Background information
A DEA has its own regulations which follow some of the workings of a Deduction from Earnings Order (DEO) and some workings of an Attachment of Earnings Order (AEO). A DEA does not replace any of these other orders and you may still receive requests to implement deductions for a DEO or AEO for your employees.
Your responsibilities
As an employer, you have a legal obligation to:
- Implement a Direct Earnings Attachment when we ask you to make deductions from the employee’s net earnings.
- Make payments of the amounts deducted to us by the 19th day of the month following the month the deduction is made.
- Keep a record of each deduction taken and the employee from whose earnings it was made.
- Continue to operate the DEA until Mansfield District Council advises you to stop, or your employee leaves your employment.
- Ensure that you take the right amount from your employee’s earnings each week or month and pay it to us.
If you fail to comply with your duties, you could be subject, on conviction, to a fine of up to £1000.