From osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Wed Feb 1 08:09:16 2012 From: osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application) Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 08:09:16 -0800 Subject: OSPS E-News ~ February 2012 OSPS Training News Message-ID: The February Training News is in our On-line Resources: http://go.usa.gov/iCW This month's issue includes information on forcing PEBB core benefits and new mileage reimbursement pay codes. If you have suggestions or comments, please contact Katherine.Bremser at state.or.us Enjoy! Katherine Bremser Training Coordinator Oregon Statewide Payroll Services State Controller's Division Department of Administrative Services 503-373-0738 Online Resource Center: http://oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/OSPS/ Data Classification: Level 1 - Published -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Mon Feb 6 15:47:47 2012 From: osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application) Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 15:47:47 -0800 Subject: OSPS E-News ~ PEBB Surcharge Descriptions Message-ID: An agency contacted us about changing the descriptions for PEBB surcharges on employee paystubs. Before we decide to make the changes, we would like your feedback. Please take a few minutes to answer a five-question survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CQ6YTJJ . Thanks for your input! Katherine Bremser Training Coordinator Oregon Statewide Payroll Services State Controller's Division Department of Administrative Services 503-373-0738 Online Resource Center: http://oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/OSPS/ Data Classification: Level 1 - Published -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Fri Feb 10 13:46:27 2012 From: osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application) Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:46:27 -0800 Subject: OSPS E-News ~ Agency Subsidy Coding for Life Insurance Message-ID: Good afternoon, ODOT's accounting and payroll staff identified an issue with how employer paid subsidy is reporting in SFMA when the subsidy also pays the employee share for Basic Life (SLNN 901). OSPS programming staff have found the calculation in the system that is overriding the PTD2 deduction table logic for SLNN 901 and they are working on the solution at this time. As soon as we have updated and tested the change to correct this we will move this into production. We hope to accomplish this prior to the March payroll cycle. I apologize for any inconvenience this has created to both the accounting and payroll staff within your agency in reconciling the December and January payroll activity between OSPA and SFMA. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you for your patience while we address this matter and a special thanks to Mary Rooper and the other staff at ODOT who found and brought this matter to our attention. Sincerely, Sandy Ridderbusch Oregon Statewide Payroll Services Phone: (503) 373-0198 Fax: (503) 378-3518 OSPS Help Desk: (503)378-6777 mailto:OSPS.Help at das.state.or.us Visit Our Online Resource Center: http://oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/OSPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Tue Feb 14 07:42:33 2012 From: osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application) Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:42:33 -0800 Subject: OSPS E-News ~ Payroll Datamart Training Message-ID: Good morning, The below email is being forwarded at the request of Aaron Wallace. He is seeking information and query examples from Payroll Datamart users. Thank you, Sandy Ridderbusch Oregon Statewide Payroll Services (503) 373-0198 From: WALLACE Aaron * SCD SARS On Behalf Of Datamart Support Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 7:23 AM To: datamart-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Subject: Payroll specific training Dear Datamart users, Over the years, users of the Payroll Datamart have suggested time-and-time again that they would like a training geared specifically towards them. This has been a goal of the Datamart team to achieve and create this type of training and we want you to be a part of this process as well. We are looking at creating a beginning level course, which is set up to teach users more about the payroll side of the Datamart. However, we need your help to make this the best training possible. We want to take full advantage of the payroll knowledge throughout the state and really create some good examples and practice exercises within our training. The main reason for this email is to ask payroll users of the Datamart to send in good examples of payroll queries, which could be used in the new training. We want to obtain the best real life examples to share with all payroll users. This again will help us create the best training possible and we want to thank you, in advance, for your help. Please send an email, with a brief description along with the query example file to Datamart Support (Datamart.Support at state.or.us). 