State Police Bulletin No. SP-16

Subject
Training Stipend and Holiday Bonus Pay
Date Issued
December 7, 1998

The Training Stipend and Holiday Bonus for employees in NU 07, 17 and 62 will be paid in separate checks in Period 18 Lag, 19 Current, checks dated December 23, 1998. There will be no direct deposit transactions for the separate check payment dated December 23, 1998.

Training Stipend

To process these payments, the Payroll Office should use the earnings code TSS to pay eligible employees in NU 17 and the Senior Investigators Grade 707 in NU 62. This should be processed through the Time Entry Panels as follows:

Earnings Begin Date enter: 112698
Earnings End Date enter: 112698
Earn Code enter: TSS
Amount enter: payment amount

To pay eligible employees in NU 07 and the Investigators Grade 704 in NU 62, use the earnings code TST. These entries must be processed through the Additional Pay Panel.

Earnings Code enter: TST
Effective Date enter: 112698
OT Effective Date enter: 122498
Annual Additional Earnings enter: payment amount
Earn End Date enter: 122299
Check Box OK to Pay

Holiday Bonus

To pay eligible employees in NU 07,17 and 62, use the earnings code HBO. This should be processed through the Time Entry Panels as follows:

Earnings Begin Date enter: 112698
Earnings End Date enter: 120998
Earn Code enter: HBO
Days enter: 4

After processing this payment, any employees not paid who are due the payments, can be paid using the appropriate earnings code. This will be a separate payment. It will be issued along with the employee’s regular pay for that pay period. If the employee’s regular check is direct deposit, the separate payment will be issued as a direct deposit. For any separate check payment, if an employee has an additional tax amount in their record, the additional tax will be included in the tax calculation as done in a regular check. This additional tax will also be included in the tax calculations for checks dated December 23, 1998.

Payroll Register/Check Stubs

The appropriate earn code and the amount will be displayed on the Payroll Register and the check stub.

Questions on this Bulletin?

Please call your payroll auditor.