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Cost-Saving Ideas: Overtime Planning and Management
… may allow employees to work other than traditional eight-hour workdays. AWS can potentially increase productivity and … until the end of their normal work day. Five-day, eight-hour schedule with alternate shifts: Provides additional … Reduces overtime by having employees work an extra hour Monday through Thursday and a half-day on Friday. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-overtime-planning-and-managementOverview – Special 20- and 25-Year Plans
… The New York State Budget enacted in April 2025 resulted in two new sections of the Retirement and … 5 members and Tier 6 members who joined before July 1, 2025.* Section 383-f of the RSSL provides a new 25-year plan, … beneficial to all eligible members . Before submitting an election form, we strongly recommend you speak with a NYSLRS …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/383-e-383-f-plans/overviewState Agencies Bulletin No. 274
… Purpose To notify agencies of Report of Check Returned for Refund or Exchange AC-230 procedures and deadlines. Reminder … Do not return any payroll check to OSC for a partial refund if either of the following situations exist: The … To notify agencies of Report of Check Returned for Refund or Exchange AC230 procedures and deadlines …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/274-year-end-processing-and-deadlines-returned-paychecks-ac-230sEDSS - Release Notes
… (December 19, 2017) New Features EDSS now accepts Contract Reporter Exemption Requests (CRERs) for review and approval …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/contracts/edss-release-notesService Retirement Benefits – Special 20- and 25-Year Plans
… What is the pension benefit calculation for Section 383-e? Members … 20, up to a maximum of 62% of their FAE. Section 383-e is a 20-year plan, for Tier 5 and 6 members only . What is … Do members in the Section 383-e or 383-f retirement plan have a backup plan? Yes, members within Section 383-e and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/383-e-383-f-plans/service-retirement-benefitsMandatory Contributions – Enhanced Reporting
… Contributions are mandatory for: Tier 1 and 2 members participating in a … the member retires. Note: There are some exceptions to mandatory contributions. ERS members in Tiers 3 and 4 have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/enhanced-reporting/mandatory-contributionsAcceptable Time and Attendance Systems – Legacy Reporting
… by the employee that full hours were worked, except for time charged to accruals for vacation and other leave time. For good internal controls, the system should also … not have supervisors.) Examples include: Hard copy (paper) time sheets, signed by the official; Electronic time sheets …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/legacy-reporting/acceptable-time-and-attendance-systemsNew York State Payroll
… pay statement, opt out of receiving a paper pay statement and change your tax withholdings. Payroll History Requests For payroll requests and prior service history requests, contact your current or … All State Agencies City University of New York Housing and Community Renewal Other Bulletins Payroll Improvement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payrollOpinion 90-9
Whether a village board of trustees which has established the office of auditor may grant the auditor authority to audit and order paid some but not all claims against the village
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-9Opinion 90-48
… entitled to notice of the reasons for the municipality's concern over his responsibility and an opportunity to rebut … the bus company has an office and outdoor parking facility near the homes of certain residents of the school district. … entitled to notice of the reasons for the municipality's concern over his responsibility and an opportunity to rebut …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-48Opinion 89-47
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Extension (when adjoining fire protection district is dissolved) -- (assessment of capital costs in district as extended) FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS -- Dissolution (when added to … Whether the dissolution of the fire protection districts and the addition of their territory …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-47Opinion 92-32
… Thus, as a general rule, unless otherwise authorized by statute, a town may not purchase real property for the … Pursuant to Article 5-K, a town is authorized, after due notice and public hearing, to purchase historical or cultural … quality of the buildings and structures , after public notice is given at least thirty days prior to the anticipated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-32Opinion 91-49
… highway property) COUNTY LAW, §215; HIGHWAY LAW, §§118-a, 131-b: A county may convey an abandoned county highway by … advised us that the county owns fee simple title to the road bed. Highway Law, §131-b(1) provides that a county legislative body "may, when …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-49Opinion 95-6
… imposed by town justice with respect to violations of traffic control signals and speed limits in suburban town) -- … in suburban town); (fines and penalties for violations of traffic control signals) -- Remission to State Comptroller … to violations of a suburban town's speed limits and traffic control signals) -- Vehicle and Traffic Violations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-6Opinion 93-33
… -- Powers and Duties (publication of notice of annual meeting) EDUCATION LAW, §2004(1); PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, §70-a; … may publish notice of the school district's annual meeting in the newspaper. A school district, however, may not … may publish notice of the school district's annual meeting in a publication which is entered as second-class …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-33Comptroller DiNapoli & A.G Schneiderman Announce Sentencing of Former Met Council Director
… Poverty (Met Council), has been sentenced to one year in jail. Cohen has also paid $650,000 in restitution to Met Council. The joint investigation … "I hope these six prosecutions, and nearly $9 million in restitution, will serve as a warning to those who might …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-former-met-council-directorState Agencies Bulletin No. 1800.1
… of this bulletin is to inform agencies of the new Federal Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Certificate, and the update … tax withholding Background The IRS has released the new Form W-4, Employee's Withholding Certificate , and … modified to reflect the changes associated with the new Form W-4. The new 2020 Form W-4 eliminates the use of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/18001-2020-form-w-4-employees-withholding-certificate-and-payserv-federalOpinion 89-64
… fide purchase upon the most beneficial terms, including price, in the public interest. This is in reply to your … the board and the owner have arrived at a purchase price which the board believes is fair, but which exceeds the … what a municipality may pay to purchase real property, the price is a matter of negotiation between the seller and the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-64Opinion 99-8
… minutes of the town board meetings and provides for the mailing of the copies of the minutes to those who have paid … must be reasonably related to the town's reproduction and mailing costs. The provision of the subscription service does … Tax Law precluded a local law that would pass the cost of mailing tax receipts on to the taxpayers). Similarly, we find …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-8Opinion 88-11
… This is in reply to your inquiry regarding a proposed sale of real property which was conveyed to a village by a … determined to be "unneeded". You ask whether the proposed sale of this property to a local incorporated volunteer fire … no statutory mandate that such property be sold at public sale or that such a sale be subject to referendum. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-11