Inconvenience Pay is additional compensation paid to an employee who is required to work four or more hours between 6 PM and 6 AM in a regular tour of duty.

An eligible employee required to work this tour of duty each workday on a regular assignment receives additional annual compensation in addition to a normal salary. The amount is established by law and is in addition to, and not part of, the employee’s basic annual salary and does not affect other provisions of the law concerning salary determination.

When an employee is required to work this tour of duty on a regular intermittent assignment, payment may be processed on a continuing basis by pro-rating the additional annual compensation in accordance with the number of days he or she is assigned to the inconvenience shift in the biweekly pay period. Example: An employee working one week on the day shift and one week on the night shift would receive 50% of the total annual inconvenience amount; an employee working the night shift two days each week would receive 40% of the total inconvenience amount.

When an employee is required to work this tour of duty on an irregular intermittent basis, he or she receives additional compensation at the daily rate dependent on the employee’s regularly workday schedule. Hours worked between 6 AM and 6 PM on an overtime basis are not included when determining eligibility for Inconvenience Pay. Payments are processed only after such service is completed and as reported by the agency.

Part-time, certain seasonal¹, and the following employees are not eligible for Inconvenience Pay:

1. Officers and employees of the Legislature;
2. The Governor, Lt. Governor, Comptroller, Attorney General, and Commissioners and other officers whose salary is set by Section 169 of the Executive Law;
3. Troopers, Investigators and officers of the State Police;
4. Employees in the professional service in the institutions under the management of Cornell or Alfred Universities;
5. Judges and Justices in the Judiciary.

¹ Please refer to a particular employee’s union contract to determine whether they are eligible for inconvenience pay.
 

Inconvenience Pay Amounts by Bargaining Unit

Inconvenience Pay Full

Inconvenience Pay Partial

Effective in 2006 with the Arbitration award for the arbitration eligible employees is BU 01 and April 2009 for Arbitration eligible employees in BU 61, inconvenience pay was replaced with additional compensation differential for those full time annual salaried employees who are assigned to work the night shift, as defined by the facility. Employees who are full-time annual salaried employees and who are assigned to work the evening shift, as defined by the facility receive an evening differential.

Inconvenience Pay Differential Full

Inconvenience Pay Partial