This policy sets forth the requirements for legal wage attachments.

This policy applies to all faculty, staff, and students.

The University is required by law to execute, even without a payee’s consent, all legal wage attachments and remit payments as directed by a court order or authorized agency.

Wage Attachment/Garnishment: The process of deducting money from an individual's pay as the result of a court order or authorized agency. Common examples are: child support orders, tax levies, creditor garnishments, and bankruptcy orders.

All individuals to whom this policy applies are responsible for becoming familiar with and following this policy. University supervisors and employees with student oversight duties are responsible for promoting the understanding of this policy and for taking appropriate steps to help ensure and enforce compliance with it.

Employees and Students: Responsible for timely reporting of garnishment notifications or discrepancies to the Payroll Office and to the University’s garnishment servicing company, ADP.

Payroll Office: Responsible for promptly providing ADP with garnishment documentation and ensuring discrepancies are resolved in a timely manner.

Failure to comply with this and related policies is subject to disciplinary action, up to and including suspension without pay, or termination of employment or association with the University, in accordance with applicable (e.g., staff, faculty, student) disciplinary procedures.

Brown University is a community in which individuals are encouraged to share concerns with University leadership. Additionally, Brown’s Anonymous Reporting Hotline allows anonymous and confidential reporting on matters of concern online or by phone, 877-318-9184.

The following information complements and supplements this document. The information is intended to help explain this policy and is not an all-inclusive list of policies, procedures, laws and requirements.