Purpose: 

The purpose of this bulletin is to notify agencies of new voluntary deduction codes for Sunlife Accident Insurance, Specified Disease Insurance and Hospital Indemnity Coverage.

Affected Employees:

Employees represented by PEF in Bargaining Unit 05 are affected.

Effective Dates:

Deductions will begin in paychecks dated January 3, 2024. 

OSC Actions:

OSC will automatically process deduction codes 513 Accident Insurance PEF, 514 Specified Disease Ins PEF and 515 Hospital Indemnity Cvrg PEF per input files submitted by the vendor, PEF.

PEF will submit all transactions for enrollments, cancellations, and/or changes in a bi-weekly file. Agency update access is not available for these deductions.

Agency Actions:

Notify eligible employees.

Questions:

To obtain authorization forms or eligibility information, contact PEF Membership Services at (800) 767-1840 or (518) 785-1900 ext. 243. 

Questions regarding this bulletin may be directed to the Payroll Deduction mailbox.