128 Severance Pay

Severance pay applies to employees who are involuntarily separated from service rather than removal for cause on charges of misconduct, delinquency, or inefficiency. IRIS Program IR135, Severance Pay Computation, displays a computation of severance pay based on the salary data in the database.

Entering 128 Severance Pay Actions

1. To enter a 128 Severance Pay action, select EPIC from the EPIC Web menu bar. The Document List page is displayed. If documents have been processed, the Document List page is displayed with a list of documents to choose from. If no documents have been processed, the Document List page is blank.
2. Select New. The New Document Selection menu is displayed. Payroll documents are listed alphabetically.
3. Select 128 Severance Pay. The Key Data tab is displayed.

4. Complete the fields on the Key Data tab.

Note: Required fields are marked with an asterisk. All other fields are optional.

SSN Field Instruction

Last Name Field Instruction

First Name Field Instruction

Middle Name Field Instruction

Dept Field Instruction

Agency Field Instruction

POI Field Instruction

Eff Pay Period Field Instruction

Pay Period Year Field Instruction

Effective Date Field Instruction

5. Select the Pay tab. The Pay tab is displayed.

6. Complete the fields on the Pay tab.

Transaction Field Instruction

Total Amount Field Instruction

Amount Per Pay Period Field Instruction

Beginning Date Field Instruction

First Payment Amount Field Instruction

Accounting Distribution Field Instruction

7. Select the applicable Status Input Code from the drop-down list on the top of the page. At this point the following status input codes are available:

Code	Description
H (Hold until Release)	To place a transaction on hold. If the status is not changed, the system will automatically delete the action after 60 days.
I (Save as Incomplete)	To save the transaction that is partially completed and help in EPIC Web without being edited. If the status is not changed, the system will automatically delete the action after 60 days.
R (Release for Processing)	To release the transaction from EPIC Web to be edited in PINE.

8. Select the Update button to save the entries.

Note: To add or delete/change another transaction without returning to the menu, select the Multiple Adds link. The page is refreshed for the next transaction.