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Duration
• The new contract runs from April 1,2007 through March 31,2011.
Compensation
Salary Increases:
Salary Deferral:
No employee's current salary will be diminished by this Agreement. Salary deferrals apply to employees whose basic annual salary is at or above $115,000 on the date the Agreement is executed or employees whose basic annual salary reaches $115,000 or above by application of any increments. percentage increases or increments upon promotion. Partial increments or percentages will be granted up to $115,000. Increases to basic annual salary that are deferred will be released when the Governor of the State of New York signs into law a bill authorizing a judicial pay raise, or the earlier of the dates upon which a pay raise for judges is otherwise effectuated or implemented and in no event later than 12/31/2011. The salary of each employee affected by the deferral shall be reconstructed to the level it would have been without the deferral. Should an employee separate from service prior to a judicial pay raise the employee will still receive all deferred payments that the employee would have been eligible for during the employee's service. All deferred payments shall be pensionable in accordance with law.
Longevity Bonuses
20- Year Longevity Bonus:
April 1,2008 - $1,800 April 1,2009 - $1,850 April 1, 2010 - $1,900
25- Year Longevity Bonus April I, 2008 - $1,900 April 1, 2009 - $1,950 April 1, 20 I 0 - $2,000
NEW 30- Year Longevity Bonus April l, 2008 - $2,000 April 1, 2009 - $2,050 April 1, 2010 - $2,100
Location Pay Benefit
New York City Metropolitan area (New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland and Westchester) Effective April I, 2006 - $3,252 (retroactive adjustment for those employees who received less than this amount and are in service on the date the MOU is executed)
Effective April 1,2007 - $3,350 (retroactive adjustment for those employees who received less than this amount and are in service on the date the MOU is executed)
EtIective Aplil I, 2008 - $3,451 EtIective April 1, 2009 - $3,555 Effective April 1,2010 - $3,697
Mid-Hudson (Dutchess, Putnam and Orange counties)
Effective April 1, 2006 - $1,626 (retroactive adjustment for those employees who received less than this amount)
Effective April 1,2007 - $1,675 (retroactive adjustment for those employees who received less than this amount)
Effective April 1, 2008 - $1,725 E1TectiveAprill, 2009 - $1,777 Effective April 1, 20 I 0 - $1,848
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Health Insurance
eourt employees will continue to receive the same NYS Health Insurance Plan benefits as eSEA Executive Branch employees. Empire Plan changes have already gone into effect, and will continue to do so for the length of the contract.
- Health Option Program
Amount of credit increases to $450 for 2009, $500 for 20 I O.
Unifonn and Equipment Allowance Effective April I, 200S - $1,255 Effective April 1, 2009 - $1 ,2S0 Effective April 1, 2010 - $1,305
New Benefit: Body Armor Funding
The State has agreed to purchase body armor for each new officer, including those transferred from local government to DeS from now on, upon completion of six months of service from the date the officer graduates from the academy, or, in the case of a transfer of function, upon completion of six months of employment with DeS.
The State has agreed to provide funding for 25% of the uniformed officers (exclusive of the new officers receiving vests) in each unit as of date of execution of the Agreement to be used for purchase amI/or replacement of body armor during the term of Agreement.
Other Leaves With Pay
(g) Death in the Immediate Family. Add Domestic Partner's parent.
Overtime:
(h) There shall be no rescheduling of days off or hours of work to avoid the payment of overtime.
Labor/Management Committee:
DeS will contribute $424,OS5 to the Quality Through Participation Fund per fiscal year beginning April 1, 2007 and ending on March 31, 2011.
$250,000 of said QTP funds shall be paid to the eSEA Employee Benefit Fund in years 200S, 2009 and 2010.
CSEA Employee Benefit Fund:
DeS will contribute the following amounts to the eSEA Employee Benefit Fund: 2007 - $50 one time lump sum payment per active employee
200S- $1,165 per active employee
$582.50 per part-time or per diem employee 2009- $1,205 per active employee
$602.50 per part-time or per diem employee 2010- $1,255 per active employee
Des will continue to contribute $SS5 per retired employee for each year of the contract.
Child Care/Elder C'are:
DeS will provide funding in the amount of $180,976 per fiscal year starting in 2007, ending on March 31, 2011.
Personal History Folders:
(b) An employee shall be permitted to view hislher personal history folder twice a year upon request.
Court Reporter Page Rate Agreement:
eSEA and DeS have made a new page rate agreement similar to those of other unions, including the higher rates. If ratified, the effective date will be determined once the needed changes in law and rule are made.