OSPS E-News ~ SEIU PERS payroll questions.

[Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application]

Payroll professionals,

Now that paystubs are available there are plenty of questions coming in regarding the actual effect on an employee's take home pay related to the PERS Pickup transition.  Here are some items to remember when explaining those changes.  Remember any percentage base deduction codes are now being calculated on higher wages.


*         Deferred Comp - there are employees who have this deduction based on a percentage.

*         Long Term Disability

*         Short Term Disability

*         Social Security

*         Medicare

*         Fed & State withholding tax - while this could go up you should check the P191 screen to compare subject wages from October to November.  The PERS PU is pre-withholding tax.

*         PERS 6% PU

Please do your best to answer all pay related questions.  If the question is why this change was done or how this change came about then they should be directed to SEIU member services.  The OSPS Help Desk is ready to help with your questions regarding this change.

Also note that for their December paid January paystub there will be a 2.75% COLA which will once again increase any of the above items.

Seth Lewis
Manager
DAS/EGS/FBS/Oregon Statewide Payroll Services
503-373-0198, direct
503-378-3518, fax
503-378-6777, OSPS Help Desk
seth.lewis at oregon.gov<mailto:seth.lewis at oregon.gov>
Visit Our Online Resource Center:  State of Oregon: Oregon Statewide Payroll Services<http://www.oregon.gov/das/Financial/Payroll/Pages/Index.aspx>

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