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May 18, 2022

Departmental Universal Email

Action Required by Department:   Share the following information with all human resources (HR) office employees.

Description: Effective July 1, 2022, all HR offices must have a universal email established with the State Controller’s Office (SCO).  A universal email will ensure that all communication, requests and replies are received timely.

The naming convention should be consistent with the abbreviation of the HR office’s agency name (example: SCOPersonnelTransactions@SCO.ca.gov).  To complete this update, please work with your internal Information Technology (IT) representative and then notify SCO of the preferred universal email address by contacting cacosta@sco.ca.gov.  Lastly,  please update the California Personnel Office Directory (CPOD) with your new universal email address.

Population Affected: All HR Offices

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Telework Stipend Excel Template

Action Required by Department: Share the following information with all departmental human resources (HR).

Date Incident Identified: May 12, 2022

Description: The Personnel and Payroll Services Division (PPSD) identified an issue with the Telework Stipend Excel Template.  As a precautionary measure the Stipend feature was disabled on ConnectHR to avoid underpayments, overpayments, or redeposits workloads. 

PPSD has released updated versions of the following resources to support the processing of the Telework Stipend Pay Differential digitally using the ConnectHR platform. See below:

The updated version of the Telework Stipend Template must be used to create the batch payment file. File created using the older version of the Telework Stipend Template will not be accepted.

For assistance with these resources, please contact ConnectHRHelp@sco.ca.gov.

Status: Resolved

Date Incident Resolved: May 18, 2022

Population Affected: All Human Resources (HR) Offices

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