MEMORANDUM NO. 2016-08

March 16, 2016

TO THE HEADS OF ALL STATE AGENCIES

This memorandum lists the 2016 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 2016 to all applicable employees.
The check dates will be 4/29/2016 and 10/28/2016.

NP-1 State Police (See Interdepartmental Memoranda dated June 18, 2015 and September 17, 2015)
Contract 7/1/2015-6/30/2018
Wage Increase - 2% effective 6/24/2016 - check date 7/22/2016
Annual Increments - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date and check date 7/22/2016 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 7/22/2016

NP-2 Maintenance and Service (See Comptroller's Memorandum 2012-13)
Contract 7/1/2008-6/30/2016
Annual Increments - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date
Lump Sum Payment for maximum step - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date
Safety Shoes - $135 - check date 7/8/2016
For employees hired after 7/15/2015 and before 2/1/2016 - check date 2/5/2016
Permanent part-time employees less than twenty (20) hours per week - check date 7/8/2016

NP-3 Administrative Clerical (See Comptroller's Memorandum 2012-14)
Contract 7/1/2006-6/30/2016
Annual Increments - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date
Lump Sum Payment for maximum step - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date
EMT Skill Premium - $400 - check date 12/9/2016

NP-4 Correction (See Interdepartmental Memorandum dated June 26, 2012)
Contract 7/1/2011-6/30/2016
Annual Increments - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date
Lump Sum Payment for maximum step - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date
Working Condition Stipend - $800 - check date 12/9/2016

NP-5 Police & Fire (See Comptroller's Memorandum 2012-15)
Contract 7/1/2008-6/30/2016
Annual Increments - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date
Lump Sum Payment for maximum step - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date Safety Shoes Allowance - $110 - check date 9/16/2016
Clothing Allowance - $315 - check date 12/9/2016
Home Office Differential - $725 - check date 12/9/2016
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 10/14/2016
EMT I Stipend - $600 - employees certified as Emergency Medical Technician I (EMT I) - payable annually - check date 10/14/2016
$700 - employees required by the agency to be certified as Emergency Medical Technician I (EMT I) - payable annually - check date 10/14/2016
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 1/22/2016, 4/15/2016, 7/22/2016 and 10/14/2016
MRT Skill Premium - $200 - employees required by agency to be certified - check date 10/14/2016
Instructional Stipend - $225 - payable annually - check date 10/14/2016
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 7/1/2005-6/30/2016
Annual Increments - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date
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 7/22/2016 and 12/9/2016
Uniform Allowance - $100 - check date 7/22/2016
Safety Shoes Allowance - veterinarians - $30 - check date 7/22/2016
Bilingual Pay Stipend - $1,000 - payable quarterly in the amount of $250 - check dates 1/22/2016, 4/15/2016, 7/22/2016 and 10/14/2016

Recruitment and Retention Stipend for Clinical Nurse Coordinator/Nurse Clinician - $2,000 - payable in two installments in July and December - check dates 7/22/2016 and 12/9/2016
QMRP Stipend - $1,000 - payable annually - check date 7/22/2016
EMT Stipend - $400 - payable annually - check date 7/22/2016
P-1 Bonus Payment - Board Certified Physicians only - $1,000 - check date 10/14/2016

NP-8 Correctional Supervisors (See Interdepartmental Memorandum dated May 19, 2015)
Contract 7/1/2012-6/30/2016
EMT Premium - $475 - payable annually - check date 10/14/2016

NP-9 State Police Lieutenants and Captains (See Interdepartmental Memorandum dated June 26, 2012)
Contract 1/1/2012-6/30/2016

P-2 Social and Human Services (See Comptroller's Memorandum 2012-12)
Contract 7/1/2005-6/30/2016
Annual Increments - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date
Lump Sum Payment for maximum step - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date
Home and Office Premium - $500 annual payment - paid semiannually in the amount of $250 - check dates 1/8/2016 and 7/22/2016

P-3A Education Administrators (See Comptroller's Interdepartmental Memorandum dated June 29, 2012)
Contract 7/1/2011-6/30/2016
Annual Increments - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date
Merit Evaluation Payments - check date 6/24/2016
Unit Coordinator Stipend - $1,500 - payable annually - check date 7/22/2016

P-3B Education Faculty (See Comptroller's Interdepartmental Memorandum dated May 31, 2012)
Contract 7/1/2011-6/30/2016
Annual Increments - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date
Lump Sum Payment for twelve month employees - $500 - in listed classes - check date 10/14/2016
EMT Skill Premium - $475 - check date 10/14/2016

