Purpose
To notify the Division of State Police of the new Additional Pay code and procedures for processing Expertise Pay.
Affected Employees
Division of State Police employees in Bargaining Unit 62
Background
Chapter Law 70 of the Laws of 2010 provides for an annual Expertise Payment to employees in Bargaining Unit 62.
Effective Date(s)
Payments will be processed in Pay Period 17L for paychecks dated 12/8/10
Payment Information and Eligibility Criteria
Division of State Police employees represented by Bargaining Unit 62 shall receive Expertise Pay in the amount of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) annually.
To be eligible for the payment, employees must be in Active, Paid Leave or Military Stipend Leave (MLS, MTS) status on 11/1/10.
Expertise Pay is pensionable and included in the calculation of overtime.
OSC Actions
OSC has created a new Additional Pay earning code to be used to pay the new Expertise Pay payment.
- EXP (Expertise Pay SP BU62)
For eligible employees who are in Bargaining Unit 62 and in an eligible status on 11/1/10, OSC will insert a new EXP row onto the Additional Pay page with the following information:
| Earnings Code: | EXP |
| Effective Date: | 11/01/10 |
| OT Effective Date: | 11/01/10 |
| Annual Additional Earnings: | $1,200 |
| End Date: | 10/31/11 |
Control-D Report
The following Control-D report will be available for agency review after processing of the Expertise Pay (EXP) payment:
NPAY770 One Time Payment Report
This report identifies all employees who received the automatic EXP payment. Fields on this report include EmplID, Employee Record No., Employee Name, Earn Code, Grade, Bargaining Unit, Part-time Percentage and Payment Amount.
Questions
Questions about payment processing may be directed to the Payroll Audit mailbox.