February 19, 2021

Third Follow-up to December 2020 Pay Period - Employee Contributions for State Disability Insurance (SDI) Program

Action Required by Department: Share the following information with all departmental human resources (HR) employees.  Please share this Employee Bulletin with impacted employees.   

Description: On January 21, 2021, the State Controller’s Office (SCO) sent a communication to all departmental HR offices with information that the increase of 0.2% for SDI was not withheld from employees’ December 2020 pay period income, issued January 1, 2021. For those employees impacted, SCO established an Agency Collection Accounts Receivable (A/R) for the December 2020 pay period, to withhold 0.2% for SDI.  On January 27, 2021, SCO sent a communication and asked HR offices to not take any collection steps.  On February 12, 2021, SCO sent a communication and informed HR offices that Agency Collection A/Rs can be accessed via View Direct and Accounting offices will be provided with a paper copy of the A/Rs within the next several weeks 

SCO has partnered with the California Department of Human Resources to discuss options for repayment. A final Broadcast Email will be sent to all departmental HR offices once a solution is confirmed.  

Previous Communications on this Subject:

December 24, 2020 Payroll Letter #20-030 2021 State Disability Insurance (SDI) Rates

January 21, 2021 December 2020 Pay Period - Employee Contributions for State Disability Insurance (SDI) Program

January 27, 2021 Follow-up to December 2020 Pay Period - Employee Contributions for State Disability Insurance (SDI) Program

February 12, 2021 Second Follow-up to December 2020 Pay Period - Employee Contributions for State Disability Insurance (SDI) Program 

Population Affected: All Employees participating in the SDI Program.

Contacts:   

Statewide Customer Contact Center (916) 372-7200  

HR Suggestions Email (All HR Staff) PPSDHRSuggestions@sco.ca.gov 

CS Escalation Email (HR Supervisors and Managers)  PPSDOps@sco.ca.gov 

Cal Employee Connect Email connecthelp@sco.ca.gov 

Cal Employee Connect Feedback Email connectfeedback@sco.ca.gov  

SCO Key Initiatives:   

Cal Employee Connect Project  

CalATERS Replacement Project  

California State Payroll System Project