State Police Bulletin No. SP-78

Subject
New Earnings Code EOS Extraordinary Overtime for Senior Investigators
Date Issued
August 19, 2004

Purpose

To provide procedures to the Division of State Police for a new Earnings Code to be used for Extraordinary Overtime for Senior Investigators in Bargaining Unit 62.

Affected Employees

Senior Investigators in BU 62

Effective Date(s)

Immediately

Background

Article 12.8A of the agreement between the State of New York and the New York State Police Investigators Association, Local 4, I.U.P.A., AFL-CIO for the unit consisting of all Investigators and Senior Investigators of the Division of State Police, 1995-1999, allows for the payment of overtime in certain instances to Senior Investigators who are ineligible to receive overtime.

Eligibility

Senior Investigators are eligible to receive extraordinary overtime compensation for the following purposes:

  1. State Police examination proctoring
  2. Trooper candidate processing including medical exams, agility tests, candidate interviews and psychological testing
  3. Speech assignments
  4. Assignment to the New York State Fair

OSC Actions

OSC has created a new Earn Code, EOS (Extraordinary OT SR Invest), to be used to report eligible earnings on the Time Entry page.

Agency Actions

To report Extraordinary Overtime the agency must submit the Earn Code EOS in the Time Entry page using the following procedures:

Earnings Begin Date: Effective date overtime started
Earnings End Date: Effective date overtime ended
Earn Code: EOS
Hours: Number of overtime hours
Comments: Agency must enter comment identifying eligible purpose for overtime

Payroll Register and Employee Paycheck/Advice

The Earnings Code EOS and the amount will be displayed on the payroll register. The earnings description "Extraordinary OT SR Invest" and the amount will be displayed on the employee's paycheck or advice.

Questions

Questions concerning this Bulletin should be directed to your Payroll Auditor.