UUP and CSEA Contract Updates and Highlights

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UUP and CSEA ContractUpdates and Highlights

• Human Resources
• 2004

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COMPENSATIONUUP

• Nancy Battaglia
• Assistant Director/Payroll and Appointment
  Processing

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UUP Across the Board (ATB) Increases-Article 20

• 800 bonus upon ratification, pro-rated for
  part-time (paid in check of 7/28/2004)
• 2.50 ATB/1.00 Discretionary for 2004 to be paid
  as an ATB
• All non-faculty to be paid in check of 8/11/2004
• 21P and eligible BIW Faculty to be paid in check
  of 9/8/2004
• 26P Faculty to be paid in check of 9/22/2004

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UUP Across the Board (ATB) Increases

• 2.75 ATB/1.00 discretionary increase in 2005
• 3.00 ATB/1.00 discretionary increase in 2006
  and
• 800 increase on Base Salary on 07/01/2007 and 1
  discretionary increase in 2007

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UUP Other Compensation

• Inconvenience Pay Increase from 500 to 550
  per year
• Increase to Base Salary 500
• Eligibility
• Employees who have been granted permanent or
  continuing appointment effective on or before
  4/1/2007
• Employees who have received a second five-year
  term appointment under Article XI, Title A, of
  the Policies of the Board of Trustees effective
  on or before 4/1/2007

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UUP Other Compensation

• Increase to Base Salary 500 (continued)
• Distribution
• Shall be effective 4/1/2007 and shall occur no
  later than 4/30/2007
• Employees who receive such appointments effective
  after 4/01/2007 but effective on or before July
  1, 2007 shall also receive such payment, the
  distribution of such shall occur as soon as
  practical

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Contract ChangesUUP

• Jennifer Bowen
• Director, Employee Relations

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Professional Development Awards Article 21

• 15 of labor/management funds for Professional
  Development Individual Awards dedicated to
  part-time employees

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Professional Meetings Article 27

• Departments are encouraged to make funds
  available for attendance at professional meetings
• No charge to accruals for attendance at meetings
  or training required by or funded by the
  University

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Personnel Files

• SUNY is encouraging campuses to remove counseling
  memos, upon the request of the employee, after
  three years under appropriate circumstances

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Evaluative File Article 31

• Employees are given five working days to review
  evaluative file prior to a decision on nonrenewal
• Notice to employees advising of this right must
  specify date, time and location for review

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Appendix C Titles

• New title series under Article XI of the Policies
  of the Board of Trustees for major fundraising
  positions

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Part-time appointments Appendix A-30

• Term appointments for part-time faculty are to be
  made for a full year as opposed to one semester

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Leave Donation

• Non-family members can now donate across agency
  lines for vacation donation

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CompensationCSEA

• Nancy Battaglia
• Assistant Director, Payroll and
• Appointment Processing

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CSEA Across the Board Increases

• 800 bonus upon ratification, pro-rated for
  part-time (paid in check of 6/30/2004)
• 2.50 increase in April, 2004 (to be paid in
  check of 7/28/2004)
• 2.75 increase in April, 2005
• 3.00 increase in April, 2006 and
• 800 increase on Base Salary on 03/31/2007

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CSEA Other Compensation

• Inconvenience Pay Increase from 500 to 550
  per year
• Holiday Pay For the Thanksgiving and Christmas
  holidays holiday pay AND compensatory time
  earned at time and one-half

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CSEA Other Compensation

• Overtime Meal Allowance Increased from 5 to
  5.50 per meal. No longer necessary to be
  contiguous. Less than full-time employees are
  eligible when they meet the same criteria as
  full-time employees

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CSEA Other Compensation

• Compensatory Time for Overtime Worked
• Effective January 1, 2005
• Eligibility Grade 22 and below
• Allow for eligible employees to choose
  compensatory time in lieu of overtime pay for
  hours worked over 40 in a week
• Earn 1.5 hours of compensatory time for every
  hour of overtime worked
• Allowed to accumulate to a maximum of 120 hours
• Cash-out value is at the rate of pay earned at
  the time of liquidation
• Three year pilot program employee may choose to
  participate for a one year period at a time

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Contract ChangesCSEA

• Robinette Woods
• Assistant Director, Employee Relations

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Health and Safety - Article 15

• Increase of current amount by 5 retroactive
• CSEA and the State agreed to discuss five
  specific safety and health issues in the
  Statewide Committee
• Workplace temperatures, imminent danger
  situations, minimizing/eliminating hazards,
  ergonomics, and workplace security

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Out of Title Work - Article 24

• Employees are no longer required to file
  additional Out of Title grievances when
  management fails to cease the Out of Title
  assignment/s
• Agencies can extend payment for two three month
  periods
• After six months of extended work, Agency must go
  to GOER for a final extension payment

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Seniority (OSU) - Article 44

• Added clarifying language with respect to breaks
  in service
• Approved leaves of absence shall not constitute
  breaks in service
• -Military leave, maternity leave, child rearing
  leave, probationary leave

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Seniority (ASU) - Article 44

• Includes clarifying language for uninterrupted
  permanent State service
• The definition of seniority is permanent State
  service without a break of more than one year,
  unless on an approved leave of absence

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Uniform Maintenance Allowance

