CUNY Bulletin No. CU-194

Subject
Prepaid Legal Service Benefit
Date Issued
December 19, 2003

Purpose

To explain processing of Prepaid Legal Service Benefit for tax purposes.

Affected Employees

Employees in the bargaining units listed below who will receive a paycheck or direct deposit advice dated December 11, 2003

Effective Date

Checks dated December 24, 2003

Specifics

Listed are the bargaining units, value of prepaid legal benefit and the earnings codes being applied for benefit year 2003:

Union Value Earn Code
Teamsters Local 237
(Bargaining units SB, SE, SL, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SW, SX, SZ, TS, TT)
$62.49 PL1
SEIU Local 300
(Bargaining Unit S6)
$78.00 PL2
District Council 37 
(Bargaining Units SF,  SJ, T9, TG, TH, TJ, TK, TL, TM, TO, TP, TR, TU, TX, U3, U6)
$70.00 PL3
SEIU Local 246 
(Bargaining Unit T1)
$53.49 PL4

This is a taxable benefit that will be automatically applied for tax purposes only in the last paycheck of the 2003 calendar year. The benefit will be based on the employee's bargaining unit on December 11, 2003.

Agency Action

Notify affected employees.

Payroll Register and Employee Paycheck/Advice

The applicable earn code and the amount will be displayed on the payroll register and the employee's check or direct deposit advice.

Questions

Questions regarding this bulletin may be directed to the University Manager of Payroll Systems and Operations at CUNY Central Office.