates 2 subperiods in the payroll period.
For the February payroll, Workday:
  • Calculates a legal maximum withholding amount for each subperiod, prorated according to the number of days in the subperiod.
  • Applies the limit based on the sum of all payments in the month.
Subperiod
Legal Maximum Withholding Amount
Withholding Order Amount
Comment
February 1 - 15
500 EUR
500 EUR
Workday applies the prorated legal maximum withholding amount, because it’s less than the limit you set.
February 15 - 28
400 EUR
200 EUR
Workday limits the withholding order amount in the second subperiod to enforce the limit of 700 EUR per month.
To stop a temporary limit, select the
Inactive
 check box on the limit in the
Limits
 section of the
Order Updates
 tab.
To end a withholding order, add a row with an
Amount
 of
0
 to either the:
  • Balances
     section of the
    Order Updates
     tab.
  • Alimony Pensions Amounts
     section of the
    Alimony Pension Amounts
     tab.