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Bureau of State Payroll Services

Date:  April 9, 2002

Bulletin No. 311

Subject Withholding of April 1, 2002 Increases for Certain Employees Designated Management Confidential (M/C)
Purpose To explain OSC's automatic processing
Bargaining Units Affected  Certain employees in the following bargaining units:
BU06 Management Confidential
BU46 M/C Military and Naval Affairs
BU66 M/C PERB
BU52 M/C Commission on Investigation
BU18 M/C State Police
BU96 M/C SUNY Construction Fund
Effective
Date(s) 		Administrative Cycle: 3/28/02
Institution Cycle: 4/04/02
Background Budget Bulletin D-1107 provides for maximum salary limitations and withholding policies for certain M/C employees.
Affected Employees General Salary increases and performance advances will not be given to certain MC employees earning $75,000 or more as follows:
Non-statutory (not graded) positions, regardless of jurisdictional class
Other statutory (not graded) correctional superintendents 
Statutory (graded) non-competitive positions which the Civil Service Commission has designated as policy influencing or confidential (PHI designation)

Employees who are in grade 600, with a bargaining unit of 06,18,46,52,66 or 96 and who received a 3.5% salary increase (SAC row) effective 3/28/02 for Administration or 4/4/02 for Institution will have an additional row inserted automatically to decrease their FTA salary when the following occurs:

The employee's FTA salary prior to insertion of the 3.5% raise row (SAC) is equal to, or greater than, $75,000. OSC will insert a row effective 3/28/02 for Administration or 4/4/02 for Institution with an Action of Pay Rt Chg and a Reason of RWH (raise withheld) to decrease the FTA salary to the FTA salary immediately prior to the 3.5% raise.

The employee's FTA salary prior to the insertion of the 3.5% raise row (SAC) is less than $75,000 and the 3.5% raise brings the FTA salary above $75,000. OSC will insert a row effective dated 3/28/02 for Administration or 4/4/02 for Institution with the Action of Pay Rt Chg and a Reason of RWH (raise withheld) to lower the FTA salary to the cap amount of $75,000.

For graded employees whose general salary increase and/or performance advance will be withheld pursuant to Budget Bulletin D-1107, OSC will manually change the raise row (SAC) effective 3/28/02 for Administration and 4/4/02 for Institution to:

$75,000, or
the previous FTA salary, or
the hiring rate of the grade on the 4/1/02 salary schedule

which ever is greater.

All rows automatically or manually inserted will have an Increment code of 0402 to reflect the capping.
Agency Reporting Refer to Payroll Bulletin 310 for additional agency information concerning reporting transactions in Period 1.
Questions Questions regarding this bulletin may be directed to the Payroll Audit mailbox.