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| Employers play a pivotal role in Minnesota’s child support efforts and make a valuable contribution to the lives of Minnesota’s children. Through income withholding, employers collect more than 70 percent of all the support disbursed, and through new hire reporting, they help match employees with support obligations. Cooperation between employers and child support agencies encourages parental responsibility, reduces taxpayer costs for public assistance, and helps families provide for their children. |
| Minnesota Child Support Online is a Web site that allows employers and other payors of funds to exchange information with the Child Support Enforcement Division. Employers can use this Web site to submit employee terminations and to make income withholding payments online. |
| Any employer known to the child support system can register to use Minnesota Child Support Online. The Web site is secure and meets all of the security requirements of the State of Minnesota. Registration is easy. To use the Web site an employer needs a Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN), a user ID, and a password. |
| When the state fully develops this Web site, payors of funds will also be able to send address updates, insurance updates, and employment verification information online. |
| New hire reporting laws require all employers to report newly hired and rehired employees, whether they owe child support or not, to a state directory. Information, online forms, and answer to questions about new hire reporting are available at the Minnesota New Hire Reporting Center. |
| Most child support orders require income withholding. The child support agency works with employers and other payors of funds to automatically take support and maintenance obligations from employees’ pay. |
| Employers may elect to send child support withheld for employees by EFT rather than by check using the Automated Clearing House (ACH) network. To start using EFT, download the Electronic Funds Transfer Guide.pdf. If you have questions, please contact our Employer EFT Helpdesk at: |
DHS MNCSEFT or by calling
(651) 431-4344 Twin Cities metro area
(800) 657-3890 Outside the metro area |
| Child support orders sometimes require employers to withhold medical support in addition to other support and maintenance from employees’ pay. Orders may also require employees to provide medical and dental insurance for their dependents. |
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