S. 8070 Summary

• Establishes a new salary schedule for Professional, Scientific and Technical Services unit employees effective March 26, 2015 (administrative payroll) and April 2, 2015 (institutional payroll), with hiring rates ranging from $21,968 (SG1) to $142,203 (SG37).

• Provides a 2% salary increase for eligible full-time employees in the collective negotiating unit, with adjustments ensuring salaries meet or exceed specified hiring and job rates in the new schedule.

• Authorizes performance awards, special assignment to duty lump sums, long-term seasonal employee payments, and firearms training incentive payments as negotiated in the collective bargaining agreement through April 1, 2016.

• Continues location pay for eligible employees in Monroe County ($200/year) and downstate/mid-Hudson adjustments for employees in specified New York counties and the city of New York.

• Appropriates $207,000,000 for fiscal year 2016-17 and allocates an additional $12,797,000 for labor-management committees, health and safety programs, professional development, and employee benefits to implement the compensation and benefit provisions.