University at Albany
PAE-11: Sustainable Compensation

The Employee Relations Office is responsible for administering and ensuring adherence to the provisions of eight separate collective bargaining agreements covering over 3,400 State employees. The office works closely with all levels of University management to provide counsel and guidance regarding the application of the provisions of the Agreements; address issues of employee misconduct and labor matters, both on campus and before external administrative review bodies; conduct workshops and seminars for University managers regarding contract administration and grievance resolution; and, facilitate local labor / management activities. The office serves as the University liaison for labor matters with external constituents such as the Governor's Office of Employee Relations, Department of Civil Service, and SUNY System Administration. You can view the various collective bargaining agreements by going to the Governor's Office of Employee Relations Web site: http://www.goer.ny.gov/. On each pay stub contractors and subcontractors are required to provide written notice to all laborers, workers or mechanics of the prevailing wage rate for their particular job classification. In the event that the required information will not fit on the pay stub, an accompanying sheet or attachment of the information will suffice. They are required to post a notice at the beginning of the performance of every public work contract on each job site that includes the telephone number and address for the Department of Labor and a statement informing laborers, workers or mechanics of their right to contact the Department of Labor if he/she is not receiving the proper prevailing rate of wages and/or supplements for his/her particular job classification. The required notification will be provided with each wage schedule, may be downloaded from the Department of Labor website or made available upon request by contacting the Bureau of Public Work at 518-457-5589. This provision is an addition to the existing prevailing wage rate law, Labor Law Section 220, paragraph a of subdivision 3-a. The prevailing wage bill passed the Assembly and the Senate in June of 2007 and became effective in February 2008.