Update employee deductions

The Update Employee Deductions action identifies changes made to active deduction codes and applies them to employee deductions. You can clear override flags on specific fields of the employee deduction with the Update Employee Deductions action. If you do not clear these flags by selecting fields with values that are overridden at the employee level, then they are not updated by the Update Employee Deductions action.

On the Update Employee Deductions page, the Updated Deduction Codes tab shows deduction codes that you must update because their deductions are updated. In the Employee Deductions section, you can view employee deductions for deduction codes in which the end date is not specified or is greater than the current system date. These are updated with the Update Employee Deductions action.

You can run the Update Employee Deductions action to create new employee deductions for Other type deductions. The Create New Employee Deductions parameter sets the end date of the existing employee deduction to one day before the newly created employee deduction, based on the action parameters.

The Create New Employee Deductions parameter applies only to Other type deductions. Separate processes are used to create new enrollments or employee deductions for other types of deductions, such as benefit deductions, loan deductions, tax deductions, and garnishment deductions.

The Updated Linked Deductions tab shows deduction codes that you must update because their linked deductions are updated. In the Employee Deductions section, you can view employee deductions for deduction codes in which the end date is not specified or is greater than the current system date and a linked employee deduction does not exist. These are updated with the Create Linked Deductions action.

Note: If you change the fee amount or percent on the Fee Information tab of a garnishment rule, then the Update Employee Garnishments action evaluates this change and applies it to the employee deduction and the employee garnishment, as long as these values are not overridden on the employee garnishment.

You can view errors created by this action in Payroll Administrator > Deduction Maintenance > Deduction Errors > Update Employee Deductions.