Laravel : Can't access value from an array

So , I have wrote a Common Helper function , which when called should give me a variable set with either 1 or 0 , and then proceed to the rest of code.

function getPfWages($earning_id,$payrunid){
    
    $name = Earning::select('consider_epf_contribution')->where('id',$earning_id)->where('consider_epf_contribution','1')->first();
    dump($name);
    if($name=='1'){
    $TotalAmount = PayrunsEmployeeDetails::where('earning_id',$earning_id)->where('payrun_id',$payrunid)->sum('payamount');
    return $TotalAmount;
    }
    else{
        return 0;
    }
}

The dump function shows this output :

But , when I try to access the $name array by an offset 'consider_epf_contribution' , it throws an error of "Trying to access array offset on value of type null". I cant figure out why this is happening.

I have also tried "toArray()" , "get()" and "sum()" but same errors are thrown while accessing the array. This is my first ever Laravel project.

-TIA ~regards

via Chebli Mohamed