{"id":1063,"date":"2022-01-07T09:42:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T14:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2022-02-08T14:49:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T19:49:26","slug":"2-5-overtime-agreement-extended-for-certain-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-39-no-10\/2-5-overtime-agreement-extended-for-certain-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"2.5 overtime agreement extended for certain PEF titles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"February 7, 2022 \u2014\u00a0<\/span><\/i>As the pandemic and short staffing continue to take its toll on the state workforce, PEF has negotiated agreements with various agencies and the Governor\u2019s Office of Employee Relations that entitle members to 2.5 times the rate of their regular pay for overtime worked during certain time periods. Below is a summary of those agreements at this time.<\/p>\n

DOCCS (non-nursing titles)
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A new 2.5 Overtime Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was reached with DOCCS. The agreement applies to any overtime eligible employees and takes effect for overtime hours worked beginning at 11:00 p.m. on Feb. 9, 2022, for employees on the Institutional Payroll and 11:00 p.m. on Feb. 16, 2022, for employees on the Administrative Payroll. The agreement ends, unless extended by mutual agreement, at the end of the Institutional Payroll period at 10:59 p.m. on March 9, 2022, and at the end of the Administrative Payroll period at 10:59 p.m. on March 16, 2022. See the MOA for full details<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

DOCCS (nursing titles)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Certain PEF nursing titles at DOCCS are covered under a separate MOA. That agreement is in effect for overtime hours work starting at 11:00 p.m. on Jan. 12, 2022 until 10:59 p.m. on April 6, 2022, for members on the Institutional Payroll and from 11:00 p.m. on Jan. 19, 2020 through 10:59 p.m. on March 30, 2022, for members on the Administrative Payroll. See the MOA for full details<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SUNY<\/b><\/p>\n

A new 2.5 Overtime Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was reached with SUNY.\u00a0 It contains the same terms as the initial 2.5 MOA and the term runs from January 2-March 31, 2022.\u00a0 Based on representations from SUNY Central, PEF expects the three SUNY Hospitals and the SUNY Veterans\u2019 Home to continue to offer an overtime rate equivalent to 2.5 times an employees\u2019 regular rate of pay to all applicable titles for work performed from Jan. 2-March 31, 2022. \u00a0For the specific SUNY titles that are impacted, please read the Memorandum of Agreement signed with SUNY,\u00a0<\/span>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

OCFS<\/b><\/p>\n

The 2.5 Agreement with OCFS<\/a>, which was due to expire on December 31, 2021, was extended through March 31, 2022 <\/a>(any shifts starting before 11:59pm on March 31, 2022, are included). Youth Counselors 1 and 2 at the following OCFS facilities will also receive the higher overtime rate:<\/p>\n