Purpose:
As we approach the beginning of the new State fiscal year on April 1st, OSC would like to provide notice of the possible impact to paycheck distribution and release of direct deposit funds and advices should the budget be late and not passed by 4pm on Monday, April 4, 2022.
Affected Employees:
Executive Branch* employees paid on the Institution pay cycle may be affected.
*This does not apply to employees of the State University of New York (28***, excluding SUNY Construction Fund [28990], City University of New York [70***] or State Insurance Fund [00640, 00650]) since their fiscal year does not expire until the end of June. However, although funds will be released for these agencies, direct deposit advices will not be mailed until all other advices can be released.
Background:
When a passed budget is in place, OSC transmits the electronic direct deposit file on Monday evening for the paycheck dated the same week. This allows the funds to be received by employee banks to deposit them timely into employee bank accounts.
Although paychecks dated April 7, 2022 will be confirmed on March 30, 2022, OSC is not permitted to distribute funds dated in the new fiscal year until the Legislature passes and the Governor signs the 2022-23 State budget or a budget extender bill to provide for the continuing operation of State government.
Therefore, it is possible that there will be a delay in OSC’s ability to transmit the electronic file on Monday evening, April 4, 2022. As a result, employee banks may delay posting direct deposit funds into employee bank accounts for the Thursday, April 7, 2022 check date. Distribution of paychecks may also be delayed as paychecks will not be released by the Division of the Treasury until the Legislature passes and the Governor signs the 2022-23 State budget or a budget extender bill to provide for the continuing operation of State government. Direct Deposit advices will be released at the same time.
Effective Dates:
Effective paychecks dated April 7, 2022
OSC Actions:
OSC will transmit the electronic direct deposit file to the bank as soon as the Legislature passes and the Governor signs the 2022-23 State budget or a budget extender bill to provide for the continuing operation of State government.
OSC will continue to provide updated information on the availability of funds for the paycheck dated April 7, 2022 via the PayServ Bulletin Board and New York State Payroll Online (NYSPO).
Agency Actions:
Agencies should notify employees of the possible impact and consult the PayServ and NYSPO bulletin boards for additional information and updates.
Agencies should notify the Division of the Treasury if special handling of paychecks is needed upon release of the April 7, 2022 paychecks.
Questions:
Questions regarding this bulletin may be directed to the Payroll Services mailbox. Please reference Bulletin No. 2017 in the subject of your email.