NY S06960

Establishes new salary schedules for state employees in the professional, scientific and technical services unit effective April 1, 2010 (administrative payroll) and March 25, 2010 (institutional payroll), with salary grades 1-38 ranging from $21,115 hiring rate to $127,518.

Implements updated salary schedules effective March 27, 2014 (administrative payroll) and April 3, 2014 (institutional payroll) with grades 1-38 and revised hiring and job rates.

Provides a 2% salary increase for eligible full-time employees effective March 27, 2014 (administrative) and April 3, 2014 (institutional), with adjustments for those at hiring or job rates.

Authorizes location pay, downstate adjustments ($3,026 annually), and mid-Hudson adjustments ($1,513 annually) for employees in specified counties and regions.

Establishes special compensation programs including performance awards, assignment-to-duty pay, long-term seasonal employee bonuses, inconvenience pay ($575 annually), and uniform allowances; appropriates $16.186 million for implementation through March 31, 2013.