MEMORANDUM NO. 2017-04

February 24, 2017

TO THE HEADS OF ALL STATE AGENCIES

This memorandum lists the 2017 due dates for payroll provisions of collective bargaining contracts. The information is arranged by collective bargaining unit. Please refer to the memoranda indicated with each collective bargaining unit for payroll procedures.

Longevity Payments
Longevity payments will be made in 2017 to all applicable employees.
The check dates will be 4/28/2017 and 10/27/2017.

NP-1 State Police (See Interdepartmental Memoranda dated June 18, 2015 and September 17, 2015)
Contract 7/1/2015-6/30/2018
Wage Increase - 1% effective 12/23/2016 - check date 1/20/2017
2% effective 6/23/2017 - check date 7/21/2017
Annual Increments - check date 1/20/2017 for January anniversary date and check date 7/21/2017 for July anniversary date
Dog Handlers - $100 monthly stipend
Hazardous Duty - $100 monthly stipend
Resident Trooper - $100 monthly stipend
Cleaning Stipend - $500 - payable annually - check date 7/21/2017
Safety Shoes & Equipment Stipend - payable annually - check date 10/27/2017

NP-2 Maintenance and Service (See Comptroller's Memorandum 2012-13)
Contract expired
Safety Shoes - $135 - check date 7/7/2017
For employees hired after 7/15/2016 and before 2/1/2017 - check date 2/3/2017
Permanent part-time employees less than twenty (20) hours per week (every 2 years) - check date 7/7/2017

NP-3 Administrative Clerical (See Comptroller's Memorandum 2012-14)
Contract expired
EMT Skill Premium - $400 - check date 12/8/2017

NP-4 Correction (See Interdepartmental Memorandum dated June 26, 2012)
Contract expired
Working Condition Stipend - $800 - check date 12/8/2017

NP-5 Police & Fire (See Comptroller's Memorandum 2012-15)
Contract expired
Safety Shoes Allowance - $110 - check date 9/15/2017
Clothing Allowance - $315 - check date 12/8/2017
Home Office Differential - $725 - check date 12/8/2017
EMT B Stipend - $475 - employees certified as Emergency Medical Technician B (EMT B)
$575 - employees required by the agency to be certified as Emergency Medical Technician B (EMT B) payable annually - check date 10/13/2017
EMT I Stipend - $600 - employees certified as Emergency Medical Technician I (EMT I) - payable annually - check date 10/13/2017
$700 - employees required by the agency to be certified as Emergency Medical Technician I (EMT I) - payable annually - check date 10/13/2017
EMT P Stipend - employees certified as Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic (EMT P) and where such training is directly job related - $3,700 payable quarterly - check dates 1/20/2017, 4/13/2017, 7/21/2017 and 10/13/2017
MRT Skill Premium - $200 - employees required by agency to be certified - check date 10/13/2017
Instructional Stipend - $225 - payable annually - check date 10/13/2017
Dog Handlers - $200 monthly stipend
Unpleasant Duty Stipend - DEP personnel assigned to fish hatcheries - $85 monthly stipend

NP-6 Health Care Paraprofessionals P-1 Health Care Professionals (See Comptroller's Memorandum 2012-18)
Contract expired
RN 2nd and 3rd shift bonus - yearly bonus of $3,000 - payable biweekly
LPN 2nd and 3rd shift bonus - yearly bonus of $600 - payable semiannually - check dates 7/21/2017 and 12/8/2017
Uniform Allowance - $100 - check date 7/21/2017
Safety Shoes Allowance - veterinarians - $30 - check date 7/21/2017
Bilingual Pay Stipend - $1,000 - payable quarterly in the amount of $250 - check dates 1/20/2017, 4/13/2017, 7/21/2017 and 10/13/2017

Recruitment and Retention Stipend for Clinical Nurse Coordinator/Nurse Clinician - $2,000 - payable in two installments in July and December - check dates 7/21/2017 and 12/8/2017
QMRP Stipend - $1,000 - payable annually - check date 7/21/2017
EMT Stipend - $400 - payable annually - check date 7/21/2017
P-1 Bonus Payment - Board Certified Physicians only - $1,000 - check date 10/13/2017

NP-8 Correctional Supervisors (See Interdepartmental Memorandum dated May 19, 2015)
Contract expired
EMT Premium - $475 - payable annually - check date 10/13/2017

NP-9 State Police Lieutenants and Captains (See Interdepartmental Memorandum dated June 26, 2012)
Contract expired

