Purpose:

The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of the July 2025 Increase to Hazard Duty Pay.

Affected Employees:

Employees designated as M/C (BU06) who meet the eligibility criteria are affected.

Background:

The Office of Employee Relations (OER) and Division of Budget (DOB) approved an increase to Hazard Pay for M/C employees effective July 2025 who currently receive HZ5 (Hazard Duty MC Straight Time) and HZ6 (Hazard Duty MC Overtime).

Effective Dates:

The increases to Hazard Duty Pay are effective as follows:

Eligibility Criteria:

Employees in Bargaining Unit 06 who receive Earnings Code HZ5 and/or Earnings Code HZ6 on or after the Effective Dates listed above are entitled to the increase.

OSC Actions:

OSC has increased the systematically calculated hourly rates for Time Entry Earnings Code HZ5 to $1.00/hour and Earnings Codes HZ6 to $1.50/hour.

Agency Actions:

Agencies should continue to submit Hazard Duty payments on the Time Entry page or the Time Entry Interface (NPAY502) using Earnings Codes HZ5 and HZ6 as applicable.

Undeliverable Checks:

When a valid payroll check is undeliverable due to the agency’s inability to locate the employee, the agency should follow the Agency Actions identified in Payroll Bulletin No. 1786 Non-Negotiated and/or Undeliverable New York State Payroll Checks.

Checks issued to eligible employees who are now deceased should be submitted as a Stop Payment Request with a reason of Exchange in PayServ. The Report of Check Exchange (AC 1476-P), Next of Kin Affidavit (AC 934-P), and original death certificate should be submitted to the Payroll Reversal and Exchange mailbox at the same time as the Stop Payment Request. If a Next of Kin Affidavit has been previously submitted for a deceased employee’s payroll check, OSC will accept a photocopy of this form along with a new Report of Check Exchange.

Questions:

Questions regarding this increase and submitting Hazard Duty payments may be directed to the Payroll Earnings mailbox.