Unified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-202

Subject
April 2014 Salary Increase for Judges and Justices of the Unified Court System (UCS)
Date Issued
March 12, 2014

Purpose

To inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing.

Affected Employees

Eligible Judges and Justices in Bargaining Unit 86

Background

Chapter 567 of the Laws of 2010 created the Special Commission on Judicial Compensation to examine, evaluate and make recommendations with respect to adequate levels of compensation and non-salary benefits for Judges and Justices of the state paid courts of the Unified Court System. The Commission has recommended that all NYS Judges receive phased-in salary increases over three fiscal years. This year’s recommended increase will become law unless modified or abrogated by statute prior to 04/01/14.

Effective Date(s)

03/27/14 for Administration Pay Period 1C, paychecks dated 04/09/14

Eligibility Criteria

Judges and Justices of the UCS in BU86 whose Pay Basis Code is LEG with a Payroll Status of Active or Leave With Pay on or after 03/27/14 are eligible for this salary increase.

OSC Actions

OSC will process the April 2014 salary increase for Judges and Justices who meet the eligibility criteria as follows:

  • If the Payroll Status is Active or Leave With Pay on 03/27/14, OSC will insert a row in the Job Data record with an Effective Date of 03/27/14 and the Action/Reason code of Pay Rate Change/SAC (Mass Salary Increase).
  • If the employee does not meet the eligibility criteria on 03/27/14 but becomes eligible after 03/27/14, OSC will insert a row in the Job Data record with an Effective Date equal to the date of Hire, Rehire, Position Change, Transfer or Return from Leave action and the Action/Reason code Pay Rate Change/CSL (Correct Salary).
  • If the employee has subsequent rows in an eligible position, OSC will insert a row in the Job Data record using the Action/Reason code Pay Rate Change/CSL (Correct Salary).

The compensation rate on each inserted row will be updated as follows:

Current Salary New Salary Current Salary New Salary
$33,300 $34,700 $162,749 $169,749
$66,500 $69,300 $163,770 $170,770
$69,600 $72,500 $164,779 $171,779
$99,700 $103,900 $164,875 $171,875
$133,000 $138,500 $165,114 $172,114
$139,200 $145,000 $165,385 $172,385
$140,700 $146,600 $165,890 $172,890
$141,000 $146,900 $166,000 $172,900
$142,700 $148,700 $166,057 $173,057
$144,600 $150,600 $166,260 $173,260
$146,000 $152,200 $166,427 $173,427
$146,400 $152,500 $167,000 $174,000
$148,100 $154,300 $170,700 $177,900
$149,900 $156,200 $172,900 $180,200
$153,500 $159,900 $174,400 $181,700
$155,100 $161,600 $176,000 $183,300
$155,200 $161,700 $180,400 $187,900
$158,700 $165,400 $184,800 $192,500
$160,600 $167,300 $190,600 $198,600

Control-D Report Available After Processing

Control-D Report NHRP704 (Mass Salary Payment Report) will be available after processing of the automatic salary increases. This report identifies all Judges and Justices who receive the salary increase and identifies the salaries that were automatically increased.

Questions

Questions regarding this bulletin may be directed to the Payroll Earnings mailbox.