P-4 Engineering, Scientific and Technical (See Comptroller's Memorandum 2012-09)
Contract 7/1/2009-6/30/2016
Annual Increments - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date
Lump Sum Payment for maximum step - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date Safety Shoe Allowance - $110 - check date 4/15/2016 for employees hired on or after October 1, 2015 but before April 1, 2016 and check date 10/14/2016 for employees hired on or after April 1, 2016
EMT Skill Premium - $475 - check date 12/9/2016

P-5 Administrative and Residual (See Comptroller's Memorandum 2012-10)
Contract 7/1/2007-6/30/2016
Annual Increments - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date
Lump Sum Payments for maximum step employees - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date
Home Garaging - $200 - check date 1/8/2016 - see contract for eligible employees
Safety Shoes - $100 - check date 7/22/2016
Home Office Premium - $250 - check date 12/9/2016 - see contract for eligible employees

Vocational Technical Faculty (See Comptroller's Interdepartmental Memorandum dated March 29, 2012)
Contract 9/1/2011-8/31/2016

Vocational Technical Administrators (See Comptroller's Interdepartmental Memorandum dated April 17, 2012)
Contract 7/1/2011-6/30/2016
Stipend for Ph.D. or Ed.D. - $2,000 - payable annually - check date 10/14/2016

Community Colleges Faculty (Local 1973)
Contract 7/1/2007-6/30/2016

Technical College Administrators (Local 2480)
Contract 7/1/2007-6/30/2016

Technical College Faculty (Local 1942)
Contract 7/1/2007-6/30/2016

State University Faculty (CSU-AAUP)
Contract 8/25/2007-8/25/2016

State University Administrators (SUOAF)
Contract 7/01/2007-6/30/2016

UCONN Professors (UCONN-AAUP)
Contract 7/1/2007-6/30/2016

UCONN Professionals (UCPEA)
Contract 7/1/2007-6/30/2016

UCONN Health Center Faculty (UCHC-AAUP)
Contract through 6/30/2016

UCONN Health Center Professionals (UCHC - AFT Local 3837)
Contract 7/1/2006-6/30/2016
Step Increase - effective 1/8/2016 - check date 2/5/2016
Lump Sum Payment - effective 1/8/2016 - check date 2/5/2016

Charter Oak College Professional Employees (Local 1214)
Contract 7/1/2006-6/30/2016
Annual Increment - effective 12/26/2015- check date 1/22/2016
Information Technology emergency on-call annual stipend - $2,100 - effective 7/1/2016 - divided into equal payments and paid on a biweekly basis

Department of Higher Education Administrators (AFSCME Local 1588)
Contract 7/1/2011-6/30/2016

JP-6 Judicial Professionals (AFT Local 4200B)
Contract 7/1/2009-6/30/2016
Annual Increments - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date
Lump Sum Payment for maximum step - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date
Automobile Availability Fee - $300 - check date 2/19/2016

JN-7 Judicial Employees (Local 749)
Contract 7/1/2009-6/30/2016
Annual Increments - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date
Lump Sum Payment for maximum step - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date
Working Condition Stipend for juvenile detention facilities - $700 - check date 12/23/2016 - see contract for eligible employees

Criminal Justice Prosecutors and Juvenile Prosecutors
Contract 7/1/2011-6/30/2016
Annual Increments - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date
Lump Sum Payment for maximum step - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date

Criminal Justice Inspectors
Contract 7/1/2011-6/30/2016
Annual Increments - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date

Criminal Justice Employees (Local 749)
Contract 7/1/2011-6/30/2016
Annual Increments - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date
Lump Sum Payment for maximum step - check date 1/22/2016 for January anniversary date

Judicial Marshals (IBPO, Local 731)
Contract 7/1/2007-6/30/2016
Annual Increments - effective 12/25/2015 - check date 1/22/2016
Lump Sum Payment - effective 12/25//2015 - check date 1/22/2016
Shoe Allowance - $50 - check date 7/22/2016

Supervising Judicial Marshals (CSEA SEIU, Local 2001)
Contract 7/1/2008-6/30/2016
Annual Increments - effective 12/25/2015 - check date 1/22/2016
Lump Sum Payment - effective 12/25//2015 - check date 1/22/2016
Shoe Allowance - $50 - check date 7/22/2016

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 Expiring 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".

No new dollars for the 2016-2017 contract year will be allocated to the contracts expiring on June 30, 2016. The following types of funds are included: Tuition Reimbursement, Career Mobility, Special Recruitment and Retention Education, Conference and Workshop Funds, Quality of Work Life Funds and Other Funds and Professional Development Funds.

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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