CSEA/UCS 2011-2017 Tentative Agreement who has served the equivalent of 120 workdays in each fiscal year for which eligibility is being determined, shall receive an annual payment of $1,950 (prorated for employees working less than full time at the time of payment) which payment shall not be added to basic annual salary but which shall be pensionable. For the purpose of this section a break in continuous service shall not include a leave of absence without pay nor shall it include a resignation followed by re-employment within one year. (c)(3)Effective April 1, 2009, an employee who has at least 30 years of continuous service in the Unified Court System and who has served the equivalent of 120 workdays in each fiscal year for which eligibility is being determined, shall receive an annual payment of $2,050 (prorated for employees working less than full time at the time of payment) which payment shall not be added to basic annual salary but which shall be pensionable. For the purpose of this section a break in continuous service shall not include a leave of absence without pay nor shall it include a resignation followed by re-employment within one year. (d)(1)Effective April 1, 2010, an employee who has at least 20 years of continuous service in the Unified Court System and who has served the equivalent of 120 workdays in each fiscal year for which eligibility is being determined, shall receive an annual payment of $1,900 (prorated for employees working less than full time at the time of payment) which payment shall not be added to basic annual salary but which shall be pensionable. For the purpose of this section a break in continuous service shall not include a leave of absence without pay nor shall it include a resignation followed by re-employment within one year. (d)(2)Effective April 1, 2010, an employee who has at least 25 years of continuous service in the Unified Court System and who has served the equivalent of 120 workdays in each fiscal year for which eligibility is being determined, shall receive an annual payment of $2,000 (prorated for employees working less than full time at the time of payment) which payment shall not be added to basic annual salary but which shall be pensionable. For the purpose of this section a break in continuous service shall not include a leave of absence without pay nor shall it include a resignation followed by re-employment within one year. (d)(3)Effective April 1, 2010, an employee who has at least 30 years of continuous service in the Unified Court System and who has served the equivalent of 120 workdays in each fiscal year for which eligibility is being determined, shall receive an annual payment of $2,100 (prorated for employees working less than full time at the time of payment) which payment shall not be added to basic annual salary but which shall be pensionable. For the purpose of this section a break in continuous service shall not include a leave of absence without pay nor shall it include a resignation followed by re-employment within one year. 7.9 (a) Effective April 1, 2016, or on a different day of the biweekly period for administrative convenience as provided for in Section 200(1) of the State Finance Law, each graded employee eligible for an increment pursuant to Section 37 of the Judiciary Law, whose performance is rated higher than unsatisfactory, shall receive such increment, based on the salary schedule in effect on March 31, 2016, added to basic annual salary. An employee must have served the equivalent of 120 full-workdays in the fiscal year to receive such increment. (b)Effective April 1, 2016, or on a different day of the biweekly period for administrative convenience as provided for in Section 200(1) of the State Finance Law, the basic annual salary of each employee on April 1, 2016, will be increased by 2%. Such percentage increase shall be added to the salary schedule. Article 7.10 Shift Differential (Shift Differential is now Article 7.14) 7.10 Each employee who is in active status on March 31, 2017, shall receive a one-time lump sum payment of $750, which shall not be part of basic annual salary but which shall be pensionable. §7.11 Salary Deferral (a) Except as set forth in Section 7.11(b), notwithstanding any provision of law or other provision of the Agreement, (i) an employee whose basic annual salary is at or above $115,000.00 on the date of execution of this Agreement shall have his/her increments, percentage increases or increments upon promotion deferred as provided in Section 7.11(b) and (ii) an employee shall receive that portion of an increment, percentage increase or increment upon promotion which would increase the employee’s basic annual salary to an amount equal to $115,000.00, with the balance to be deferred as set forth in Section 7.11(b). No employee’s current salary will be diminished by this Agreement. (b) The increments, percentage increased or increments upon promotion or the portion thereof deferred by Section 7.11(a) above shall be paid upon the signing into law by the Governor of the State of New York a bill authorizing a judicial pay raise, or the earlier of the dates upon which a pay raise is otherwise effectuated or implemented, or March 31, 2011. Each employee affected by the deferral shall have his/her salary reconstructed to the level it would have been without the salary deferral. (c) Should an employee separate from service prior to a judicial pay raise, the employee will still received all deferred payments that the employee would have been eligible for