From osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Thu Jul 1 13:27:18 2010 From: osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application) Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 13:27:18 -0700 Subject: OSPS E-News ~ July OSPS Training News Message-ID: <8A8CF693A3BB294DB354A999D49CF81807C33885@exchnode01.ad.state.or.us> The July OSPS Training News is now on the web: http://go.usa.gov/iCW This issue includes reminders for FMLA exempt employees, Oregon child support deductions and the savings bond program. Please contact Katherine Bremser (Katherine.Bremser at state.or.us or 503-378-6777 ext 295) if you have questions or suggestions. Enjoy! Katherine Bremser Training Coordinator Oregon Statewide Payroll Services State Controller's Division Department of Administrative Services 503-378-6777 ext. 295 Online Resource Center: http://oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/OSPS/ Data Classification: Level 1 - Published How are we doing? Please complete our customer service survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SCD_Feedback Your opinion matters Thank You!! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Fri Jul 2 08:51:14 2010 From: osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application) Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 08:51:14 -0700 Subject: OSPS E-News ~ Garnishment Committee Message-ID: <4875EF345085BE48B9C4B7CA341EFB680114D1C3@exchnode01.ad.state.or.us> Hello Everyone, About three years ago, a group of agency payroll professionals worked together as a committee on garnishments. They met to identify and discuss the challenges of processing pay garnishments, reviewed changes to the garnishment statutes and created two resources to share with the payroll community. The Garnishment Process Flow Chart and Garnishment Guidelines and Tips developed by the committee are attached. The resources that came from the committee were appreciated by the entire payroll community. OSPS would like to activate a garnishment committee again for a short-term project to once again identify the payroll processing challenges and conduct a review and update of the flow chart and tips. If you were a member of the previous committee and would be willing to serve again or if you were not and are interested in participating, please send me an e-mail to let me know of your interest. Once we have a roster of committee members, we will work to schedule a first meeting. Thank you! Sharon McKeehan, Manager Oregon Statewide Payroll Services DAS/State Controller's Division 155 Cottage Street NE, U-50 Salem, OR 97301-3969 (503) 378-6777 ext. 230 Visit our Online Resource Center: http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/OSPS/ Please tell us how we are doing by answering 6 questions: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SCD_Feedback -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Fri Jul 2 10:36:45 2010 From: osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application) Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 10:36:45 -0700 Subject: OSPS E-News ~ Garnishment Committee Message-ID: <4875EF345085BE48B9C4B7CA341EFB680114D1CE@exchnode01.ad.state.or.us> Apparently I neglected to attach the documents in the first version of this document. My apologies for the oversight. ________________________________ From: osps-news-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:osps-news-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 8:51 AM To: Osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Subject: OSPS E-News ~ Garnishment Committee Hello Everyone, About three years ago, a group of agency payroll professionals worked together as a committee on garnishments. They met to identify and discuss the challenges of processing pay garnishments, reviewed changes to the garnishment statutes and created two resources to share with the payroll community. The Garnishment Process Flow Chart and Garnishment Guidelines and Tips developed by the committee are attached. The resources that came from the committee were appreciated by the entire payroll community. OSPS would like to activate a garnishment committee again for a short-term project to once again identify the payroll processing challenges and conduct a review and update of the flow chart and tips. If you were a member of the previous committee and would be willing to serve again or if you were not and are interested in participating, please send me an e-mail to let me know of your interest. Once we have a roster of committee members, we will work to schedule a first meeting. Thank you! 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This webinar provides CPE and there is even an opportunity to submit questions in advance of the training date. ________________________________ From: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [mailto:irs at service.govdelivery.com] Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 10:39 AM To: sharon.e.mckeehan at state.or.us Subject: IRS Fed State & Local Governments Update IRS.gov Banner FSLG Newsletter July 2, 2010 Useful Links: About FSLG FSLG Newsletters FSLG Customer Services Educational Products FSLG Fact Sheets FSLG FAQs FSLG Tool Kit More Topics ________________________________ Contact Us: e-mail Your Retirement Plan Questions e-Mail Your Retirement Plan Comments ________________________________ IRS Resources Compliance & Enforcement Contact My Local Office e-file Forms & Pubs Frequently Asked Questions News Taxpayer Advocacy Where to File ________________________________ Issue Number: 2010-03 Inside This Issue: FSLG Webinar FSLG will be conducting a free webinar directed to state and local government employers on August 25, 2010, to address fringe benefit issues. 