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<p class="MsoNormal">Happy May Pay Day,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">April was a big month for Worker<span style="color:#1F497D">’</span>s Benefit Fund. You may have noticed on today’s paychecks that the WBF went up for full time employees about 32 cents above the April 1<sup>st</sup> assessment. Please
see our other E-News from April 8<sup>th</sup> for more details about that.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The other piece to the WBF change is for employees who are FLSA exempt and not eligible for overtime (or other compensation for additional hours worked). These employees are now calculated at a flat rate of 174 hours at 1.6 cents or $2.78
per month. This amount will not change unless an employee in this category has paid or unpaid leave time that drops their regular<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>(RG*) hours below 87 hours in a month. In other words if an employee takes a week’s vacation in one month their WBF assessment will still be $2.78.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This change was implemented based on the following language under ORS 656 on how the WBF is to be assessed:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">“If no tracking system is available to track all actual hours worked, use the flat-rate calculation with<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">no adjustment for overtime, leave, training, orientation, on-call or standby hours.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have any questions about this or anything else please contact our Help Desk at 503.378.6777 ‘0’ or by e-mail<span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
</span><a href="mailto:osps.help@state.or.us">osps.help@state.or.us</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Seth Lewis<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Senior System Analyst<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">DAS/EGS/FBS/Oregon Statewide Payroll Services<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">503.373.0259 - direct<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">503.378.3518 - fax<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:seth.lewis@state.or.us">seth.lewis@state.or.us</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Visit Our Online Resource Center: <a href="http://cms.oregon.egov.com/DAS/EGS/FBS/OSPS/Pages/index.aspx">
State of Oregon: Oregon Statewide Payroll Services</a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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