• Institutional Services Unit (ISU)
• Added title of Medical Office Assistant
• Increased to 48 for Part-Time Employees and 68
  for FullTime Employees
• Work related clothing allowance increased to 38
  from 30

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Work-related Clothing Allowance (OSU) - Article 49

• Increased to 52 per employee from 44
• Tools 175 annual allowance from 150

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Leave Donation

• Non family members can now donate across agency
  lines
• Effective upon ratification and expires on March
  31, 2007 unless management and the Union agree to
  extension

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Benefits UpdateUUP and CSEA

• Elizabeth Dundon
• Manager, Benefits Administration and Time and
  Attendance

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Sick Leave Credit for Retirement for CSEA and UUP

• The number of days of accrued sick leave that can
  be applied toward retirement State service for
  employees enrolled in the Teachers or the
  Employees Retirement System will increase from
  165 days to 200 days
• This will equate to approximately 6.66 months of
  state service

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Domestic Partner Coverage

• Effective January 1, 2005, an employee may enroll
  a domestic partner after they have been in the
  partnership for at least six months (previously
  one year)
• There will now be a one year waiting period from
  the termination date of the previous partners
  coverage before an employee may again enroll a
  domestic partner (previously two years)

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Dependent Care Advantage Account (DCAA)

• DCAA is continued to allow employees to put money
  away pre-tax through payroll deductions for child
  care, elder care or disabled care
• The State will contribute between 200 and 600
  on an income sensitive sliding scale

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DCAA (cont)

• Gross Salary
• Up to 35,000
• 35,001 to 45,000
• 45,001 to 55,000
• 55,001 to 65,000
• Over 65,000

• Employer Contribution
• 600
• 500
• 400
• 300
• 200

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Health Care Spending Account

• Effective July 1, 2004, Over-the-Counter (OTC)
  Drug Expenses are reimbursable through the HCSA
  for certain bargaining units
• CSEA
• M/C
• UUP
• Working to implement a debit card for this account

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OTC Eligible Expenses

• Allergy Remedies
• Antacids
• Cold Remedies
• Pain Remedies
• See the web at http//www.flexspend.state.ny.us/

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Health Insurance Changes

• ID cards for the Empire Plan will no longer have
  the employees social security number
• HMOs will follow in the next year

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Empire Plan

• Co-payment for office visit to increase effective
  1/1/05
• CSEA - 12
• UUP - 15

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Maternity and Childrearing Leave

• Leave for seven months can be delayed if child is
  required to remain hospitalized after birth
• If leave begins and the child is required to be
  hospitalized the seven month leave can be
  suspended for a single continuous period
• Entitlement to leave expires one year from date
  of birth

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CSEA Employees Only

• The following information is for CSEA represented
  employees only
• This includes ASU, ISU and OSU

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Productivity Enhancement Program (PEP)

• Eligible CSEA employees may exchange previously
  accrued vacation credits and/ or personal leave
  for a dollar credit to be applied toward the
  employee share of their health insurance premium

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PEP Eligibility

• In a salary grade below grade 18
• Have vacation/personal leave balance of 8 days or
  more
• Enrolled in Empire Plan or an HMO
• Will be pro-rated for part-time employees

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PEP Pilot Program

• The pilot program for 2004 is from August 2 until
  August 27, 2004
• Memos were sent out to eligible employees on
  August 2, 2004.

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PEP (cont)

• Enrollment for 2005 will be in November 2004
• Exchange 3 days for 400 credit
• Applied toward NYSHIP premiums for 1/1/05 to
  12/31/05
• HRS will notify eligible employees via a memo

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PEP - (cont)

• This program will be extended into 2006 and will
  expire 12/31/06 unless the union and management
  agree to extend it

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Sick Leave Accumulation-Article 10

• Up to a total of 200 sick leave credits can be
  used for both retirement service credit and to
  pay for health insurance in retirement

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Sick Leave at Half-Pay-Article 10

• No waiting period unless the employee was
  formally disciplined for leave abuse during the
  previous year
• Previously CSEA employees had a waiting period
  based on bargaining unit
• Employees who were formally disciplined may serve
  a waiting period up to 10 days

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Less than Full-Time Employees

• The Leave Adjustment Program for part-time
  salaried employees will now be permanent
• HRS will send out further information to the Time
  and Attendance record keepers this fall

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Educational Leave

• Management can allow an employee whose position
  requires either a certification or professional
  license (not Class D Drivers license) as a
  minimum qualification up to 3 days of leave a
  year to attend programs(s) required to attain or
  maintain the license or certification
• Does not accumulate from year to year

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UUP Employees only

• The following information pertains to UUP
  employees only

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Health Insurance Eligibility

• Part-time UUP professional and non-teaching
  faculty must earn the following annual salary to
  be eligible for health insurance, dental and
  vision benefits
• 11,532 from 7/2/04 to 7/1/05
• 11,839 from 7/2/05 to 7/1/06
• 12,205 from 7/2/06 to 7/1/07

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How Annual Salary is Calculated for Part-Time UUP
employees

• Biweekly UUP employees
• Multiply the biweekly salary by 21
• Hourly UUP employees
• Multiply hourly rate x FTE x 2088
• Calendar year
• Multiply full-time salary by FTE

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Sick Leave Exchange Program for UUP

• Program has been eliminated in this contract

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