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Please tell us how we are doing by answering 6 questions: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SCD_Feedback Sharon McKeehan, Manager Oregon Statewide Payroll Services DAS/State Controller's Division 155 Cottage Street NE, U-50 Salem, OR 97301-3969 (503) 378-6777 ext. 230 Visit our Online Resource Center: http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/OSPS/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Wed Jul 14 10:26:35 2010 From: osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application) Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:26:35 -0700 Subject: OSPS E-News ~ Interface from PEBB.Benefits Working Again Message-ID: <4875EF345085BE48B9C4B7CA341EFB680114D272@exchnode01.ad.state.or.us> We've received word that PEBB has resolved the issues that prevented data from interfacing from PEBB.Benefits to OSPA. Thanks for your patience as their technical resources worked to correct the situation. Please tell us how we are doing by answering 6 questions: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SCD_Feedback Sharon McKeehan, Manager Oregon Statewide Payroll Services DAS/State Controller's Division 155 Cottage Street NE, U-50 Salem, OR 97301-3969 (503) 378-6777 ext. 230 Visit our Online Resource Center: http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/OSPS/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Tue Jul 20 10:41:06 2010 From: osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application) Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:41:06 -0700 Subject: OSPS E-News ~ OSPS Semi-Annual Customer Update Message-ID: <4875EF345085BE48B9C4B7CA341EFB680114D2A9@exchnode01.ad.state.or.us> Training During the period January through June 2010, OSPS provided 660 training hours. Training hours are computed using the formula students x class hours = training hours. Training offered included: * Payroll Fundamentals * New Employees * Separations * Deceased Employees * Employee Overpayments * Payroll Registers * Payroll Exception Reports We offered the Payroll Fundamentals class in partnership with the Oregon Training Consortium. By becoming an American Payroll Association Approved Provider, we could offer RCH credit to Certified Payroll Professionals taking the class. To provide more training opportunities for payroll staff members outside the Salem area, we began offering telephone conference calls and iLincOregon sessions for the OSPS Users' Forum. We also offered two classes through a virtual classroom in iLincOregon. Payroll Statistics * During the first six months of 2010, OSPS issued 314,000 system generated payroll payments and 5,340 manual checks. * 86% of state employees use direct deposit * Around 450 state employees use an AccelaPay payroll card. Sixty percent of them use the card to receive their net pay. 2010 Key Projects ~ January through June OSPS staff worked on several high priority projects that require system changes and new or modified procedures or user resources. Here's a brief summary of the key projects in the past 6 months. o OSPS is very close to being able to provide electronic payroll reports to agencies. We have been piloting this project with eight agencies giving them a chance to use the .pdf online versions of OSPS reports. The feedback received from the pilot agencies has been very useful in measuring the success of this effort. We thank the agencies who helped us pilot this project - their comments and suggestions have been useful and affirming. Next steps: We will be scheduling informational meetings so agencies can view a demonstration of the e-reports and prepare for the conversion. o Furlough management continued through OSPA in the first half of 2010. As additional collective bargaining agreements were implemented, OSPS implemented the furlough business rules and structures for those benefit packages. This included the computation of furlough obligation for employees and loading that obligation to their leave accrual screens. Based on agency need or choice, we set provided the posting of fixed office closure days to timesheets. We also prepared a report of furlough savings for calendar year 2009. o OSPA began processing 2010 payroll payments using updated tables for federal and state tax withholding and FICA wage maximums and all of the rates and calculation rules provided by PEBB for Plan Year 2010. o OSPS coordinated with Treasury and the agencies to support the success of the conversion of the Oregon College Savings Plan to a new fund management organization. Assisted Treasury in communicating to the agencies about what