2007-2011
PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC
AND
TECHNICAL SERVICES UNIT
AGREEMENT
Mr. Kenneth Brynien, President
Public Employees
Federation, AFL-CIO
Dear Mr. Brynien:
This will confirm our understanding
reached during the course of negotiations of the 2007-2011 Agreement on the
subject of a pre-tax transportation benefit pursuant to Internal Revenue Code,
26 U.S.C. §132 and related regulations. Such a benefit provides employees an
opportunity to pay for expenses incurred in commuting between work and home.
As a result of the successful pilot
program for State employees in the New York City metropolitan area, the State
agrees to expand Statewide the benefits, terms, and conditions that currently
exist in said pilot program. Such expansion
would provide those employees not currently eligible due to their work location
the ability to use this pre-tax salary deduction program for commuting costs
incurred through the use of mass transit.
The State further agrees, upon
ratification of the Agreement, to make enrollment in this program available
within six (6) months from the date of ratification.
For the State:
John Currier
Deputy Director for Contract Negotiation and Administration
Governor's Office of
Employee Relations
For PEF:
President
Public Employees Federation