Prioritization Items to Discuss

1. Missed deduction handling in USPS-R

   1. Classic had an all or nothing approach to deduction withholding
      
      

      1. If it could not withhold the full amount it would not withhold anything.

      2. This sometimes resulted in a cascading affect where the deduction was differed indefinitely.

   2. USPS-R will withhold what it can and only defer the remaining amount.

      1. USPS-R also allows the net to go to zero; something classic could not do.

      2. 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.

   3. There has been some feedback that suggest maybe this complicates matters when paying the deduction companies etc.

   4. What is the preferred method of handing this?

2. Changes in payroll item calculation ordering

   1. This issue was revealed because of the changes in missed deduction handling between classic and USPS-R.

   2. 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.

   3. 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.

   4. We are proposing updating the payroll items be calculated in the following order.

      1. Child support / garnishments

      2. section 125 annuities

      3. medicare / social security

      4. cities that honor only section 125 annuities

      5. cities + any other annuities they honor (this gets complicated)

      6. Retirement annuities (not sure that these really need to be prioritized before other annuities??)

      7. other annuities not yet applied

      8. Federal tax

      9. State tax

      10. OSDI tax

      11. Everything else reverting back to the classic ordering (see classic documentation)

   5. USPSR-4109 is the issue the work for this is being done under.

3. Pay slip changes

   1. 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.

   2. 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. 

   3. Unfortunately, we do not believe either of these options can be handled currently through the customization options available.

      1. Do one or both of these issues warrant dedicating development time?

      2. What is the priority of this update?

      3. 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. 

All Issues Created Since 01/16/2019