Section 4.6 of the contract (Supplemental Jobs - Payroll Procedures) states:

Supplemental pay (excluding "Athletics" extra duty items listed in Appendix D) shall be paid in one lump sum on the payroll date following the end of the semester. Extracurricular duties, listed in Appendix D, which are not completed at the end of the first semester will be paid one-half (1/2) of the total amount due on the payroll date following the end of the semester. The coach of an extra duty listed under "Athletics" in Appendix D shall be paid in one lump sum on the payroll date following the completion of his/her season. The coach of an "Athletics" extra duty whose sport spans both semesters shall be paid one-half (1/2) of his/her compensation on the payroll date following the end of the first semester and the remainder of said pay on the payroll date following the completion of his/her season. For the purposes of this section, the payroll date following the end of the first semester shall be January 15th.

BOTTOM LINE: "Extra Money" for the first semester is normally paid on January 15th.

The District Payroll Department has requested a change...from the January 15th payroll to the December 15th payroll. The reason given was that early payment would free up additional time in January for the preparation of W-2's.

This would seem to be a reasonable request. In fact, payment of extra monies on December 15th was the Association's original position when the language was first negotiated years ago (to provide members with pre-Christmas "shopping money".) Negotiators for the District at that time, however, expressed a different concern...the back-to-back payrolls in December (e.g. December 15th and December 17th this year.)

Therefore, if there are no objections, the Association will give its assent to this change in procedure.

If you DO have serious objection, please notify your CAT building representative...TODAY! (In the event of such objection, a vote of the membership will be conducted on Friday.)