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9-14-227. Income withholding — Administrative costs — Applicability to unemployment compensation and workers' compensation.
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9-14-227. Income withholding — Administrative costs — Applicability to unemployment compensation and workers' compensation.
(a) A payor may withhold up to two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per pay period in addition to the court-ordered income withholding amount for the administrative cost incurred in each withholding.
(b) The income withholding provisions of this subchapter shall apply to unemployment compensation benefits to the extent allowed by §§ 11-10-109 and 11-10-110.
(c) The income withholding provisions of this subchapter shall apply to workers' compensation benefits to the extent allowed by § 11-9-110.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-14-227
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9-14-227. Income withholding — Administrative costs — Applicability to unemployment compensation and workers' compensation.
(a) A payor may withhold up to two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per pay period in addition to the court-ordered income withholding amount for the administrative cost incurred in each withholding.
(b) The income withholding provisions of this subchapter shall apply to unemployment compensation benefits to the extent allowed by §§ 11-10-109 and 11-10-110.
(c) The income withholding provisions of this subchapter shall apply to workers' compensation benefits to the extent allowed by § 11-9-110.
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11-10-109. Protection of rights and benefits — Assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of benefits prohibited.
(a) Except as elsewhere provided in this section and § 11-10-110, any assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of any right to benefits which are or may become due or payable under this chapter shall be void.
(b) Such rights to benefits shall be exempt from levy, execution, attachment, or any other remedy whatsoever provided for the collection of debt.
(c) Benefits received by any individual, so long as they are not mingled with other funds of the recipient, shall be exempt from any remedy whatsoever for the collection of all debts except debts incurred for necessities furnished to such individual or his or her spouse or dependents during the time when that individual was unemployed.
(d) Any waiver of any exemption provided for in this section and § 11-10-110 shall be void.
(e) Benefits shall be subject to tax levies issued by the Internal Revenue Service in accordance with 26 U.S.C. § 6331(h) provided that an agreement is entered into between the Internal Revenue Service and the Division of Workforce Services and approved by the United States Department of Labor that provides for the payment of all administrative costs associated with processing the tax levies.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 11-10-109
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11-10-110. Protection of rights and benefits — Exception for withholding child support — Definitions.
(a) At the time of filing the claim, an individual filing a new claim for unemployment compensation shall disclose whether or not the individual owes child support obligations as defined under subdivision (g)(1) of this section. If any individual discloses that he or she owes child support obligations and is determined to be eligible for unemployment compensation, the Director of the Division of Workforce Services shall notify the state or local child support enforcement agency enforcing the obligation that the individual has been determined to be eligible for unemployment compensation.
(b) The director shall deduct and withhold from any unemployment compensation payable to an individual who owes child support obligations as defined under subdivision (g)(1) of this section:
(1) The amount specified by the individual to the director to be deducted and withheld under this section if neither subdivision (b)(2) nor subdivision (b)(3) of this section is applicable;
(2) The amount, if any, determined pursuant to an agreement submitted to the director under section 454(19)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act by the state or local child support enforcement agency, unless subdivision (b)(3) of this section is applicable; or
(3) Any amount otherwise required to be so deducted and withheld from his or her unemployment compensation pursuant to legal process, as that term is defined in section 462(e) of the Social Security Act, properly served upon the director.
(c) Any amount deducted and withheld under subsection (b) of this section shall be paid by the director to the appropriate state or local child support enforcement agency.
(d) Any amount deducted and withheld unde
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 11-10-110
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 11-10-110. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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11-9-110. Compensation nonassignable, etc., and payable to dependents only — Child support obligations excepted — Definition.
(a) The right to compensation shall not be assignable and shall not be subject to garnishment, attachment, levy, execution, or any other legal process, except for child support obligations and moneys retained by the Division of Correction under § 12-30-406(a)(1).
(b) Money compensation to dependents of a deceased employee shall not constitute assets of the estate of the deceased employee and shall be payable to and for the benefit of the dependents alone.
(c)(1) On or after June 30, 1993, the Workers' Compensation Commission shall forward monthly a computer tape listing the name, address, and Social Security number, if available, on all persons for whom the commission has established a file during the preceding month to the Office of Child Support Enforcement. The computer tape shall also include the name of the workers' compensation carrier and the name of the employer.
(2) The same information shall be provided to individuals who apply for the information with the commission on an individual employee to an individual certifying that they have an interest in the child support obligations of the employee on whom the information is requested.
(d)(1) Amounts withheld from weekly compensation benefits for child support obligations shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the benefit amount.
(2) Amounts withheld from a lump-sum settlement on a joint petition for child support obligations shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the settlement amount.
(e) Any amount withheld under subsection (d) of this section shall be paid through the appropriate court payable to the person or agency to whom the obligation is payable.
(f) Any amo
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 11-9-110
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 11-9-110. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.