Purpose
To inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the April 2017 Salary Increase for Judges, Justices and New York City County Clerks of the UCS.
Affected Employees
Judges, Justices and New York City County Clerks in Bargaining Unit 86 who meet the eligibility criteria
Background
Chapter 60 of the Laws of 2015 created the Special Commission on Judicial Compensation to examine, evaluate and make recommendations with respect to the adequate levels of compensation and non-salary benefits for Judges and Justices of the state paid courts of the Unified Court System (UCS). In the Final Report on Judicial Compensation dated 12/24/2015, the Commission has recommended that all NYS Judges receive phased-in salary increases over four fiscal years beginning April 1, 2016. The salary recommendations may be abrogated by statute prior to April 1 of the year being paid.
Chapter 491 of the Laws of 2009 provide County Clerks in the counties comprising the City of New York to receive an annual salary not less than the minimum annual compensation received by a justice of the New York State Supreme Court elected from the same judicial district.
Effective Date(s)
04/06/2017 for Administration Pay Period 1C, paychecks dated 04/19/2017
Eligibility Criteria
Judges and Justices of the UCS in BU86 whose Pay Basis Code is LEG with a Payroll Status of Active or Leave With Pay on or after 04/06/2017 are eligible for this salary increase.
New York City County Clerks in Agency 05680 whose Bargaining Unit is BU86 with a Payroll Status of Active or Leave With Pay on or after 04/06/2017 are eligible for this salary increase.
OSC Actions
OSC will process the April 2017 salary increase for Judges and Justices who meet the eligibility criteria as follows:
- If the Payroll Status is Active or Leave With Pay on 04/06/2017, OSC will insert a row on the Job Data record with an Effective Date of 04/06/2017 and the Action/Reason code of Pay Rate Change/SAC (Mass Salary Increase)
- If the employee does not meet the eligibility criteria on 04/06/2017 but becomes eligible after 04/06/2017, OSC will insert a row on the Job Data record with an Effective Date equal to the date of Hire, Rehire, Position Change, Transfer or Return from Leave action and the Action/Reason code of Pay Rate Change/CSL (Correct Salary).
- If the employee has subsequent rows in an eligible position, OSC will insert a row on the Job Data record using the Action/Reason code Pay Rate Change/CSL (Correct Salary).
The compensation rate on each inserted row will be updated as follows:
| Current Salary | New Salary | Current Salary | New Salary |
| $220,300 | $222,500 | $190,875 | $192,775 |
| $213,600 | $215,700 | $190,779 | $192,679 |
| $208,500 | $210,500 | $189,770 | $191,670 |
| $203,400 | $205,400 | $188,749 | $190,649 |
| $201,600 | $203,600 | $186,149 | $188,049 |
| $199,900 | $201,900 | $185,600 | $187,400 |
| $197,400 | $199,300 | $183,500 | $185,300 |
| $193,000 | $194,900 | $183,400 | $185,200 |
| $192,427 | $194,327 | $179,500 | $181,300 |
| $192,260 | $194,160 | $173,700 | $175,500 |
| $192,057 | $193,957 | $130,400 | $131,700 |
| $191,890 | $193,790 | $130,300 | $131,600 |
| $191,800 | $193,700 | $86,900 | $87,800 |
| $191,385 | $193,285 | $43,500 | $43,900 |
| $191,114 | $193,014 |
Agency Actions
Agencies must submit a Pay Change on the Job Action Requests page using the appropriate Reason code (see below) to pay the April 2017 salary increase to eligible employees in Agency 05680.
- Reason code SAC (Mass Salary Increase) – for transaction with an Effective Date equal to 04/06/2017 (Administration)
- Reason code CSL (Correct Salary) – for transactions with an Effective Date after 04/06/2017 (Administration)
The salary on each inserted row for employees in Agency 05680 is determined using the charts above – See OSC Actions.
Control-D Reports Available After Processing
Control-D Report NHRP704 (Mass Salary Increase Report) will be available after processing of the automatic salary increases. This report identifies all Judges and Justices who receive the salary increase and identifies the salaries that were automatically increased.
Questions
Questions regarding this bulletin may be directed to the Payroll Earnings mailbox.