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SCE may identify paid sick time for employees with exempt wage-and-hour status. Recording sick time does not necessarily create an extra payment above salary.
Employer-specific label: this is a possible interpretation. Confirm the full meaning in the codebook for the employer that issued your statement.
How to read this entry
Use the possible interpretation Sick leave for exempt employees alongside the column heading. An earnings amount, an employee deduction and an employer-cost memo can have different effects even when their labels look similar.
Example on a pay statement
A statement can show normal salary with eight SCE hours recorded against a sick bank.
Examples illustrate the checking method. They are not a personal tax calculation or a promise of a particular benefit.
What to check with payroll
Check whether sick time reduces a balance, changes salary or simply records the absence.
Compare related entries
Read the leave, vacation, sick pay and severance codes guide to compare the entries in this part of your statement. Use the full pay stub code directory when a second abbreviation is unfamiliar.
Reference and scope
Official guidance on leave, vacation, sick pay and severance codes provides background on the underlying rules. It does not validate an individual employer’s internal abbreviation.