Just a snippet from UC-Davis
While Congress continues to debate an extension of the 2011 payroll tax cut, the UC Office of the President announced that the UC system has already processed its Jan. 1 payroll — and reverted back to a Social Security deduction of 6.2 percent.
That is 2 percentage points higher than what the government has been collecting in 2011. Thus, employees will see a corresponding reduction in take-home pay.
Congress is debating an extension of the 4.2 percent deduction for either a portion of or all of 2012. If Congress and the president approve an extension, UC will implement it as soon as possible, according to a Dec. 20 statement from the UC Office of the President.
“Thus, any change in rate will be reflected on the employee’s paycheck after implementation of the rate change in our payroll system, along with any needed correction to retroactively withhold at the lower rate,” the statement reads.
Now it will be made up if the Repubs in the House do the right thing, but likely not the only case and likely to cause some discomfort for some getting paid less than the pepper spraying kampus kops.