Information for Employers

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Employers are essential in helping Kansas CSS ensure families receive the financial and medical support they can depend on.

Approximately 70% of child support payments are collected through payroll deductions.

Employer Handbook

The Employer's Role

Employers play a vital role in reporting when an employee is hired, or employment is terminated. By working with CSS, employers help strengthen our communities by promoting financial stability for families and ensuring children have access to healthcare services.

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New Hire Reporting

Employers must report all new employees within 20 days of hire date to the Kansas Department of Labor.

This includes the following:
- All newly hired and rehired employees
- All employees who return to work after being laid off, furloughed, separated, granted a leave without pay, or terminated from employment for sixty days or more
- Any employee who remains on the payroll during a break in service or gap in pay, and then returns to work
KDOL New Hire Reporting
1-888-219-7801
KDOL.NewHires@ks.gov
dol.ks.gov/employers/employer-services/new-hire-reporting

For more information, view the Employer Handbook.

Income Withholding Order

The primary method of paying child support orders is through an Income Withholding Order (IWO) – a court or administratively ordered deduction of a specified amount from a party’s wages for payment of child support.

An employer is considered to have legally received the Income Withholding for Support form if any company address is used on the form. To avoid a non-compliance penalty, it is recommended to provide employees with information on where to forward these documents within your organization.

The Income Withholding for Support form has pertinent information regarding:
- When to begin withholding
- When and where to remit payments
- Mandatory deductions
- Maximum amount to be withheld (within Consumer Credit Protection Act limits)
- How to allocate withholding across multiple child support orders
- Administrative fee employer is permitted to charge
Employers should continue withholding income until an official notification to stop has been received.

For more information, view the Employer Handbook.

Submitting Income Withholding

All income withholding payments must be submitted to the payment processing center, the Kansas Payment Center (KPC). KPC provides a reliable, centralized system that tracks and records all payments to keep accurate information and make clear what was paid and when.

For more information, view the Employer Handbook.

Phone numbers of Employe's and emplyee's plus KPC leters

Contact Kansas CSS email DCF.CSSCustomer@ks.gov Contact the Kansas Child Support Contact Center to Speak with a child support representative phone 1-888-757-2445

Information for Employers

New Hire Reporting

Income Withholding Order

Submitting Income Withholding

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