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NY court employees set to get contract raises

May 8, 2008

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ALBANY, N.Y. - About 6,000 state court employees are in line for cost-of-living pay raises over four years under a tentative contract agreement.

The Civil Service Employees Association says its accord with the state Office of Court Administration will be retroactive to April 1, 2007, with annual pay raises of 3 percent in each of the first three years and 4 percent the fourth year.

The union agreed to salary increase deferrals for employees earning more than $115,000 annually until a judicial pay raise is enacted.

The 1,250 state-level judges have not had a raise for a decade and have sued legislators, challenging their failure to authorize raises as effectively a pay cut.