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Date: March 30, 2001 |
Bulletin No. 245 |
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Subject | April 1, 2001 General Salary Increase, Performance Advances, Longevity Payments and Other Increases for Employees represented by NYSCOPBA (BU01) and Council 82 (BU61) |
Purpose | To explain OSC’s automatic processing and provide agencies with instructions for payments not processed automatically |
Affected Employees | Employees in the Security Services Unit (BU01) and Security Supervisors Unit (BU61) who meet the eligibility criteria |
Effective Dates |
Administration
cycle paychecks dated 04/25/01 |
Background |
Chapters
72 and 73 of the Laws of 2000, which implement
agreements between the State and NYSCOPBA and the State Council 82,
respectively, provide for the general salary increases and other payments
described below. |
Contract Provisions and Eligibility Criteria |
April 1, 2001
General Salary Increase![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() April 1, 2001 Performance Advances A NYSCOPBA or Council 82 represented employee in a graded position, whose base annual salary is below the job rate of his/her grade and who has 100 days of service in fiscal year 2000-2001, is eligible for April 1, 2001 performance advance, Longevity
Payments |
OSC
Actions: |
After
the audit for pay period 1L/2C is completed, OSC will process automatic
Performance Advances and Salary Increases for eligible salaried and hourly
employees who are Active or on a Paid Leave of Absence on 03/29/01
(Administration) and 04/05/01 (Institution). Rows
entered by an agency directly on Job Data (e.g.: PLA, DTA, TER, etc) with an
effective date after 3/29/01 (Administration) and 4/5/01 (Institution) will be
manually updated by OSC to reflect the increased salary. Exception: If the employee was on a leave without pay on the
effective date of the increase and is returned from leave after 3/29/01
(Administration) and 4/5/01 (Institution), the Return from Leave or the Return
from Disability row will not be updated by OSC. The agency must submit the appropriate Pay Change on the Job
Action Request panel to reflect the increased salary. Performance
Advance (Increment code 0010-0019) Effective
3/29/01 (Administration) and 4/5/01 (Institution), for employees who are
entitled to an increment based on the 4/1/00 Salary Schedule: Effective
3/29/01 (Administration) and 4/5/01 (Institution), for employees who are
entitled to a performance advance based on their FIS salary: |
Automatic Additional Pay Increases |
All
automatic Additional Pay increases will be made for eligible employees who are
Active or on a Paid Leave of Absence: Location Pay ![]() Security Enforcement Differential ![]() Pre-Shift Briefing ![]() ![]() |
Reveal Reports |
The
following Reveal Reports will be available for agency review after the automatic
payments have been made. All reports will be sorted by agency code, then by
employee name in alphabetical order. |
Agency Actions: Reporting in Period 1 |
The
following procedures must be used by the agency when reporting transactions in
pay period 1:
2.
For Pay Changes, Position Changes, and Transfers requested on the Job
Action Request or Transfer Request panel, and the
effective date of the Action is after 3/29/01
(Administration) or 4/5/01 (Institution):
3.
For employees rated Unsatisfactory
who are NOT due an automatic performance
advance in pay period 1, the agency must request the Action of Data Chg on the
Job Action Request panel, using the Reason of USP (Unsat Perf) and the increment
code 003X. If
the agency adds the earn code LOC to the Additional Pay panel, and the effective
date is prior to 3/29/01
(Administration) and 4/5/01 (Institution),
the location amount must be entered as $1000.00. If
the agency adds the earn code PS1 and SED to the Additional Pay panel and the
effective date is prior to 3/29/01 (Administration) and 4/5/01
(Institution), the system will automatically insert a new row, effective 3/29/01
(Administration) and 4/5/01 (Institution), to reflect the increased earnings for
pre-shift briefing, provided the employee’s current earnings for PS1 is not
receiving $48.00 and the $550.00 security enforcement differential. If
the agency adds the earn code PS1 to the Additional Pay panel and the effective
date of the earnings is on or after 3/29/01 (Administration) and 4/5/01
(Institution), the agency may enter the increased rates, however, the rates will
be recalculated by the system after raise processing is completed.
If the system calculated rate is other than the rate entered by the
agency, the system will update the existing row with the recalculated rate. If
the agency adds the earn code SED to the Additional Pay panel and the effective
date of the earnings is on or after 3/29/01 (Administration) and 4/5/01
(Institution), the agency must enter $550.00 in the Earnings field. |
Agency Procedures: Reporting Earnings in Time Entry |
To
report miscellaneous earnings (e.g.: overtime), it is necessary to enter
multiple rows in the Time Entry panel if the earnings dates being reported
overlap the effective date of the salary increase.
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Agency
Responsibility: |
For
employees identified on the Mass Salary Increase Exception Report (NHRP709): Salary
Below Minimum -
Agencies must review the Job Data records of these employees to determine the
appropriate action. The employees may be in incorrect
positions and a position change may also be required, in addition to a Pay
Change. For
Pay Changes effective 3/29/01 (Administration) and 4/5/01 (Institution), the
Reason of CFS (Cor Fy Sal) must be used, since the employee did not receive an
automatic performance advance or salary increase. |
Listing |
A listing will be sent to agencies in pay period 2 to identify employees who will reach the 10, 15, or 20 year longevity level during the year 2001-2002. These employees will be identified by having an increment code of 00X1 (X being any number and 1 being the year in which the longevity is due). |
Questions |
Questions regarding this bulletin may be directed to the Salary Determination mailbox. |