Subject

New Deduction Code 539 (Allstate Life of New York)

Purpose

To notify agencies of the new voluntary insurance Deduction Code 539, Allstate Life of New York.

Background

At the request of the Unified Court System, OSC has established a new deduction code to be used for voluntary participation in a life insurance program administered by Allstate Life of New York.

Affected Employees

• Employees in Bargaining Unit SA, represented by the Citywide Association of Law Assistants of the Civil, Criminal and Family Courts.
  
  
• Employees in Bargaining Unit SK, represented by District Council 37, Local 1070, Court, County and Department of Probation Employees.
  

Effective Date(s)

Administrative paychecks dated 1/23/08.

OSC Actions

OSC will automatically process deduction transactions using the new Deduction Code 539. The vendor will submit all transactions for enrollments, cancellations and/or changes on a biweekly basis. Agency update is not available for this deduction.

Questions

To obtain authorization forms or information regarding eligibility, employees may contact the Empire State Planning Group by telephone, toll free, at (877) 377­4420 or by fax to (631) 236-9073.