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DC-37 Prepaid Legal Fees Benefit affecting the 11/3 check

Go Paperless – New York State Payroll Online (NYSPO)

The Office of the New York State Comptroller recently implemented New York State Payroll Online (NYSPO), a service offered through NY.gov which allows employees on New York State payroll to access pay stubs, W-2s and other pay information electronically.

Beginning 9/17/21, CUNY employees on New York State payroll can request activation of their NY.gov accounts using the following path in CUNYfirst: Human Capital Management > Self Service > New York State Payroll Online

After employees formally submit requests in CUNYfirst, their NY.gov accounts are estimated to be activated within 15-20 business days. After accounts are officially activated, confirmations will be sent to employees’ primary business email addresses in CUNYfirst with additional instructions on how to verify their identities and to access NYSPO. Employees must verify their identities within NY.gov in order for NYSPO to be accessible within their NY.gov accounts.

Employees who create their NY.gov accounts outside of CUNYfirst will experience issues accessing NYSPO. Additionally, employees with existing NY.gov accounts for previous/other NYS organizations will need to request an additional NY.gov account via this process to view their CUNY-pay information.

Additional NYSPO resources and updates can be found here. Employees can follow the instructions on this webpage starting with Tab “1. Requesting NY.gov Account Activation” to begin the process.

PSC Salary Increases
CUNY is preparing for the PSC salary increases retroactive to November 15, 2020; the target pay date for these retroactive increases will be October 7, 2021 for New York State funded employees.

The retroactivity will cover the following PSC contractual increases:

November 15, 2020 – two percent (2%) across the board
January 1, 2021 – step increments will be increased to 11/15/20 rates
July 1, 2021 – step increments will be increased to 11/15/20 rates

Additionally, the target pay date for the November 15, 2021 increases will be November 18, 2021 for New York State funded employees.

Go paperless with NYS Payroll Online: psonline.osc.ny.gov?

You may have seen the message, “Go paperless with NYS Payroll Online: psonline.osc.ny.gov” on your pay stubs. Currently, Go Paperless is not available to CUNY employees.

To be eligible, employees must be active in PayServ, employed with a NYS agency participating in NYS Payroll Online, and have a government issued NY.gov account associated with their employee ID.

CUNY is working with New York State Payroll Online but are still in the pilot stage of the process.

Timekeeping Updates

Annual Leave 2021 Extension Notification

Accessing HRAssist from home now requires you to go through the College’s VPN

If you are accessing HRAssist – the College’s full time time and leave system from home – you are now required to go through the VPN (virtual private network). For set up instructions please visit VPN – Virtual Private Network and select Setup Instructions.

Note that employees accessing HRAssist from their office PC will not be required to go through the VPN.

Should you encounter any difficulties setting up your access through the VPN, please contact the BCTC Helpdesk.

New Payroll Deduction Codes – Effective 3/25/2021 Paycheck

A New York State payroll internal upgrade has changed the deduction codes, primarily for TIAA Optional Retirement Plan (ORP) members and those enrolled in a supplemental retirement plan, such as a tax-deferred annuity. The conversion will include moving the year-to-date deduction balance for the discontinued deduction to the corresponding new deduction.

Retirement Plan	Previous Description	Current Description
TIAA Optional Retirement Plan	TIAA Retirement Before Tax	CUNY ORP Before Tax
TIAA Optional Retirement Plan (not vested)	TIAA Retirement Before Tax	CUNY ORP Suspense
TIAA TDA (pretax)	Supplemental Ret Ann CUNY	CUNY 403(b)
TIAA TDA (post-tax ROTH)	CUNY 403(b) Roth	CUNY 403(b)
TRS	NYT Retirement Before Tax	NYT Retirement Before Tax
TRS TDA	NYT Tax Deferred Annuity	NYT Tax Deferred Annuity
NYCERS	NYE Retirement Before Tax	NYE Retirement Before Tax