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

INTERDEPARTMENTAL MEMORANDUM

May 8, 1998

I. AUTHORITY

The collective bargaining agreement between the State of Connecticut and the Education Professionals (P-3B) bargaining unit, for the period July 1, 1997 through June 30, 2001, which became effective on May 4, 1998.

A. General Wage Increases will be effective as follows:

B. Annual Increments

Employees will continue to be eligible for and receive annual increments during the term of this contract in accordance with existing practice except the 1997-98 payment will be delayed by five months and paid accordingly in the pay period which includes December 1 and/or June 1. The 1998-99 payment will be delayed by three months and paid accordingly in the pay period which includes October 1 and/or April 1.

State School Teachers (12 month), Pupil Services Specialists (12 month) and Correction Department Vocational Instructors (12 month), who were employed as of July 1 and remained employed through October 1, will receive a lump sum payment of $500.

Employees will continue to be eligible for longevity payments for the life of the contract in accordance with existing practice. An employee's total length of state service, including war service, will be utilized to determine longevity eligibility.

State School Instructors and Teachers, Correctional Recreation Supervisors and Correction Department Vocational Instructors are eligible.

Emergency Medical Technicians who are regularly assigned E.M.T. duties are eligible to receive a $400 stipend on or about October 1 of each contract year.

The State will allocate for tuition and fee reimbursement each contract year the following:

Unspent funds will carry over to the next fiscal year but will expire at the end of the contract. Applications submitted within the final six (6) months of the contract may be paid with available funds up to three (3) months following expiration of the contract.

An employee can be reimbursed up to $90 per credit for undergraduate courses and $110 per credit for graduate courses. Effective for graduate courses taken after July 1, 1998, the maximum reimbursement is $145 per credit.

The State will allocate to the Conference Fund the following:

Unspent funds from one fiscal year will carry over into the next fiscal year. The conference fund will expire at expiration of the contract. Applications submitted within the final six (6) months of the contract may be paid wit h available funds up to three (3) months following expiration of the contract.

Personal Vehicle

Employees required to utilize a personal vehicle for State business for 50% of the assigned monthly work days (which must be at least 9 work days) will be paid a daily auto usage fee of $4.25 for each day of required usage, in addition to mileage reimbursement.

Mileage reimbursement will be paid at the GSA rate (currently 31 cents) subject to readjustment with the U.S. General GSA rate.

The State will allocate to the Quality of Worklife Fund $60,000 each year of the contract.

Unspent funds will carry forward into the next contract year and be added to that year's allocation. Application for funds which are submitted and approved within the final six (6) months may be paid with the remaining available funds up to three (3) months following expiration of this agreement.

Employees in the Correction Department Vocational Instructor job classification are eligible for the department of correction meal allowance in those correctional facilities in which the employees have opted for the meal allowance and the meal rate will be $5.00 per meal for each shift actually worked and will be adjusted in accordance with the rate provided to the majority of correctional employees.

For the pay period May 8, 1998 through May 21, 1998, check date June 5, 1998, agency staff must calculate and process the following retroactive payments manually. Checks dated June 5, 1998 should reflect updated additional compensation; e.g., shift differentials, overtime, etc., for the particular bi-weekly pay period.

Payments will be separately identified and subject to mandatory deductions only; i.e., federal withholding tax and state income tax annualized, social security tax, retirement contributions, and garnishments (if applicable).

A. Retroactive Annual Increments

B. Retroactive General Wage Increase - (Effective January 2, 1998)

C. Retroactive $500 Lump Sum Payment

Agencies should have already paid this lump sum payment. If this was not paid, please process payment as follows:

D. Retroactive EMT Premium

Agencies should have already paid this EMT Premium. If this was not paid, please process as follows:

IX. SCHEDULED PAYMENT DATES

A. Bi-Weekly Salary Payments

B. Annual Increments

Annual Increments will be entered centrally for agencies on the Automated Personnel System (APS) interface at the proper time as follows:

All Other Agencies

All other agencies must manually adjust their employees' masterfile record with the correct bi-weekly salary amount and rate of pay.

C. $500 Lump Sum Payments

The agency must process these lump sum payments manually:

D. $400 Annual Skill Premium for EMT's

X. PAYROLL PROCEDURES

Agency staff must ensure that the employee's masterfile data (Pay Plan, Salary Group and Step, Hourly Rate and Bi-weekly Salary) are correctly coded.

A. Payment of Retroactive Salary Increases and Retroactive Annual Increments

1. On-Line: Screen 047 or 190; R1; Amount; D/OE Code 10.
2. Remote Job Entry: ZT Transaction; Same as above.

B. Payment of Retroactive Lump Sum(s)

1. On-Line: Screen 047 or 190; R1; Amount; D/OE Code 10.
2. Remote Job Entry: ZT Transaction; Same as above.

C. Payment of Retroactive EMT Stipend

1. On-Line: Screen 047 or 190; R1; Amount; DOE Code 10.
2. Remote Job Entry: ZT Transaction; Same as above.

D. Implementation of General Wage Increase - Agencies with Automated Personnel System (APS) Interface

New pay plans will be implemented centrally with the new hourly rate and bi-weekly salary effective with the pay period May 22, 1998 through June 4, 1998 (check date June 19, 1998) at the proper time.

E. Implementation of General Wage Increase - All Other Agencies Entering New Salary Amounts on Bi-Weekly Payroll

1. On-Line: Screen 160; Change Rate and Salary
2. Remote Job Entry: RA/NA Transaction; Same as above.

F. Payment of Lump Sum(s)

1. On-Line: Screen 047 or 190; R1; Amount; D/OE Code 18.
2. Remote Job Entry: ZT Transaction; Same as above.

G. Payment of EMT Stipend

1. On-Line: Screen 047 or 190; R1; Amount; D/OE Code 24.
2. Remote Job Entry: ZT Transaction; Same as above.

H. Auto Usage

1. On-Line: Screen 047 or 190; R1; Amount; D/OE 1L; Major/Minor is 01-2x (Refer to Comptroller's Memorandum 97-57 for details).
2. Remote Job Entry: ZT Transaction; Same as above.

I. Shift Differential

1. On-Line: Screen 047 or 190; R1; Amount (shift differential rate); Hours; DOE 11; Major/Minor 108.
2. Remote Job Entry: ZT Transaction; Same as above.

XI. GENERAL

Payroll staff should check with their Agency Personnel Officer to ascertain other possible wage increases. The Department of Administrative Services (DAS), Personnel Division, will be distributing revised salary schedules.

Questions may be directed as follows:

NANCY WYMAN
STATE COMPTROLLER

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