Go to People and click on the employee you need to update.
Open the "Post-Tax Deductions" tab on their profile page.
The tab lists the employee's post-tax deductions. Add a deduction or change an existing one there. You can set up child support garnishments (which require a case number, agency state, and amount), miscellaneous garnishments (bankruptcy, tax liens, student loans), or other deductions (union dues, donations, etc.).
Save your changes. Deductions apply the next time you run payroll for this employee.
Note: Child support garnishments are always processed first, per federal law. If applying all deductions would result in negative net pay, lower-priority deductions are skipped and the payroll review shows a warning for that employee. Deductions must be created before a payroll is approved to be included in that run.
Import deductions in bulk from a spreadsheet
Go to People, open the "Bulk import" menu, and choose "Post-tax deductions".
On the Template step, click "Download Template" to get a CSV with the required columns, then fill in a row for each deduction. Every row needs an Employee ID, a Description, and an Effective Start date. Put the amount in the column that fits the deduction, such as Miscellaneous Amount or Child Support Amount. An Employee ID is the code that starts with emp_ at the end of the web address in your browser when you open the employee's page in Freedom.
On the Upload step, drag your completed CSV into the upload area, or click it to browse and pick the file.
On the Preview step, review the rows. Before you continue, check that every row has an Employee ID, a Description, and an Effective Start. If one is blank, click "Back", fix it in your spreadsheet, and upload the file again. Rows missing a required value may fail to import. Click "Import" followed by the number of rows in your file, for example "Import 12 Rows", to start.
On the Results step, see how many deductions imported successfully and how many failed, and click "Show error details" to see each failed row's number, field, and problem. Row numbers start at 1 for the first row under the headers. Put only those rows, with the same column headers, in a new CSV and import that file. Don't upload the whole file again, because deductions that already imported could be added a second time.
Note: Each row is matched to a person by their Employee ID, so include it for every deduction. Imported deductions apply on the next payroll you run for that employee, the same as deductions added on a profile. A row that fills in any Child Support column imports as a child support deduction, and any other row imports as a miscellaneous deduction. The "Bulk import" menu is hidden on phone-sized screens.