New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle C - Division of the Budget › Part 147 - Performance Advances And Performance Awards For Managerial/confidential Employees › Section 147.5 - Performance awards, longevity performance awards and merit payments

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
Eligibility.
Annual salaried employees with 20 pay periods of creditable
				  service at a salary within two percent of the job rate or above the job rate in
				  the 12 months preceding July 1st, and who are assigned overall ratings of
				  "Highly Effective," "Outstanding" or their equivalent, are eligible to receive
				  performance awards or merit payments. For those employees M/C 17 and below with
				  five or more years of continuous service at or above the job rate, eligibility
				  for the 5- and 10-year longevity performance awards will be determined based on
				  the employees' status and service credit on the March 31st preceding the July
				  1st rating. Employees whose positions are unallocated but are equated to salary
				  grades or whose job rates are otherwise established by the Director of the
				  Budget shall be eligible for performance award payments.
(b)
Method of payment.
Eligible employees will receive lump sum performance award
				  and merit payments as soon as practicable based on evaluations due July
				  1st.
(c)
Performance
				award, longevity performance award and merit payment amounts.
Each agency will be assigned amounts which will be the
				  maximum amount that may be granted to eligible employees as a result of
				  performance awards, longevity performance awards and merit payments. These
				  amounts will be based on the actual number and salary grades of eligible
				  managerial/confidential employees and will be assigned by the Director of the
				  Budget. These amounts may be assigned on a facility or payroll code basis, as
				  appropriate.
(d)
Longevity performance awards.
Longevity performance awards are either lump sum payments or
				  increases to salary for those employees with 5 or more and 10 or more years of
				  service at or above the job rate. All eligible employees who have been rated at
				  least "Effective" or its equivalent will receive these awards.
(e)
Individual employee
				payments.
Sufficient amounts for merit payments will be assigned to
				  agencies so that 30 percent of the employees eligible can receive payments at
				  the midpoint of the merit range. Although an agency may pay additional awards
				  by concentrating merit payments toward the minimum level of the range, no more
				  than 40 percent of those eligible may receive merit payments, regardless of the
				  amount of the individual payments. A sufficient amount will also be assigned to
				  provide performance awards for 40 percent of those eligible. If more than 40
				  percent of the eligible employees receive ratings of "Highly Effective,"
				  "Outstanding" or their equivalent, the agency shall develop criteria to
				  determine who shall receive the awards and merit payments. Performance awards,
				  longevity performance awards and merit payments will be paid in accordance with
				  the following schedules:
(1) M/C 3-17.
(i) Performance awards for employees with
				less than five years at or above the job rate.
For evaluations due July 1, 1986 and July 1, 1987:
Salary grade
Award
M/C3
$400
4
425
5
450
6
475
7
500
8
525
9
550
10
575
11
600
12
625
13
650
14
675
15
700
16
725
17
750
(ii)
				Longevity performance awards for employees with five or more years of
				continuous service at or above the job rate.
(a) For evaluations due July 1, 1986:
(1) a salary increase of $750 or as much of
				that amount so that salary does not exceed the job rate plus $1,500;
				or
(2) a lump sum payment of $500
				if the basic annual salary exceeds the job rate of the salary grade of the
				position by $1,500 or more.
(b) For evaluations due July 1987:
(1) a salary increase to the job rate plus
				$750 for those employees whose basic annual salary is less than $750 above the
				job rate; or
(2) for those
				employees with 10 or more years of continuous service at the job rate and whose
				basic annual salary is less than $1,500 above the job rate, a salary increase
				to job rate plus $1,500.