participants needed to do to modify their existing direct deposit transactions in order to change the destination of their direct deposit to the new fund management organization. o We assisted the Department of Revenue in implementing their interface of time and attendance data to OSPA. o We have met a number of times with the DHS-led group that is managing payroll and HR planning for the implementation of the Oregon Health Agency which is scheduled to become active 7/1/2011. This project will result in many positions moving to the new Agency 42300, most of which are DHS positions, but will also include some from DCBS, DAS and the Office of Private Health Partnerships. Our initial focus has been coordination with representatives for all of the systems that will have a role in this project, some initial testing and a review of the OSPA cloning utility. Meeting Agency Payroll Needs - OSPS Help Desk o New NACHA rules fueled the complete overhaul of our Direct Deposit Enrollment form. We took this opportunity to approach the form from an employee perspective and made significant formatting changes. With help from some of our agency partners, we shortened this form from four pages to just one. The new and improved form has received numerous positive comments. o While overhauling the Direct Deposit Enrollment form, we relocated AccelaPay enrollment to its own form. We heard from agencies that employees were unnecessarily completing the AccelaPay section on the old form, thinking that they needed to complete everything on the form. The new Pay Card Enrollment form isolates only the information needed to enroll in AccelaPay. o In March, we added a new payroll table to the Datamart. We also worked with another division to develop three related repository reports. The WORK_SCHED table deals exclusively with work schedule information. It is designed to work in connection with other payroll Datamart tables. See the March 2010 Training Newsletter for more detail: http://oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/OSPS/docs/training/newsletter/News201003.pdf . o OSPS received notification from U.S. Treasury that they will no longer permit the purchase of paper savings bonds through payroll deduction. As of January 1st, 2011, all savings bond purchases must be made through Treasury Direct, and bonds will be electronic. Our plan is to communicate directly with participant employees on September 1 to inform them in advance of the change and give them the details they need to set up personal accounts with US Treasury to continue the purchase of savings bonds. Employees will be able to submit a direct deposit form to their payroll department in order to send funds directly to their Treasury Direct account. As of September 2010, agency payroll will cease adding savings bond deductions into OSPA. With the close of November 2010 payroll, OSPA will perform a final reconciliation of the bond account. Additional information may be found at http://oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/OSPS/newbonds.shtml. o While reviewing report E311-018A Child Support by Agency, OSPS staff noted the absence of case numbers or instances where the employee social security number was being used as the case number. Child support withholdings paid to the Oregon Department of Justice are transmitted via a special ACH file format that includes the case number for swift posting to the DOJ child support system. OSPS staff contacted DOJ to learn the affects of the missing claim numbers and coordinated with agencies where changes were needed. OSPS also presented this issue at the June 3 OSPS Payroll Forum. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Oregon Statewide Payroll Services Staff DAS State Controller's Division Phone: (503)378-6777 Fax: (503)378-3518 OSPS Help Desk: mailto:OSPS.Help at das.state.or.us Data Classification: Level 1 - Published Visit Our Online Resource Center: http://oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/OSPS From osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Fri Jul 23 11:07:32 2010 From: osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application) Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:07:32 -0700 Subject: OSPS E-News ~ Informational Meetings - OSPS Electronic Payroll Reports Message-ID: <4875EF345085BE48B9C4B7CA341EFB680114D2D1@exchnode01.ad.state.or.us> Hello Everyone, OSPS has been working on a project to create electronic versions of payroll reports and we are pleased to tell you that we are very close to making these available to you. The reports are created as .pdf documents and OSPS staff have been using the .pdf versions of all central payroll reports for more than one year. This report version has fully met our needs as well as saving time, paper and printing costs. We've been working on the conversion of the payroll reports that we provide to our agency customers. We have had a number of agencies (large and small) testing these reports for us over the last few payroll runs and the feedback has been very positive. So - we are ready to start rolling this out statewide. The first step is to meet with everyone to present this new way to receive reports. We want to give