during his/her time in service. (d) All deferred payments shall be pensionable in accordance with applicable law. §7.11 Longevity Payments (a)Effective April 1, 2016, and yearly thereafter, an employee who has completed four years or more of continuous service at a basic annual salary rate equal to or higher than the maximum rate of the employee’s salary grade, who has served the equivalent of 120 workdays in each fiscal year for which eligibility is being determined, and whose performance is rated at higher than unsatisfactory, shall be eligible to receive an annual longevity payment. The longevity payment shall be a lump sum payment in the amount of $2,250 (prorated for employees working less than full time at the time of payment). The longevity payment shall not be added to basic annual salary but shall be pensionable. Employees otherwise eligible to receive a longevity payment who, on the eligibility date, are on an authorized leave of absence without pay shall, if they return to active payroll status within one year of the eligibility date, be eligible for such payment in full if in full-time status immediately prior to such leave or shall be eligible for a pro rata share of such payment if in part-time employment status immediately prior to such leave. (b) Effective April 1, 2016, and yearly thereafter, an employee who has completed eight years or more of continuous service at a basic annual salary rate equal to or higher than the maximum rate of the employee’s salary grade, who has served the equivalent of 120 workdays in each fiscal year for which eligibility is being determined, and whose performance is rated at higher than unsatisfactory, shall be eligible to receive an annual longevity payment. The longevity payment shall be a lump sum payment in the amount of $4,600 (prorated for employees working less than full time at the time of payment). The longevity payment shall not be added to basic annual salary but shall be pensionable. Employees otherwise eligible to receive a longevity payment who, on the eligibility date, are on an authorized leave of absence without pay shall, if they return to active payroll status within one year of the eligibility date, be eligible for such payment in full if in full-time status immediately prior to such leave or shall be eligible for a pro rata share of such payment if in part-time employment status immediately prior to such leave. An employee receiving a longevity payment pursuant to this subsection shall not receive a longevity payment pursuant to subsection (a) above. (c) Effective April 1, 2016, and yearly thereafter, an employee who has completed thirteen years or more of continuous service at a basic annual salary rate equal to or higher than the maximum rate of the employee’s salary grade, who has served the equivalent of 120 workdays in each fiscal year for which eligibility is being determined, and whose performance is rated at higher than unsatisfactory, shall be eligible to receive an annual longevity payment. The longevity payment shall be a lump sum payment in the amount of $6,900 (prorated for employees working less than full time at the time of payment). The longevity payment shall not be added to basic annual salary but shall be pensionable. Employees otherwise eligible to receive a longevity payment who, on the eligibility date, are on an authorized leave of absence without pay shall, if they return to active payroll status within one year of the eligibility date, be eligible for such payment in full if in full-time status immediately prior to such leave or shall be eligible for a pro rata share of such payment if in part-time employment status immediately prior to such leave. An employee receiving a longevity payment pursuant to this subsection shall not receive a longevity payment pursuant to subsection (a) and (b) above. §7.8 §7.12 Location Pay (a) The location differential in effect on April 1, 2006 April 1, 2010, payable to each employee assigned to a workstation in the City of New York or Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland or Westchester County shall remain in effect except as modified below. Employees assigned to a workstation in Monroe County who, on March 31, 1985, received a $200 per annum differential, shall continue to receive such location differential in the amount of $200 per annum as long as they continue to be assigned to a workstation in Monroe County. Employees assigned to a workstation in Monroe County on April 1, 1985, shall not be entitled to receive a location differential. (b)(1)Effective April 1, 2006 April 1 of each year, the State shall pay, in addition to basic annual salary, a location differential of $3,697 per annum (prorated for employees working less than full time) to each employee assigned to a workstation within an eligible geographic area excluding Monroe County, Dutchess County, Putnam County or Orange County. (b)(2) Effective April 1, 2006 April 1 of each year, the State shall pay, in addition to basic annual salary, a location differential of $1,848 per annum (prorated for employees working less than full time) to each employee assigned to a workstation in Dutchess County, Putnam County or Orange County. §7.13 Direct Deposit (a) All employees hired after the execution of this Agreement shall be paid through the New York State-Electronic Funds Transfer Program (Direct Deposit). An employee who does not have a bank Office of Court Administration Tentative Agreement special edition
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