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- Missed deduction handling in USPS-R
- Classic had an all or nothing approach to deduction withholding
- If it could not withhold the full amount it would not withhold anything.
- This sometimes resulted in a cascading affect where the deduction was differed indefinitely.
- USPS-R will withhold what it can and only defer the remaining amount.
- USPS-R also allows the net to go to zero; something classic could not do.
- You can also schedule error adjustments in classic, which might reduce the changes of a missed deduction if you know a large sum must be applied.
- There has been some feedback that suggest maybe this complicates matters when paying the deduction companies etc.
- What is the preferred method of handing this?
- Classic had an all or nothing approach to deduction withholding
- Changes in payroll item calculation ordering
- This issue was revealed because of the changes in missed deduction handling between classic and USPS-R.
- The item payroll items are calculated currently is the same in classic and USPS-R, however feedback suggest it is not the best way to apply them since some voluntary deductions could be withheld prior to mandatory ones.
- In order for this to ever materialize as an issue the employee would have to not have enough gross to cover all of their deductions.
- We are proposing updating the payroll items be calculated in the following order.
- Child support / garnishments
- section 125 annuities
- medicare / social security
- cities that honor only section 125 annuities
- cities + any other annuities they honor (this gets complicated)
- Retirement annuities (not sure that these really need to be prioritized before other annuities??)
- other annuities not yet applied
- Federal tax
- State tax
- OSDI tax
- Everything else reverting back to the classic ordering (/wiki/spaces/usps/pages/2922285)
- USPSR-4109 is the issue the work for this is being done under.
- Pay slip changes
- Docks by definition take money away from the employee, so in USPS a normal dock (taking money away) is positive. At least two users have requested that these dock pay types show with a negative sign on the payslip. Mainly I believe as this is what the user is used to seeing.
- Employer paid payroll items were flagged with an asterisk on the pay slip in classic. It has been requested that similar functionality be added into USPS-R.
- Unfortunately, we do not believe either of these options can be handled currently through the customization options available.
- Do one or both of these issues warrant dedicating development time?
- What is the priority of this update?
- Is this an all or nothing scenario or do we need to make this configurable assuming we decide to change it? Making it configurable will add time to the solution.