{"id":8932,"date":"2023-12-18T19:58:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T00:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/?p=8932"},"modified":"2023-12-21T15:35:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T20:35:24","slug":"pef-state-reach-deal-to-award-nearly-3-million-in-underpaid-covid-overtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/articles\/news\/pef-state-reach-deal-to-award-nearly-3-million-in-underpaid-covid-overtime\/","title":{"rendered":"PEF secures overtime backpay for thousands earned during COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8972 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Scannie-online-e1703190830504.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"691\" \/>Thanks to PEF\u2019s persistence, the State will begin paying more than 1,700 current and former members of the Professional, Scientific and Technical bargaining unit for overtime work on certain COVID-19 preparedness and response projects.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThis is a major win that only happened because PEF led the way,\u201d said President Wayne Spence.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The union initiated a claim for the money in June 2020 when members alerted PEF that they didn\u2019t think they were being sufficiently paid for overtime they worked during the ongoing state of emergency. The primary challenge was that the State underpaid overtime wages.\u202fInstead of paying one-and-one-half times an employees\u2019 regular rate of pay, some employees were paid a lesser, blended rate for their overtime.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">More than three years later, due to PEF\u2019s efforts, the State will pay nearly $3 million to more than 1,700 PEF members who worked processing unemployment insurance claims at the Department of Labor, as well as members at other agencies who worked on additional Department of Health COVID-19-related preparedness and response projects. The payments include the underpayment to make each member whole for the work they performed, as well as interest that accrued on that money, calculated at 9% annually. More than 400 CSEA employees will also receive back overtime.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI\u2019d like to thank the PEF General Counsel\u2019s office and PEF Contract Administration for their persistence on this issue,\u201d said President Spence. \u201cIt is a great example of the value of unions. Members brought it to our attention, we acted on their behalf, and now civil servants across the State, who sacrificed so much to serve their fellow New Yorkers during the pandemic, will benefit because of PEF\u2019s leadership.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">============================================================<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/41rjGkN\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Albany Times Union: COVID pay due to state workers<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(link downloads a PDF)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">============================================================<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Covered employees on the State\u2019s Administrative Payroll who were overtime-eligible when they performed the work received payments in their paycheck on December 20. Employees on the Institution Payroll will receive theirs on December 28, 2023.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The State paid or will pay the principal amount owed to each employee on those pay dates. The interest on the money owed is still being calculated and should be paid in January 2024. The State is also in the process of calculating the principal and interest amounts owed to approximately 270 overtime-ineligible current and former members of the PS&amp;T unit.\u202fPEF anticipates those payments will be made in early 2024.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">PEF is sending letters in the mail to each person receiving payments containing their pay information and the data the State used to calculate their payment. Members who wish to dispute the amount should reach out to their PEF field representative as soon as possible, after they have received their payments and the mailing from PEF. If you don\u2019t know who that is,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/regions\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">call your regional office<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and they can assist.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to PEF\u2019s persistence, the State will begin paying more than 1,700 current and former members of the Professional, Scientific and Technical bargaining unit for overtime work on certain COVID-19&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":8974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PEF secures overtime backpay for thousands earned during COVID - 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