you a demonstration of how you will log in to the mainframe to pick up your reports and store them on your local network. We will talk about access, security and compliance with your archive requirements. We will show you the report formats and how they can be quickly and easily searched to find a specific record or element. We think you will be delighted with the ease of having your payroll reports on screen and available to you at 7:00 AM the morning after preliminary and final run. We've scheduled two meetings one of which will have an iLinc session for those outside of the Salem area. In an attempt to maintain a somewhat equal size at each meeting so everyone can get their questions answered, we would like to suggest the date that specific agencies attend. If the suggested date simply does not work, we want you to attend the session of your choice. Both meetings will be held at DAS West, 155 Cottage Street NE in Conference Room A on 2nd Floor. Session 1 August 3, 2010 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM This session recommended for Agencies 10000 through 41500 This session provides remote access through iLinc and a telephone conference call for any agencies or field staff outside of the Salem area. Join the session on August 3 through this link: https://oregon.ilinc.com/join/tvjkhxc . When you join the iLinc session, you will receive a telephone number to call and the pass code. Session 2 August 5, 2010 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM This session recommended for Agencies 42300 through 91400 We look forward to these meetings and sharing electronic payroll reports with you! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Tue Jul 27 14:10:08 2010 From: osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application) Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:10:08 -0700 Subject: OSPS E-News ~ OSPA Changes - Getting Ready For Electronic Payroll Reports Message-ID: <4875EF345085BE48B9C4B7CA341EFB680114D2FC@exchnode01.ad.state.or.us> PRPT Screen Change Effective 7/29/2010 Effective 7/29/10 the PRPT Agency Report Selection screen will look different because of its new role in controlling the electronic distribution of your payroll reports. A new column will be added to indicate whether your will receive an electronic version of a report or not. If the PRPT screen currently shows that you were getting 1 or more copies of a report, the new column will show "Y" meaning that you will receive an electronic version of that report. If the PRPT screen currently shows "0" for that report, we will log that as a "N" meaning no report. Agency payroll has been invited to informational meetings next week to learn about electronic reports and how you will manage them. If after that meeting, you decide that you want to receive an electronic version of a report that you didn't previously get on paper, simply change the "N" to "Y" on the PRPT screen. If you are satisfied with your previous menu of reports, there is no need to make changes to the screen. Oregon Statewide Payroll Services DAS/State Controller's Division 155 Cottage Street NE, U-50 Salem, OR 97301-3969 (503) 378-6777 ext. 230 Visit our Online Resource Center: http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/OSPS/ How are we doing? Please complete our customer service survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SCD_Feedback Your opinion matters Thank You! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Wed Jul 28 13:36:47 2010 From: osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application) Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:36:47 -0700 Subject: OSPS E-News ~ Changes to AccelaPay Overdraft Coverage Message-ID: <8A8CF693A3BB294DB354A999D49CF81807C339A6@exchnode01.ad.state.or.us> This e-mail does not require action on your part. We are simply notifying you of a change in the terms of the AccelaPay card, which will be effective August 15, 2010, in case you have questions from employees who receive notice from U.S. Bank. If employees do contact you with questions, please refer them to the U.S. Bank AccelaPay Visa card Customer Care Center -- 866-363-4134. Recent amendments to Reg E, the U.S. Electronic Funds Transfer Act, require that financial institutions have consumers confirm their intent to participate in, or opt in to, overdraft coverage associated with ATM or one-time point of sale card transactions. Currently AccelaPay cardholders might create an overdraft when they "pay-at-the-pump" for gas or add a tip to a restaurant signature based purchase. Under the current regulations, U.S. Bank covers the overdraft and charges the cardholder a fee of $17.00. Under the new regulations, the AccelaPay cardholder must specifically choose to have overdraft coverage, with the accompanying fee. If the cardholder does not choose overdraft coverage, US bank will not cover the overdraft and cannot charge an overdraft fee on these transactions. The exception is a recurring transaction, such as a monthly gym membership debited to a prepaid card account, where the bank can charge an overdraft fee even if the cardholder chooses not to opt in to overdraft coverage. Opting in to overdraft coverage will