Paycheck Change Coming in July

If you are enrolled in one of UC’s medical plans or pay the spousal surcharge, you will notice a change in the way your paystub looks beginning in July 2011.  The changes will be reflected on the July 31, 2011 payroll for monthly paid employees and on the July 19 and August 2, 2011 payrolls for bi-weekly paid employees. 

Beginning with the applicable pay period, changes to the description "Medical Contr ER" will be changed to reflect medical plan enrollment. For example, if you are enrolled in the HMO, this entry will read "Med HMO ER".  A corresponding change will be made to the Benefits (pre-tax) section medical coverage entry. Today this entry reads "Medical EE Pre-tax". If you are enrolled in the HMO this section will read "MED HMO EE PRE-TAX" beginning in July.  Similar changes will be made to the Spousal and Adult Child Surcharge deductions.  The wording on the paystub will be changed to correspond with plan enrollment (for example, "Spsl Surcharge HMO"). 

The changes are being made to allow more accurate tracking of employer and employee contributions by medical plan, said Elizabeth Aumann, director of benefits.

For bi-weekly paid employees, this change will occur over two pay periods.  On the July 19 paycheck, both the old and new descriptions will include credits or deductions; part of the normal amount will be in each description.  Beginning with the August 2 pay, only the new descriptions will include credits or deductions. 

The Spousal Surcharge for biweekly paid employees will also be changed from being deducted on the last payroll of the month to being deducted on the 2nd payroll of the month.  This change will only effect months with 3 biweekly pay dates.

Please direct your questions about these changes to the Benefits office at (513) 556-1381.