State Employees
Current News for Employees
State Employee Compensation Commission Election Notice
Effective October 1, 2011, two classified positions on the State Employee Compensation Commission (SECC) have become vacant. Human Resource Management Services (HRMS) is seeking candidates at this time to each serve a four-year term from 10/1/11 to 9/30/15. Per N.D.C.C § 54-06-24, the SECC shall meet at least once during each year of the biennium with the primary responsibility of making recommendations to the Governor on appropriate levels of state employee compensation and fringe benefits.
Complete SECC Election Notice (rtf)
Two Changes Will Affect Your Paycheck
The Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 temporarily extends the two percentage point payroll tax cut for employees, continuing the reduction of their Social Security tax withholding rate from 6.2 percent to 4.2 percent of wages paid through Feb. 29, 2012.
Effective January 1, 2012, you will begin contributing 1 percent of your salary to your retirement fund if you are enrolled in the ND Public Employees Retirement System's main fund. You will see the reduction in take-home pay in your February 1 paycheck for January. At the same time, the employer contribution to the retirement fund will also increase by 1 percent.
The total retirement contribution will be as follows:
| Effective Dates | State Contributes | State Contributes on behalf of Employee | Total Employee Contributes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
7/1/11 - 12/31/11 |
4.12% |
4% |
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8.12% |
1/1/12 - 12/31/12 |
5.12% |
4% |
1% |
10.12% |
1/1/13 - |
6.12% |
4% |
2% |
12.12% |
* The extra 1.14% which is not reflected on this chart is paid by the State for the employee health insurance credit contribution.
The increase in retirement contributions was necessary to help stabilize the retirement fund after significant losses over the last couple years.
Spotlight on Training - Taming the Dragons
The holiday season has passed us. There’s nothing like stress this time of year; money runs short as we pay for all of those Christmas presents, winter storms loom each week, and it’s time to begin spinning up the tax returns!
In the course, “Taming the Dragons”, we explore stress and time management. We say “Dragons” because we have some internal dragons that are about to bite us. We believe that Time Management and Stress Management are very closely related – if one of those might be “out of sync”, there’s a fair chance the other one is not far behind. To keep these ‘dragons’ at bay we help participants find their dragons and ways to begin limiting their effects.
We take a look at what stress is; what its symptoms are; identify personality factors that can influence our tendencies towards stress; and help you develop a stress management plan. We then take a look at the issues of time; self-discover your time management style; learn the symptoms of ineffective time management; and learn the “Golden Rules” of time management.
We all experience stress; and perhaps this course might give you some ideas on how you can better manage your “Dragon” before too many of them catch up to you!