now be an optional service. For cardholders that opt in to overdraft coverage, U.S. Bank may authorize and pay ATM and everyday prepaid card transactions when there is not enough money in the account, like the gasoline example above. This way, cardholders may be covered for an unexpected emergency or avoid the inconvenience of having their transactions declined. Cardholders may be assessed overdraft fees if US Bank pays any overdraft item. Beginning in August, US Bank will send AccelaPay cardholders a letter with information regarding the option to receive overdraft coverage. Cardholders will be able to opt in to overdraft coverage, which will be effective August 15, by: * Mailing or faxing an opt in form included with the letter * Contacting a customer service representative * Logging in to their account on www.accelapay.com U.S. Bank will not provide overdraft coverage to any cardholder unless that cardholder elects to receive such coverage. For cardholders that decline overdraft coverage (or do not respond to the letter), U.S. Bank will not authorize and pay ATM or everyday prepaid card transactions if there is not sufficient funds in the cardholder's account. Cardholders will not be assessed an overdraft fee. Katherine Bremser Training Coordinator Oregon Statewide Payroll Services State Controller's Division Department of Administrative Services 503-378-6777 ext. 295 Online Resource Center: http://oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/OSPS/ Data Classification: Level 1 - Published -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Session 2 August 5, 2010 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM This session recommended for Agencies 42300 through 91400 * Both meetings will be held at DAS West, 155 Cottage Street NE in Conference Room A on 1st Floor. We look forward to these meetings and sharing electronic payroll reports with you! * If the suggested date simply does not work well for you, please attend the session of your choice. Oregon Statewide Payroll Services DAS/State Controller's Division 155 Cottage Street NE, U-50 Salem, OR 97301-3969 (503) 378-6777 ext. 230 Visit our Online Resource Center: http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/OSPS/ Please tell us how we are doing by answering 6 questions: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SCD_Feedback -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Katherine Bremser Training Coordinator Oregon Statewide Payroll Services State Controller's Division Department of Administrative Services 503-378-6777 ext. 295 Online Resource Center: http://oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/OSPS/ Data Classification: Level 1 - Published ________________________________ From: FOREST Cynthia L * HRSD HRMC [mailto:cynthia.l.forest at state.or.us] Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 3:06 PM Subject: FW: FMLA/OFLA policy revision Your agency had the opportunity to review State HR Policy 60.000.15 Family and Medical Leave in May/June, 2010. Based on feedback and new clarification in the law we have revised the policy again. As such we are allowing a one week opportunity to look at the changes and make comment. The policy was reformatted to include a shorter main policy that applies to all FMLA and OFLA leave-types. Each leave-type is a separate policy attachment. The policy also includes the reference information to the US DOL's clarification of the definition of "son or daughter" as it applies to an employee standing "in loco parentis" to a child. You can access the revised policy and the attachments at http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/HR/hrmc.shtml#Policies_for_Agency_Review. Please forward this information to all who assist in the administration of Family and Medical Leave for your agency. Tell us what you think about the new formatting by sending your agency's compiled comments to Cindy Forest via email at cynthia.l.forest at das.state.or.us or by fax at 503-373-7684 by August 6, 2010. If you have any questions please call Cindy Forest at 503-373-7062 Cindy Forest DAS, Sr HR Management Consultant 503-373-7062 Data Classification: Level 1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Fri Jul 30 08:07:04 2010 From: osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application) Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:07:04 -0700 Subject: OSPS E-News ~ August Training News in on the Web Message-ID: <8A8CF693A3BB294DB354A999D49CF81807C339C0@exchnode01.ad.state.or.us> The August OSPS Training News is now on the web: http://go.usa.gov/iCW This issue includes reminders about the Informational Meetings on OSPA electronic reports, the Donated Hardship Leave class and ordering third-party manual checks. If you have suggestions for future newsletters, please send an e-mail to Katherine Bremser . Katherine Bremser Training Coordinator Oregon Statewide Payroll Services State Controller's Division Department of Administrative Services 503-378-6777 ext. 295 Online Resource Center: http://oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/OSPS/ Data Classification: Level 1 - Published How are we doing? 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