No, they are printed by the State Controller’s Office in Sacramento and delivered to campus.
State employees are paid once a month. Paydays are listed at the following locations:
- Regular staff and faculty: SFSU Staff and Faculty Payroll Calendar
- Hourly/Intermittent, Student, Miscellaneous Payment (e.g., Special consultant, shift, stipends overtime?: SFSU Hourly Staff and Student Payroll Calendar
- Employee who receive live checks will receive an email notification from payroll@sfsu.edu with pickup details at least two days prior to payday.
Depending on your financial institution, it typically takes 30–45 days to take effect. You may view your direct deposit advice online through your Cal Employee Connect Account.
Pay warrants are valid for one year from the issue date.
- To request a replacement, email a completed STD 435 (Duplicate Controller’s Warrant / Stop Payment) form to: disbstd435@sco.ca.gov
STD 435 Form - If it has been more than 4 weeks since submission, email disbgeneral@sco.ca.gov to follow up.
- For pay warrants over one year old, contact the Payroll Administration office for assistance.
- For warrants more than three years old, submit a request to:
State Board of Control – Government Claims
PO Box 3035
Sacramento, CA 95812-3035
- Savings Plus: Visit Savingsplus or call 1-855-616-4776
- CalPERS: please visit CalPERS Refund Member Contributions or call 1888-225-7377
Visit the Parking & Transportation website for details on CSU’s Pre-Tax Parking Deduction Plan.
Vacation Credit is earned for each qualifying monthly pay period. For purposes of computing vacation credit, an employee who works eleven (11) or more days in a monthly pay period is considered to have completed a qualifying month. When an absence without pay of more than eleven (11) consecutive working days falls into two (2) consecutive qualifying monthly pay periods, one (1) of the pay periods is disqualified for leave accrual.
Vacation accrual is based on months of service and your applicable bargaining unit agreements. For more details, visit Leave Accrual and Absence Management.
You may carry over unused vacation up to the maximum allowed as of December 31. This includes vacation earned in December, which becomes available on January 1.
View maximum carryover limits here: Vacation Accruals and Maximum
Visit our W-2 Information web page.
Visit our Verifying Employment web page.
Yes. It is considered a best practice for all staff and management employees to submit an absence report every pay period—even if no leave was taken. Use the Employee Absence Management Guide to report monthly absence information in HRIS.
California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration adjusts the employer contribution retirement rates for each fiscal year. The new CSU employer contribution rates for CalPERS retirement are effective as of the July pay period. The current employer contribution rate for CSU employees can be found on the CalPERS Employer Contributions.
We encourage you to use the CSU’s Total Compensation Calculator to see the significant value of the CSU benefits package, which includes employer contributions to retirement.
If you have any questions, please contact CalPERS or view our Retirement Plans online. This information is provided by the Human Resources Benefits Unit.
The contribution rate for most CSU Employees categorized as “State Miscellaneous member – Tier 1.” All CSU employees are in this employee group except State Peace Officers and other State Safety employees.