Purpose:

The purpose of this bulletin is to provide agency instructions for processing the CUNY 2025 3.125% general salary increases for International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and Service Employees International Union Employees (SEIU).

Affected Employees:

Employees in one of the bargaining units below meet the eligibility criteria are impacted:

Background:

Pursuant to the Collective Bargaining Agreements authorized by Carmelo Batista, Jr in the 05/30/2024 Memorandum of Agreement between the City University of New York and SEIU Local 300 and IATSE Local 306, 3.125% general salary increases have been authorized for 2025.

Effective Dates:

The 2025 general salary increases will be processed in Institution Pay Period 24C, paychecks dated 03/06/2025. The rates and effective dates for each collective Negotiating Unit are: 

Transactions to process the 2025 general salary increases may be entered beginning in Institution Pay Period 24C, paychecks dated 03/06/2025.

Eligibility Criteria:

All full and part-time employees meeting the eligibility criteria below on the effective date may be eligible for the General Salary Increase if they:

• Are in Department 70XX0 or 70XX2; and
• Are in a BU identified in the chart in the Affected Employees section; and
• Have a Comp Rate Code of ANN or HRY; and
• Have a Salary Grade of 600; and
• Have a Status of Active, Paid Leave, or Leave without Pay

Agency Actions:

Reporting the Rate Increases

To process the general salary increase for eligible employees, the agency must submit the following:

• For all general salary increases, request a Pay Change using the Action/Reason code of PAY/SIC (Pay Rate Change/Salary Increase) on the Job Action Requests page, using the effective date listed above in the Effective Dates section, along with the new applicable rate.
• A separate Pay Change request must be submitted for each subsequent row that exists on the employee’s Job Data page using the Action/Reason code PAY/CSL (Pay Rate Change/Cor Sal) on the Job Action Requests page using the next available sequence number, regardless of status and provided the employee remains in an eligible position.

Tax Information:

These monies are taxable income subject to all employment taxes and income taxes, will be included in the employee’s taxable gross and reported on the employee’s Form W-2.

Federal, State, and New York City income tax withholding will be calculated using the Aggregate method. Yonkers income tax withholding will be calculated using the Flat Rate method (1.95975% for Yonkers residents and 0.50% for Yonkers non-residents).

Undeliverable Checks

When a valid payroll check is undeliverable due to the agency’s inability to locate the employee, the agency should follow the Agency Actions identified in Payroll Bulletin No. 1786 – Non-Negotiated and/or Undeliverable New York State Payroll Checks.

Checks issued to eligible employees who are now deceased should be submitted as a Stop Payment Request with a reason of Exchange in PayServ. The Report of Check Exchange (AC 1476-P), Next of Kin Affidavit (AC 934-P), and original death certificate should be submitted to the Payroll Reversal and Exchange mailbox at the same time as the Stop Payment Request. If a Next of Kin Affidavit has been previously submitted for a deceased employee’s payroll check, OSC will accept a photocopy of this form along with a new Report of Check Exchange.

Questions:

Questions regarding eligibility for the 2025 3.125% General Salary Increases for IATSE and SEIU employees may be directed to the University Manager of Payroll Systems and Operations at CUNY Central Office.

Questions regarding processing transactions for the 2025 3.125% General Salary Increases for IATSE and SEIU employees may be directed to the Payroll Earnings mailbox.

Questions regarding deductions may be directed to the Payroll Deduction mailbox.

Questions regarding taxes may be directed to the Tax and Compliance mailbox.