Bill Text: CT HB05479 | 2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Eliminating Overtime From State Employee Pension Calculations For Certain Employees.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-09 - Public Hearing 03/13 [HB05479 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-HB05479-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5479
February Session, 2018		LCO No. 2156
		*02156_______LAB*
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)

AN ACT ELIMINATING OVERTIME FROM STATE EMPLOYEE PENSION CALCULATIONS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (h) of section 5-154 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2018):

(h) "Salary" means (1) any payment, including (A) prior to July 1, 2018, but not on and after July 1, 2018, payments for overtime worked, except that any such payments made to any state employee who is covered by the agreement between the state and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition, dated June 25, 2017, shall be included in "salary" in accordance with said agreement until the expiration of said agreement, and thereafter in accordance with this subdivision, and (B) longevity payments and payments for accrued vacation time under section 5-252, for state service made from a payroll submitted to the Comptroller; and (2) the cash value of maintenance furnished by the state; and (3) fees received from the state in whole or in part in lieu of or in addition to [item (1) above] subdivision (1) of this subsection and established to the satisfaction of the Retirement Commission, to the extent that the employee has made retirement contributions on such fees; and (4) compensation paid by the United States to state employees who are employees of the United States Purchasing and Finance Office; and (5) compensation paid to employees of the Connecticut Institute for Municipal Studies. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5-208a, any state employee who is employed by more than one state agency during any week shall, for compensation earned on and after January 1, 1983, have all such compensation recognized for all purposes of the retirement program;

Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2018) On and after July 1, 2018, no payments for overtime worked shall be included in the determination of retirement income for which any member of either the tier II A, tier III or tier IV retirement plan under the state employees retirement system is eligible, except that the retirement income for which any member who is covered by the agreement between the state and the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition, dated June 25, 2017, is eligible shall be determined in accordance with said agreement, including as to the inclusion of payments for overtime worked, until the expiration of said agreement, and thereafter in accordance with this section.

Sec. 3. Subsection (f) of section 5-278 of the 2018 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2018):

(f) (1) [Notwithstanding] (A) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, collective bargaining negotiations concerning changes to the state employees retirement system to be effective on and after July 1, 1988, and collective bargaining negotiations concerning health and welfare benefits to be effective on and after July 1, 1994, shall be conducted between the employer and a coalition committee which represents all state employees who are members of any designated employee organization. [(2)] (B) The provisions of subparagraph (A) of this subdivision [(1) of this subsection] shall not be construed to prevent the employer and any designated employee organization from bargaining directly with each other on matters related to the state employees retirement system and health and welfare benefits whenever the parties jointly agree that such matters are unique to the particular bargaining unit. [(3)] (C) The provisions of subparagraph (A) of this subdivision [(1) of this subsection] shall not be construed to prevent the employer and representatives of employee organizations from dealing with any state-wide issue using the procedure established in said [subdivision] subparagraph.

(2) On and after July 1, 2018, the inclusion of payments for overtime worked in the determination of retirement income for which state employees who are members of the state employees retirement system are eligible shall not be subject to collective bargaining negotiations under subdivision (1) of this subsection.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2018	5-154(h)
Sec. 2	July 1, 2018	New section
Sec. 3	July 1, 2018	5-278(f)

Statement of Purpose:

To exclude overtime payments when calculating a state employee's retirement income.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]