Department of Personnel Administration
Memorandum

TO: Personnel Management Liaisons (PML)

SUBJECT: State Disability Insurance (SDI)
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2005-015
DATE ISSUED: 5/3/05
SUPERSEDES:

This memorandum should be forwarded to:

Personnel Officers
Labor Relations Officers

FROM: Department of Personnel Administration
Labor Relations Division

CONTACT: Sydney Perry
(916) 324-2763
Fax: (916) 322-0765
Email: Sydperry@dpa.ca.gov
The Department of Personnel Administration is sending you the attached fact sheet to respond to questions you may have about the implementation of the State Disability Insurance program (SDI) benefits for employees in SEIU-represented bargaining units (1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21). We anticipate SDI withholding for these employees will begin October 1, 2005.

This benefit was established through a side letter dated March 3, 2004, between the State of California and SEIU, Local 1000.

We’re also working with the State Controller’s Office (SCO) and the Employment Development Department (EDD) to offer SDI training for departmental personnel offices in mid-July.  We’ll send you information about that training in the near future.

For additional information about SDI, visit EDD’s Web site at www.edd.ca.gov/direp/diind.htm.

If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Sydney Perry at the number or e-mail address listed above. 

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