In
addition to removing your Social Security number to protect
your privacy, your new pay stub is easier to understand. Here
are some of the main improvements:
1.
For weekly-paid employees, the stub shows remaining paid time
off. Mr. Name N. Name, the owner of this stub, has 11 days
of paid time off left.
All
deductions information is now in one section:
4.
Mr. N. has Keystone and MetLife. So far this year, $152.70
has gone to those plans.
2.
Mr. N. has just over four days of sick leave remaining.
3.
Your federal tax statusmarried or singleand the
number of exemptions go here.
5.
The tax total includes Social Security, federal withholding
tax, state tax and Medicare.
“Even though they themselves were wealthy and privileged men, they would be appalled by the impact and effect of money, not only on elections but on governance.”
Richard Beeman, the John Welsh Centennial Professor of History Emeritus, on what the founding fathers would think about today’s political atmosphere. (Philadelphia Inquirer, May 8, 2013).