| Employers are required to report both new hires and rehired employees to
the Employment Development Department (EDD) within 20 days of the
start-of-work date. (For details, call 916-657-0529.) This information is cross-matched by federal, state, and local
agencies against a list of parents who are delinquent in their child support obligations.
If a match is found, a child support wage assignment is issued to the employer. 
California
EDD 2008 'Report of New Employees'
Under state law (AB 1426), when an employer fails to
comply with a wage assignment order, local child support agencies and/or support obliges
may obtain a court order to require the employer to make child support payments through
electronic funds transfer.
Specifically, this law allows a court order to be obtained if:
- an employer willfully fails to comply with a wage assignment order, or
- has failed to comply with a particular wage assignment order on three separate occasions
within a 12-month period. It also allows the courts to impose additional penalties if an
employer fails to comply with a court-ordered child support wage assignment. An employer
found in contempt may face a civil penalty of up to 50 percent of the support amount not
forwarded to the child support oblige, including any interest incurred as a result of the
employer's failure to forward child support payments.
For more information about AB 1426, call the state Department of Child Support Services
at (866) 249-0773. If you have received a wage assignment, contact the agency listed on
the assignment for further information. |
