COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT Between NEW YORK UNIVERSITY And LOCAL ONE SECURITY OFFICERS UNION
July 1, 2001 - June 20, 2006

ARTICLE 14 - WAGES

A. The applicable wage scales are as shown in Appendix A attached hereto.

B. There shall be no lowering of any standards of working conditions of any Employee in the employ of the Employer as a result of this Agreement. All Employees enjoying higher wages, higher benefits or better working conditions than provided for herein, either pursuant to a prior collective bargaining agreement or otherwise, shall continue to enjoy at least the same, with the exception that the Employer may make reasonable changes in schedules and assignments to meet operational, budgetary or legal needs. Except in emergencies, the Union shall be given one (1) week notice of any changes in schedules.

C. Drivers when assigned to drive a Protection Department Motor Vehicle, shall receive an additional $0.25 per hour. Except in emergencies, at least one security officer per tour shall be assigned to drive a vehicle. Scooters and bicycles are treated differently. A security officer who volunteers and is assigned to drive a three wheeled scooter vehicle shall receive an additional fifty cents ($0.50) per hour. A security officer who volunteers and is assigned to operate a bicycle shall receive an additional thirty cents ($0.30) per hour. Assignment of Security Officers and Security Specialists to scooters or bicycles is not required.

D. If a security officer works twelve (12) consecutive hours, he/she shall be entitled to an additional meal break and a $6.00 meal allowance. Effective December 24, 2001 the meal allowance is increased to $8.00.

E. Any Employee required to perform a higher rated bargaining unit job as a temporary assignment of one work day or more, shall be paid the then current contractual rate of pay for the higher rated job provided the following conditions have been met:

1. The Employee must have been assigned at the specific request of the Employer.
2. The Employee must actually perform those duties normally undertaken by an Employee holding the job he/she is filling on a temporary basis.

F. From July 1, 2001 through December 23, 2001, employees working an afternoon and evening shift (about 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.) shall receive a pay differential of $0.25 per hour. Employees working a night shift (about 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.) shall receive a pay differential of $0.30 per hour. Effective December 24, 2001, a shift differential only for hours worked between 5:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. and not be included in the overtime rate (e.g. an employee earning $12 per hour who is working overtime will be paid $18 per hour plus the shift differential for hours worked between 5:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., but only $18 per hour for all other hours worked) will be paid as follows:

G. Security officers with fire safety certificates will be paid $0.35 per hour over the hourly rate if required to perform Fire Safety Director or Deputy Fire Safety Director duties. The payments shall be retroactive to the date the employee became certified in a building or July 1, 1996 whichever is later.

H. Security officers will retain any overtime credit they received as of May 14, 1997 for working in a dormitory.

I. The University will make a one time lump sum payment of $250.00 to each bargaining unit employee who has completed the 3 month probationary period and is on payroll on December 21, 2001. This payment is not added to employee's base rate. This payment will be made in a separate check.

J. The retroactive wage payment will be made in a separate check.

K. Paychecks shall include overtime earned during the period covered by the check.

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