Payroll Announcements
This list displays the most recent Payroll Announcements.
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Aug 15
Tax Changes Implemented Pay Period (PP) 2023-17 AR, ID, UT, and Localities for PA
Please share this information with all impacted employees. The following tax changes were implemented in PP 2023-10. As a result, employees may see a change in their tax withholdings. As a reminder, tax changes are not retroactive to employees’ withholding.
FPPS UG Tax Changes
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Aug 12
2023 Fiscal Year (FY) End Processing – DOI FBMS
For the 2023 FY end processing, pay period (PP) 2023-21, the Federal Personnel and Pay System (FPPS) will not produce a split Labor Cost file. The PP 2023-21 Labor Cost file will include payroll costs for fiscal years 2023 and 2024, September 24 through October 7, 2023.
FPPS UG Fiscal Year-End Processing
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Aug 12
2023 Fiscal Year (FY) End Processing – (Excluding Social Security Administration, Casuals, DOI FBMS)
For the 2023 FY end processing, pay period (PP) 2023-21, the Federal Personnel and Pay System (FPPS) will produce a split Labor Cost file. The file for the current FY will contain payroll costs for the period of September 24-30, 2023, and will use the normal naming convention.
FPPS UG Fiscal Year-End Processing
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Aug 12
2023 Fiscal Year (FY) End Processing - SSA
For the 2023 FY end processing, pay period (PP) 2023-21, the Federal Personnel and Pay System (FPPS) will produce a split Accounting Interface file. The file for the current FY will contain payroll costs for the period of September 24-30, 2023, and will use the normal naming convention.
FPPS UG Fiscal Year-End Processing
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Aug 12
2023 Fiscal Year (FY) End Processing – Casual Hires
For the 2023 FY end processing there is no cutoff and payments will be processed through September 30, 2023. In pay period (PP) 2023-21, the Federal Personnel and Pay System (FPPS) will produce a split Labor Cost file for the current FY year.
FPPS UG Fiscal Year-End Processing
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Aug 11
Early Submission of Time and Attendance (T&A) Files for Pay Period (PP) 2023-21
Columbus Day holiday, October 9, 2023, falls at a critical time in the payroll processing cycle for PP 2023-21. To ensure T&A files are included and processed for PP 2023-21 as a result of the holiday, all pay groups are required to submit amendment T&A files to the Interior Business Center (IBC) early.
FPPS UG T&A Submissions
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Jul 31
Applying Restored Annual Leave in Connection with the Termination of the COVID-19 National Emergency and Instructions
Per guidance issued by OPM on May 11, 2023, the COVID-19 national emergency exigency ended on April 10, 2023. The guidance advises that an agency may need to take additional action in connection with the termination of the COVID-19 national emergency on April 10, 2023.
FPPS UG Miscellaneous
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Jul 18
Upcoming Webinar: Federal Personnel and Payroll System (FPPS) Processing: Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Federal Employee Paid Leave Act (FEPLA)
This webinar provides information on the FMLA and FEPLA. Topics covered in the webinar include the purpose of FMLA and FEPLA, eligibility, restrictions, and substitution of paid leave for FMLA. This webinar also explains the differences between FMLA and FEPLA, Voluntary Leave Transfer Program and sick leave provisions, pertinent pay codes, time and attendance input, leave screens in FPPS, and applicable references.
FPPS UG Training
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Jul 7
Parental Bereavement Leave (PBL) Implementation
As of April 14, 2023, the new PBL pay codes became available for use with the 23.01 FPPS and Quicktime releases. For those agencies that utilized the interim solution, we are requesting that agencies submit amended T&As changing the pay code 060 to the applicable PBL pay code(s).
FPPS UG Miscellaneous
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Jun 1
Upcoming Webinar: Federal Personnel and Payroll System (FPPS) Processing: Alternate Work Schedules (AWS) and Fair Labor and Standards Act (FLSA) Exempt and Non-Exempt
This webinar provides a non-agency specific overview of the AWS codes used in FPPS. This webinar also explains how overtime and premium pay affect FLSA Exempt vs FLSA Non-Exempt employees in FPPS as they pertain to time and attendance.
FPPS UG Training