P-2 Social and Human Services (See Comptroller's Memorandum 2012-12)
Contract expired
Home and Office Premium - $500 annual payment - paid semiannually in the amount of $250 - check dates 1/6/2017 and 7/21/2017

P-3A Education Administrators (See Comptroller's Interdepartmental Memorandum dated June 29, 2012)
Contract expired
Unit Coordinator Stipend - $1,500 - payable annually - check date 7/21/2017

P-3B Education Faculty (See Comptroller's Interdepartmental Memorandum dated May 31, 2012)
Contract expired
EMT Skill Premium - $475 - check date 10/13/2017

P-4 Engineering, Scientific and Technical (See Comptroller's Memorandum 2012-09)
Contract expired
Safety Shoe Allowance - $110 - check date 4/13/2017 for employees hired on or after October 1, 2016 but before April 1, 2017 and check date 10/13/2017 for employees hired on or after April 1, 2017
EMT Skill Premium - $475 - check date 12/8/2017

P-5 Administrative and Residual (See Comptroller's Memorandum 2012-10)
Contract expired
Home Garaging - $200 - check date 1/6/2017 - see contract for eligible employees
Safety Shoes - $100 - check date 7/21/2017
Home Office Premium - $250 - check date 12/8/2017 - see contract for eligible employees

Vocational Technical Faculty (See Comptroller's Interdepartmental Memorandum dated March 29, 2012)
Contract expired
SCOPE Anomaly payment - $1,000 - check date 12/8/2017 - see contract for eligible employees

Vocational Technical Administrators (See Comptroller's Interdepartmental Memorandum dated April 17, 2012)
Contract expired

Community Colleges Faculty (Local 1973)
Contract expired

Technical College Administrators (Local 2480)
Contract expired

Technical College Faculty (Local 1942)
Contract expired

State University Faculty (CSU-AAUP)
Contract expired

State University Administrators (SUOAF)
Contract expired

UCONN Professors (UCONN-AAUP)
Contract expired

UCONN Professionals (UCPEA)
Contract expired

UCONN Health Center Faculty (UCHC-AAUP)
Contract expired

UCONN Health Center Professionals (UCHC - AFT Local 3837)
Contract expired

Charter Oak College Professional Employees (Local 1214)
Contract expired
Information Technology emergency on-call annual stipend - $2,100 - effective 7/1/2017 - divided into equal payments and paid on a biweekly basis

Department of Higher Education Administrators (AFSCME Local 1588)
Contract expired

JP-6 Judicial Professionals (AFT Local 4200B)
Contract expired
Automobile Availability Fee - $300 - check date 2/17/2017

JN-7 Judicial Employees (Local 749)
Contract expired
Working Condition Stipend for juvenile detention facilities - $700 - check date 12/22/2017 - see contract for eligible employees
Automotive Availability Fee - $300 - check date 2/17/2017
Shoe Allowance - $125 - check date 7/21/2017 - see contract for eligible employees

Criminal Justice Prosecutors and Juvenile Prosecutors
Contract expired

Criminal Justice Inspectors
Contract expired

Criminal Justice Employees (Local 749)
Contract expired

Judicial Marshals (IBPO, Local 731)
Contract expired
Shoe Allowance - $50 - check date 7/21/2017

Supervising Judicial Marshals (CSEA SEIU, Local 2001)
Contract expired
Shoe Allowance - $50 - check date 7/21/2017

All Collective Bargaining Units
Each collective bargaining contract should be reviewed to determine eligibility for payments and any additional benefits that may not have been included in this memorandum. For additional details regarding any payment, consult the applicable contract.

Collective Bargaining Agreements Expired on June 30, 2016 Without a New Agreement
Section 5-278a of the Connecticut General Statutes is applicable in this situation. "In the event an agreement expires before a new agreement has been approved by the employee organization, the employer representative and the legislature, the provisions of the expired agreement concerning (1) salary, excluding annual increments, (2) differentials, (3) overtime, (4) longevity and (5) allowances for uniforms, which were implemented pursuant to approval by the legislature in accordance with section 5-278 shall remain in effect until such time as a new agreement is reached and approved in accordance with section 5-278".

Questions
Copies of the numbered memoranda mentioned above are available on the Comptroller?s website. The address is: http://osc.ct.gov. 

Questions regarding this memorandum may be directed to the Comptroller's Fiscal Policy Statewide Services Unit at 860-702-3440.

KEVIN LEMBO
STATE COMPTROLLER

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