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NEWSLETTER
OESIGI/PROOUClllIll,
MARC
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RlISENBLUIoC
RIIO
GROUP
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364·02n
HEALTH
BENEFITS
TRANSFER
PERIOD
ActiveMembersmayswitch
their
healthinsurancecarrierfrom
October16,
2006
·November17,2006.
RetiredMembersmayswitch
the
irhealthinsurancecarrierfrom
November1,2006•November3D,2006.
Retireescanmakechangesonlyduringevennumberedyears.
Allhealthplanchangesrequestedduringthe
transfe
rperiodwilltakeeffectonSunday.January7.2007.
Duringthetransferperiod.employeesmaytransferintoanyhealthplanforwhichtheyareeligible.
addordropoptionalridercoverage.oraddordropdependentsintheirpresentplan.Todoanyofthe
above,youmustcompleteahealthbenefitsapplication(Form
ER
B2000].
Employeesmayalsoelectthebuy-outwaiverprogramorchangepremiumcontributiontaxstatus
byfillingoutbothanERB2000andamedicalspendingconversionform.Employeeswhowishto
participateinthedependentcareassistanceprogramorhealthcareflexiblespendingaccountprogramshould
completeamedicalspendingconversionform
Q.!lly
.
Forspecificquestionsoranyadditionalinformation,youcancallthehealthplandirectlyorvisit
theirwebsiteslistedonthecurrentratesheet.Anyquestions,pleasecontactthe
EmployeeBenefitsSectionat
(ziz)
487-6676or6677.
LINE
OF
DUTY
INJURY
(LODI)
FICA
REFUNDS
TheC
ty
hasreachedasettlementwiththeInternalRevenueServiceregarding
FICA
[SocialSecur
ity
andMedicare)taxrefundstoeligibleuniformedmembersoftheCorrection,Fire,Policeand
SanitationDepartments.Theyearscoveredbythissettlementare1989-2005.
EligibleuniformedmembersoftheseDepartmentswhowereonauthorizedlineofdutyinjury
(LODI)
leaveatsomepointduringtheseyearswilllikelybeeligibleforarefundoftheFICAtaxes
paidon
LOOI
paymentsreceivedforsixmonthsorless.
LOOI
paymentsreceivedforgreaterthan
sixmonthshavepreviouslybeenexemptunderaseparatestatutoryprovisionand
thusarenot
part
ofthisrefund.Inordertocollectarefundinconnectionwiththissettlement,eligibleCorrectionUniformedmembers
mustsubmitasignedconsentformtotheCityallowingtheCitytocollecttherefundonyourbehalf.
Oncethe
IRS
refundsthemoneytotheCity,theCitywillthensendittoyou.Withoutasignedconsentform,youwillnotbeabletoparticipateinthissettlement.Inaddition,youmay
beforeverbarredfromcollectingarefundoftheseamountssinceyourtimeforfilinganindividual
refundclaimwilllikelyhaveexpired.
TheOfficeofPayrollAdministrationiscurrentlypreparingletterstosend
to
anyonewhomightbeaffectedby
this
settlement.
The
letters,whichexplaintherefundprocessandtheyearsforwhichyoumightbeentitled,shouldbemailedbytheendoftheyear.Enclosedwiththisletterwillbethe
consentformyou'rerequiredtosignandreturntotheCity.
Th
isconsentformMUSTbereturned
within60daysfromthedateoftheletter.Thedeadlinewillbeindicatedintheletteritself
TheOffice
of
PayrollAdministrationhasobtainedmailingaddressesfromtheCity'sPayrollManagement
System.Ifyoubelieveyouraddressonfilemightbeincorrect,completethechangeofemployeeaddressfor
LOOI
FicaRefundClaimform.whichcanbefoundatwww.nyc.gov/html
/opa/html
/home/hame.shtmlForanyquestionsregardingthe
FICA
refund,youcancall(212)669·2333oryoucanvisitwww.nyc.gov/html/opa/html/faqs/lodiJaq.shtml
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