SUNY University-Wide Human Resources Manual
Compensation

last updated: Monday, July 25, 2005

There are many different compensation plans for State employees of SUNY. For most of them, reference to the compensation section of the appropriate collective bargaining unit (see references at the end of this section) will provide the salary tables and information that is needed to understand them. Exceptions are the SUNY professional service managerial/confidential compensation plan and the SUNY professional employee salary administration guidelines.

Since SUNY managerial/confidential employees are not represented, there is no collective bargaining agreement to which to refer. Similarly, the compensation plan for SUNY's professional service managerial/confidential positions is unique within the State service. It is not the same as the salary plan for classified service managerial/confidential positions in other state agencies. Therefore, the SUNY M/C Salary Plan is included in its entirety here. For represented employees, with the exception of including salary guidelines for SUNY professional employees, only topics related to special compensation procedures will be provided here. Links to the appropriate sections of collective negotiating agreements can be found under references at the end of this section. Before reviewing compensation further, there are two concepts that need to be presented first.

(1) Statutory Compensation
Statutory compensation refers to annual salary payments that are defined in NYS statutes. Basically, when employees are paid on a statutory annual salary basis, every employee hired in a particular title on a given day on any state payroll will receive the same basic salary amount, and, barring unsatisfactory evaluations or leaves, will move though the various salary table steps to the job rate together. There is a statutory starting salary for the individual, step increments, and a defined job rate --- all of which are subject to change as a result of collective bargaining and/or legislation. Compensation for appointees to classified service positions paid on an annual salary basis is "statutory".

(2) Non-Statutory Compensation
Non-statutory positions typically relate to a salary tables that has both a minimum and a maximum salary that can be paid with a fairly broad range between them. With a few restrictions, campuses are free to negotiate salaries for new appointees within the range for the title or rank. Compensation for SUNY professional staff paid on an annual salary basis is "non-statutory".

Following, under references,you will find links to the compensation sections of the various collective bargaining agreements.

References:

Administrative Services Compensation Agreement
http://www.goer.state.ny.us/cna/current/cseaasu/02art07.html

Graduate/Teaching Assistants Compensation Agreement
http://www.goer.state.ny.us/CNA/1999to2003/gseu/article_5.html (old)
http://www.goer.state.ny.us/cna/1999to2003/gseugsnu/28art05.html (new)

Note: Minimum is established for University Centers Only - but, other campuses cannot reduce from their past practices.

Institutional Services Compensation Agreement
http://www.goer.state.ny.us/cna/current/cseaisu/04art07.html

Operational Services Compensation Agreement
http://www.goer.state.ny.us/cna/current/cseaosu/03art07.html

Professional, Scientific and Technical Unit Compensation Agreement
http://www.goer.state.ny.us/CNA/1999to2003/cseaisu/04art07.html (old)
http://www.goer.state.ny.us/cna/1999to2003/pefpst/05art07.html (new)

Security Services (NYSCOPBA Compensation Agreement)
http://www.goer.state.ny.us/CNA/1999to2003/cseaisu/04art07.html (old)
http://www.goer.state.ny.us/cna/1999to2003/nyscopbassu/01art11.html (new)

Security Supervisors Compensation Agreement
http://www.goer.state.ny.us/CNA/1999to2003/c82/61art11.html (old)
http://www.goer.state.ny.us/cna/1999to2003/c82sspu/61art11.html (new)

SUNY Professional Service Compensation Agreement
http://www.goer.state.ny.us/cna/current/uuppsnu/08art20.html (new)
http://www.goer.state.ny.us/cna/1999to2003/uuppsnu/08art20.html (old)