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Paper Billing Sample Company - Billing Specifications
 
Background: These specifications are for the voluntary insurance deductions for the employees of Sample Company. We will provide a change tape (e.g. monthly), prior to the first deduction in that billing period. Sample Company deductions are taken (e.g. weekly).
 
File Name: RELIASTAR STANDARD CHANGE FORMAT
Description: This file contains a single record type which describes the deduction amount to be made for a single employee. One record is present for each employee whose deduction amount is to change. Updates: starts, stops & changes
Media: ( ) 3480 Cartridge - 6250 BPI (format 028)
  ( ) 3 ½" Diskette, ASCII format (format 029)
  ( ) Electronic Transfer (format 029)
Labels: (x) Standard OS
File Organization: (x) Physical Seq.
Record Type: (x) Fixed
Block Size: (x) 8000
Data Organization: (x) Sequential by employee ID#
 
Standard Change (Billing) Format
 
Label Record Position Type/Class Field Description
Group 001-003 X(03) One Char; 2 Numeric fixed field
Company 004-008 X(05) One Char; 4Numeric fixed field
Employee ID 009-018 X(10) Employee ID or SS#
Dept. 019-022 X(04) Up to 4 characters
Location 023-026 X(04) Up to 4 characters
Reserved 027-029 x(03) Blank fill if not used
Model Amount 030-036 S9(5)V99 EX: 0001200 = $12.00
Deduction Mode 037-037 X(01) E.g. W = weekly
Filler 038-038 x(01) Blank fill, not used
Last, First Name 039-053 x(15) Employee name on ReliaStar records
Filler 054-080 X(27) Blank fill, not used

Changes from ING Employee Benefits include:
  1. Starts (or restarts): A new deduction for an employee that was not on the previous billing statement. A restart occurs if an employee was on leave and we are notified that they returned to work.

  2. Stops: Employees that contact us to cancel coverage OR have terminated employment. EX: 0000000 appears in the deduction amount field.

  3. Changes: Employees that increase or reduce premium amounts. EX: Employees that add spouse/dependent coverage.

Sample Company - Remittance Specifications

Background: The specifications are for the voluntary insurance deductions for the employees of Sample Company. Sample Company will send the file (e.g. Monthly) after the final deduction of the billing cycle has been taken.

File Name: RELIASTAR STANDARD COLLECTION FILE
Description: This file contains deduction amounts and other identifying information for each employee participating in the plan. One record per employee
Media: ( ) 3480 Cartridge - 6250 BPI (format 001)
  ( ) 3 ½" Diskette, ASCII format (format 001)
  ( ) Electronic Transfer (format 001)
Labels: (x) Standard OS
File Organization: (x) Physical Seq.
Record Type: (x) Fixed
Record Size: (x) 160 Bytes
Block Size: (x) 2400
Data Organization: (x) Sequential by employee ID#

Notes:
The following exception codes can be used in this format.


A.  blanks = process normally
B.  LS - leave of absence (employee out for > 1 month)
C.  CN - cancel policy (employee requests cancellation)
D.  DB - direct bill (employee terminated employment)

If your payroll system already has codes for the above exceptions, please notify us (i.e., T-Termination, L-Leave of absence, etc.)

Label Record Position Type/Class Field Description
Group 001-003 X(03) One Char; 2 Numeric
Company 004-008 X(05) One Char; 4 Numeric fixed field
Employee ID 009-018 X(10) Employee ID or SS#
Dept. 019-022 X(04) Up to 4 characters
Location 023-026 X(04) Up to 4 characters
Amount 027-033 S9(5)V99 EX: 0001200 = $12.00
Exception Code 034-038 X(05) 2 characters; see notes
SSN# 039-047 X(09) Emp's SS# (Optional)
Last Name 048-062 x(15) Emp's last name (Required)
First Name 063-072 x(10) Emp's first name (Optional)
Address 037-152 X(08) Blank fill, (Optional)
Filler 153-160 X(08) Blank fill, (Optional)

IMPORTANT - Please include employees with $0.00 amounts. If an employee is on vacation, short term leave of absence, etc., please include them with the $0.00 amount. If an employee terminates, please include the $0.00 amount 1 time and include a valid termination exception code.

Please remit electronic file without a header row.
Please contact a payroll coordinator with any questions you might have regarding electronic specifications by
contacting our customer service line at 1 800 537-5024, or by calling or emailing one of the payroll coordinators listed below.

Region Sales Contacts Payroll Coordinators
West Rob Fulton,
Kelly Patterson
Liz Buller,
612-372-1805
Southwest Chris Allen,
Terra Trogstad
Jennifer Jarvi,
612-372-1849
Midwest Dan Robson,
Lisa Nelson
Jennifer Jarvi,
612-372-1849
Upper Midwest Brent Cotton,
Nicholas Kutscheid
Jennifer Jarvi,
612-372-1849
Southeast Peter Crahan,
Tiffaney Taylor
Liz Buller,
612-372-1805
Florida
North Carolina
Billy Ward,
Lisa Nelson
Liz Buller,
612-372-1805
Northeast Joe Beasley,
Neil Pelletier
Beth Swedberg,
612-342-7756
East Will McGeehan,
Maria Awald
Beth Swedberg,
612-342-7756
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