| OEWS Reporting Instructions |
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| Which employees should I report? |
| Report employees who worked during the pay period that included November 12, 2022. |
| Report employees working at, or reporting to, the location specified after “Report for” in the mailing address in your letter or email. |
| Report employees who are on paid leave or assigned temporarily to other work locations, including employees who are working remotely or off-site. |
| Report paid owners and officers of incorporated firms. |
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| What information should I report? |
| For each of these employees, please report the following information: |
| Job title |
| Brief description of duties |
| Part-time or full-time status |
| Hourly wage rate (for part-time or full-time employees) or annual salary (for full-time employees only) |
| Weekly hours |
| Hire date |
| Gender |
| Birth year |
| Department (optional) |
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| What information should not be reported? |
| Do not report any of the following employees or information: |
| Do not report contract workers |
| Do not report owners or partners of unincorporated firms. |
| Do not report employee names or Social Security numbers |
| Do not report annual wages for part-time employees |
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| How should I report job titles? |
| Report employee job titles according to the work they are doing, not their training. |
| Example: Report an employee working as a drafter, but trained as an engineer, as a drafter. |
| Report an employee as a supervisor if they spend at least 80 percent of their time supervising other employees. |
| Example: Report a head cashier as a supervisor of cashiers if they spend more than 80 percent of their time supervising other cashiers, but |
| report them as a cashier if they spend less than 80 percent of their time supervising other cashiers. |
| Report apprentices separately from helpers. |
| Example: Report an apprentice carpenter as a carpenter but report an employee who helps them as a carpenter’s helper. |
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| How should I report wage rates? |
| Report hourly wage rates or annual salaries for full-time employees. Report hourly wage rates for part-time employees. |
| If wage rates are recorded differently, such as by the month, convert them to an hourly wage rate. |
| Report each employee’s actual wage rate, not an approximation. |
| For employees who earn tips, commissions, or piece-rate payments, calculate their hourly wage rate or annual salary including their base pay plus tips, commissions, or piece rates. |
| If you are reporting for a school, please see the additional reporting instructions at www.bls.gov/respondents/oes/MI.htm#school. |
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| What should I include when reporting wages? (Definitions of pay terms) |
| · Base rate |
| · Commissions |
| · Tips |
| · Cost-of-living allowance |
| · Deadheading pay |
| · Guaranteed pay |
| · Hazard pay |
| · Incentive pay |
| · Longevity pay |
| · Piece rate |
| · Portal-to-portal rate |
| · Production bonus |
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| What should I exclude when reporting wages? (Definitions of pay terms) |
| · Attendance bonus |
| · Back pay |
| · Draw |
| · Holiday bonus |
| · Holiday premium pay |
| · Jury duty pay |
| · Lodging payments |
| · Meal payments |
| · Merchandise discounts |
| · Nonproduction bonus |
| · On-call pay |
| · Overtime pay |
| · Perquisites |
| · Profit-sharing payment |
| · Relocation allowance |
| · Tuition repayments |
| · Severance pay |
| · Shift differential |
| · Stock bonuses |
| · Tool allowance |
| · Uniform allowance |
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| What if I need more help? |
| Email OEWSMichigan@idcfmail.bls.gov |
| or call 866-637-1920 |