Common use of Salary Payments Clause in Contracts

Salary Payments. 1. The School Board of Broward County, Florida (SBBC) and the Broward Teachers Union (BTU) mutually agree that bargaining unit members shall be paid for the number of paid days in a pay period. The dollar amount of their first and last paycheck can vary from the paycheck received during the remainder of the bargaining unit member’s contract year. Pay dates will be set for every other Friday, except if the first pay date of the bargaining unit member's contract year does not fall on the second Friday, a partial pay check will be cut for the number of days worked in the first week on the second Friday. 2. A Paid Day shall be defined as all days from the start date through the end date of a bargaining unit member’s contract year, excluding weekends (unless they are part of the bargaining unit member’s work schedule). For the majority of teachers, a work calendar is comprised of 214 paid days for the fiscal year 2007- 2008. 3. Bargaining unit members shall earn their salary at the Equalized Daily Rate. A bargaining unit member’s Equalized Daily Rate of Pay shall be calculated based upon dividing the annual salary by the number of paid days in the bargaining unit member’s work calendar. Upon termination, bargaining unit members shall be paid through their last day worked at the Equalized Daily Rate. 4. Bargaining unit members may select the Year-Round Pay Option if they want to receive pay during summer months. 5. Each employee on a full time basis shall receive four days of sick leave as of the first day of employment of each contract year, and thereafter earn ½ day of sick leave for each pay period of employment until the maximum accrual is met. 6. The number of deductions for voluntary benefits such as union dues and cancer insurance will be standardized at 20. 7. The parties agree to review the changes in the payroll program annually and propose modifications as necessary in contract language to improve its efficiency and customer friendliness. This review shall be initiated no later than October 31st and concluded no later than January 13th of each school year. Such changes as agreed to and approved by both parties shall be authorized for implementation for the following school year. Topics for consideration shall include, but not be limited to, options for new employees, deductions for union dues and other contributions, variance from equal pay amounts for the first and last paychecks of a fiscal year, the schedule for issuing paychecks, direct deposit limitations and requirements, payroll cards, and procedures for current and new employee selection of payroll options. In addition, the review shall study the income anticipated to be produced for the District from the money retained to pay teachers year-round during this and subsequent school years with the intention of returning such income to the benefit of employees. 8. It is the intent of the parties to make applicable salary adjustments for employees within a time period not to exceed forty-five (45) days from the date of Board approval.

Salary Payments. 1. The School Board of Broward County, Florida (SBBC) and the Broward Teachers Union (BTU) mutually agree that bargaining unit members shall be paid for the number of paid days in a pay period. The dollar amount of their first and last paycheck can vary from the paycheck received during the remainder of the bargaining unit member’s contract year. Pay dates will be set for every other Friday, except if the first pay date of the bargaining unit member's contract year does not fall on the second Friday, a partial pay check will be cut for the number of days worked in the first week on the second Friday. 2. A Paid Day shall be defined as all days from the start date through the end date of a bargaining unit member’s contract year, excluding weekends (unless they are part of the bargaining unit member’s work schedule). For the majority of teachers, a work calendar is comprised of 214 paid days for the fiscal year 2007- 2007-2008. 3. Bargaining unit members shall earn their salary at the Equalized Daily Rate. A bargaining unit member’s Equalized Daily Rate of Pay shall be calculated based upon dividing the annual salary by the number of paid days in the bargaining unit member’s work calendar. Upon termination, bargaining unit members shall be paid through their last day worked at the Equalized Daily Rate. 4. Bargaining unit members may select the Year-Round Pay Option if they want to receive pay during summer months. 5. Each employee on a full time basis shall receive four days of sick leave as of the first day of employment of each contract year, and thereafter earn ½ day of sick leave for each pay period of employment until the maximum accrual is met. 6. The number of deductions for voluntary benefits such as union dues and cancer insurance will be standardized at 20. 7. The parties agree to review the changes in the payroll program annually and propose modifications as necessary in contract language to improve its efficiency and customer friendliness. This review shall be initiated no later than October 31st and concluded no later than January 13th of each school year. Such changes as agreed to and approved by both parties shall be authorized for implementation for the following school year. Topics for consideration shall include, but not be limited to, options for new employees, deductions for union dues and other contributions, variance from equal pay amounts for the first and last paychecks of a fiscal year, the schedule for issuing paychecks, direct deposit limitations and requirements, payroll cards, and procedures for current and new employee selection of payroll options. In addition, the review shall study the income anticipated to be produced for the District from the money retained to pay teachers year-round during this and subsequent school years with the intention of returning such income to the benefit of employees. 8. It is the intent of the parties to make applicable salary adjustments for employees within a time period not to exceed forty-five (45) days from the date of Board approval.