Purpose

To provide agency instructions for processing the CUNY Rate Increase for Carpenters and Supervisor Carpenters

Affected Employees

CUNY employees in the titles of Carpenter and Supervisor Carpenter

Background

A Memorandum of Understanding has been entered into and was filed on February 7, 2018 between the Comptroller of the City of New York and the NYC District Council of Carpenters (UBCJA), providing rate increases for employees in the titles Carpenter and Supervisor Carpenter. This agreement provides for an increase to the hourly rates effective 07/01/2019.

The revised rate chart and additional information are contained in the memorandum from Carmelo Batista, Jr., dated February 25, 2019.

Effective Date(s)

The increases may be submitted in Pay Period 7C (Institution), paychecks dated July 3, 2019.

Eligibility Criteria

General Wage Increase - CUNY employees represented by the NYC District Council of Carpenters, UBCJA,who are in the eligible title of Carpenter or Supervisor Carpenter on or after the effective date of the wage increase, 07/01/2019, are eligible for a rate increase.

Agency Actions

Reporting the Rate Increases

To increase the hourly rate(s), the agency must submit the following requests regardless of the employee’s status:

• For all rate increases, request a Pay Change with the Action/Reason code of Pay Rate Chg/CRT (Pay Rate Change/Change Rate) on the Job Action Request page, using the effective date of the appropriate increase, and submit the new hourly rate.
• A separate request must be made for each of the rows that exist on the employee’s Job Data page, using the next available sequence number.

Tax Information

These monies are taxable income and are subject to all employment taxes and income taxes. These monies will be included in the employee’s taxable gross and will be reported on the employee’s Form W-2.

Questions

Questions about processing transactions for Carpenters and Supervisor Carpenters may be emailed to the Payroll Earnings mailbox.

Questions regarding Taxes should be directed to the Tax and Compliance mailbox.