ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE

PAY PRACT ICE S

A.  Itemization

The Board will recommend to the Comptroller of the City of New York that he/she itemize more fully employee pay checks and that he/she provide accompanying explanations when lump sum payments are made.

B.  Biweekly Payroll

The parties agree that a biweekly payroll gives an employee a date certain for receipt of their pay.  Therefore, the Board will convert the paraprofessional payroll to a biweekly payroll from a semi-monthly payroll as soon as practicable.  The parties will make whatever contractual changes are technically necessary to accomplish this goal.

C.  Electronic Funds Transfer

The Board has in place an electronic funds transfer (‘EFT’) program without resort to a payroll lag for those bargaining unit members who are regularly scheduled employees in titles paid on the Q Bank and who elect the receipt of their paychecks by electronic funds transfer.  Annual enrollments will take place each March.

D.  Performance Incentives Committee

A committee co-chaired by the Chancellor, the President of the UFT and the New York City Commissioner of Labor Relations, or his or her high-ranking designee, shall be established to investigate the viability and desirability of merit pay and to address other compensation issues such as comparability, skills and responsibility, shortage and hard to staff areas and potential career ladder opportunities.