State of Connecticut Office of the State Comptroller MEMORANDUM NO. 2009-07
COMPTROLLER'S SEAL STATE OF CONNECTICUT

STATE OF CONNECTICUT

NANCY WYMAN
COMPTROLLER
OFFICE OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER
55 ELM STREET
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106-1775
MARK OJAKIAN
DEPUTY COMPTROLLER

MEMORANDUM NO. 2009-07

March 25, 2009

TO THE HEADS OF ALL STATE AGENCIES

Attention:
  
Chief Administrative and Fiscal Officers, Business Managers and
Payroll and Personnel Officers
Subject:   Increase in Dues/Fees, CSEA Bargaining Units

I. AUTHORITY

In accordance with the request of the Connecticut State Employees Association, SEIU Local 2001, the following dues/fees increase was implemented effective with the pay period February 27, 2009 through March 12, 2009 (check date March 27, 2009).

Bargaining Unit Deduction Code
   
P-3A UDEDAM
P-3A UFEDAM
P-3B UDEDTC
P-3B UFEDTC
P-4 UDENGS
P-4 UFENGS
DCJ Inspectors UDCRJI
DCJ Inspectors UFCRJI
NP-8 UDM67
NP-8 UFM67
Supervising Judicial Marshals UD2001
Supervising Judicial Marshals UF2001

II. CALCULATION METHOD

Union dues and agency fees for all state employee bargaining units represented by CSEA  SEIU Local 2001 have been increased from a flat $20 biweekly amount to a percentage of base pay (overtime excluded and premium pay excluded) with a biweekly minimum and biweekly maximum as follows:

% of base pay as dues minimum biweekly dues/fees  maximum biweekly dues/fees
     
1.00% $20.00 $25.00

Example 1: State employee earns a base annual salary of $45,000.  One percent (1%) of $45,000 is $450 annually.  $450 divided by 26 pay periods is $17.31.  In this case, since $17.31 biweekly is below the minimum, this employee would pay the minimum $20 dues biweekly.

Example 2: State employee earns a base annual salary of $55,000. One percent (1%) of $55,000 is $550 annually. $550 divided by 26 pay periods is $21.15.  In this case, the employee would pay $21.15 which is one percent (1%) of their biweekly base earnings.  By this methodology, any employee one percent (1%) that are between $20 and $25 pay that amount.

Example 3: State employee earns a base annual salary of $70,000.  One percent (1%) of $70,000 is $700 annually. $700 divided by 26 pay periods is $26.92.  In this case, since $26.92 is above the maximum, this employee would pay the maximum $25 dues biweekly.

III. PAYROLL PROCEDURES

Core-CT has made the necessary changes for the check date referenced in Section I.

IV. GENERAL

Please direct all questions or requests for assistance regarding payroll procedures to the Comptroller's Payroll Services Division at (860) 702-3463.

NANCY WYMAN
STATE COMPTROLLER

NW:RE

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