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Katherine Bremser Training Coordinator Oregon Statewide Payroll Services State Controller's Division Department of Administrative Services 503-373-0738 Online Resource Center: http://oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/OSPS/ Data Classification: Level 1 - Published From: BREMSER Katherine * SCD OSPS Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 1:39 PM To: OSPS News (osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us) Subject: Delay for Manual Checks Today Importance: High Publishing and Distribution has not yet been able to print this afternoon's manual checks. They are working on data transmission problems between the Print Plant and the State Data Center. We will let you know when checks have been printed and we have a delivery time. We apologize for the inconvenience. Katherine Bremser Training Coordinator Oregon Statewide Payroll Services State Controller's Division Department of Administrative Services 503-373-0738 Online Resource Center: http://oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/OSPS/ Data Classification: Level 1 - Published -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Wed Feb 15 08:39:20 2012 From: osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application) Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:39:20 -0800 Subject: OSPS E-News ~ 2/14 Manual Checks Are in Lockboxes In-Reply-To: <8A8CF693A3BB294DB354A999D49CF8180DB2EC3F@exchnode01.ad.state.or.us> References: <8A8CF693A3BB294DB354A999D49CF8180DB2EC3F@exchnode01.ad.state.or.us> Message-ID: P&D delivered the manual checks from February 14 this morning. OSPS has distributed them to lockboxes and the shuttle. P&D and SDC have not yet fixed the transmission problem; but, they printed yesterday's checks through a work around. If the problem has not been fixed by our normal manual check deadline today, they will employee the work around to insure that checks are available by the normal 3:00 pm deadline. Again, we apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate our SDC and P&D partners who have worked out a temporary solution. If you have questions, please contact OSPS.Help at state.or.us Katherine Bremser Training Coordinator Oregon Statewide Payroll Services State Controller's Division Department of Administrative Services 503-373-0738 Online Resource Center: http://oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/OSPS/ Data Classification: Level 1 - Published From: BREMSER Katherine * SCD OSPS Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 2:50 PM To: OSPS News (osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us) Subject: FW: Delay for Manual Checks Today Importance: High For those of you with manual checks for today, we have not yet heard from P&D. For those of you with checks for terminations / separations, you may want to notify the affected manager and explore the option of an agency check. Again, we apologize for the inconvenience and we will keep you updated. Katherine Bremser Training Coordinator Oregon Statewide Payroll Services State Controller's Division Department of Administrative Services 503-373-0738 Online Resource Center: http://oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/OSPS/ Data Classification: Level 1 - Published From: BREMSER Katherine * SCD OSPS Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 1:39 PM To: OSPS News (osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us) Subject: Delay for Manual Checks Today Importance: High Publishing and Distribution has not yet been able to print this afternoon's manual checks. They are working on data transmission problems between the Print Plant and the State Data Center. We will let you know when checks have been printed and we have a delivery time. We apologize for the inconvenience. 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The changes to the information on the website include: * The fee structure changed. Cardholders will no longer pay a fee for cash withdrawals at US Bank ATM's and financial institutions that accept Visa. * Cardholders may no longer use the cards to pay at the pump for fuel purchases. They can still use the card to purchase gas at stations that offer indoor cashier service. * In the past, we have allowed cardholders to override, either up or down, the daily dollar amount limits for cash withdrawals at both ATM's and financial institutions that accept Visa. We have changed our business practice. We will only raise (not lower) the daily dollar limit for teller withdrawals, not ATM withdrawals. If you have a paper supply of AccelaPay forms, please recycle the ones you have and print new ones from our website. The new forms have the current fee structure and the correct information about overriding limits. If you are using the electronic version, the link has not changed. You may notice that the AccelaPay flier on our website has the old fee structure. US Bank is in the process of updating it. I will notify you when we have posted the new version. If you have questions, please contact Katherine.Bremser at state.or.us Katherine Bremser Training Coordinator Oregon Statewide Payroll Services State Controller's Division Department of Administrative Services 503-373-0738 Online Resource Center: http://oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/OSPS/ Data Classification: Level 1 - Published -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Fri Feb 17 13:07:30 2012 From: osps-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application) Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:07:30 -0800 Subject: OSPS E-News ~ AccelaPay Flier Message-ID: The revised AccelaPay card flier is almost ready. We will have an electronic version posted on our website. In the past, some agencies have included printed copies in new employee packets. If your agency would like paper copies, please give me the number you want and to whom to send them by next Wednesday (February 22). Katherine Bremser Training Coordinator Oregon Statewide Payroll Services State Controller's Division Department of Administrative Services 503-373-0738 Online Resource Center: http://oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/OSPS/ Data Classification: Level 1 - Published -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: