Payroll: Notices
PayInfo Update
PayInfo is a web-based tool for Commonwealth employees (state benefited
and contractors) to access payroll information through the internet.
PayInfo is accessible using a PC with and internet connection.
It is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Payroll
information is available on the Thursday before the Friday payday.
PayInfo now includes 30 pay periods of data and an unofficial online
copy of the W2 form. For additional information, please see
the attached brochure PayInfo
Brochure 2006. You may connect to the PayInfo system at
the following link Fitchburg
State College - Payroll - PayInfo.
One Card
Fitchburg State College invites all part-time and temporary employees
to participate in the "One Card" system. This card
is used for library privileges, access to the Recreation Center
and other areas of interest, as well as for identification purposes.
An employee must be registered in the campus-wide Banner System
to be eligible for the "One Card". We, therefore, ask
that you complete a "Authorization for Employment" form
with the required information. Please forward this completed form
to the Payroll Office.
All new employees will be required to complete the "Authorization
for Employment Form," Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Contract, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Terms and Conditions, Health Insurance Responsibility Disclosure Form, Direct Deposit Forms, I-9 Form, State
and Federal Tax Forms and provide a copy of your Social Security Card. For your convenience, all necessary forms
can be found on our website at Download from
Form Section.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Payroll
Office at (978) 665- 3176.
State Board of Retirement Contract Service Buy Back
(M.G.L. c.32, §4(1)(s))
To purchase creditable service for service provided to the Commonwealth
as a "contract employee", a member of the State Employees' Retirement
System ("SERS") must meet the following requirements:
· Must currently be a member in service of SERS
with at least ten (10) years of state service. (This does not include
other service time with cities, towns or counties of the Commonwealth).
· The contract employee service being purchased
must have immediately preceded membership or re-entry into SERS.
· The contract service being purchased must
have been service to the Commonwealth, not service to a city, town,
county or other governmental entity.
· The job description of the contract service
position must have been substantially similar to the job description
the member held upon becoming an employee and a member of the SERS.
· The maximum amount of contract service eligible
to be purchased is four (4) years.
Eligible part-time contract service shall be
credited on a proportional basis.
· The cost to purchase contract service is the
amount equal to that which would have been withheld as regular retirement
deductions for the contract service as if the service had been rendered
as a state employee, and the individual had been a member of the
SERS, plus buyback interest of 4.125%.
Prior to purchasing any eligible contract service, a member must
have the attached form State
Retirement Contractor Buy Back Form 5 completed by the State
agency where the contract service was provided and submit the required
documentation to the State Retirement Board for review and approval.
No creditable service shall be allowed unless the member provides
documentation of the contract service satisfactory to the State
Retirement Board's requirements.
Once the member is notified by the Board that he/she is eligible
to purchase contract service, he/she must within 180 days after
the notice either: (1) purchase the service via a lump sum payment;
or, (2) enter into an installment payment agreement.
Please note, if the 180-day period expires without action by the
member, the contract service will no longer be eligible for purchase.
If you have any additional questions, please contact the Buy Back
Department of the State Retirement Board at (617) 367-7770 x6.
HIRD (Health Insurance Responsibility Disclosure Form)
Effective 7/1/2007, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts requires all adults who can afford health insurance to have coverage. All part-time, non-benefited contractors paid through the State Payroll System (HRCMS) should visit the Commonwealth Health Connector's website at www.mahealthconnector.org or call 1-877-MA-ENROLL to compare health insurance options and are eligible to purchase coverage on a pre-tax basis through a Section 125 plan. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Employer ID# is 149683. All employees that do not enroll in Connector Authority health coverage must complete the the Commonwealth of Massachusetts HIRD form.
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