As of September, 2011:
- 78.8% of employees electronically receive the earnings statement part of their pay check through ESS (Employee Self Service in the HRMS payroll system). The decision to do "no print" for earnings statements is made by the agency.
- 82 personnel areas do "no print" for 51,176 employees (78.8%)
- 61 personnel areas continue to print for 13,803 employees (21.2%)
- In comparison, 94% of employees have opted to receive the pay part of their pay check electronically as an Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
- 9 agencies converted to no print (1339 employees) after DOP's Director and the Governor's Chief of Staff contacted all print agencies in May, reminding them to use this service
- Over 6300 employees have been converted to electronic earnings statements in the past year
- Earnings statements cost about 4.6 cents each to print
- Electronic earnings statements currently reduce system printing by over one million pages annually
The "no print option" was implemented by the Department of Personnel in 2008 by giving employees 24/7 secure access to view their statements through the on-line Employee Self Service (ESS) portal.