Unified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-105

Subject
Prepaid Legal Service Benefit for UCS Employees
Date Issued
November 15, 2006

Purpose

To explain processing of the Prepaid Legal Service Benefit for tax purposes for the 2006 calendar year.

Affected Employees

Employees in bargaining units listed below who receive a paycheck or direct deposit advice statement dated November 29, 2006 and who did not have the benefit applied in October of 2006

Effective Date(s)

Paychecks dated December 13, 2006

OSC Actions

OSC will automatically apply the Prepaid Legal Service Benefit for the 2006 calendar year. Listed below are the union, bargaining unit, value of the Prepaid Legal Service Benefit and the Earnings Code.

Union Bargaining Units Value Earnings
Code
DC 37 SK $107.00 PL3
CWA, Local 1180 SD $ 88.00 PL5

Note: For employees represented by DC 37, this benefit will be applied to all members in the specified bargaining unit whose address type is "HOME" or the "HOME" address is blank and (State) is equal to NY.

Agency Actions

Notify affected employees.

Control-D Report

Control-D report NPAY771 (Time Entry Payment Report) will list all employees for whom the Prepaid Legal Service Benefit was processed.

Payroll Register and Employee's Paycheck/Advice

The applicable earnings code and the value will be displayed on the payroll register and the employee’s paycheck stub or direct deposit advice statement.

Questions

Questions regarding this bulletin may be directed to the Payroll Deductions mailbox.