Date: August 15, 2019 at 10:23:11 AM EDT
Subject: IMPORTANT: Update and Correction regarding payroll details
To: CWA Local Presidents (AT&T Midwest)
From: Curt Hess, Assistant to the VP
As many of you may have already seen, the Company put out a correspondence regarding payroll and the negotiated wage increases. Apparently there was a disconnect between labor and payroll on how they would be administered. Below, you will see the schedule set for the effective rate changes. This schedule of wage administration below will have no effect on the actual earnings of employees as shown by the correct Effective Rate Change dates. This only addresses which payroll cycle the effective rates will be administered.
From AT&T Global Payroll Services:
As provided in the respective 2018 CWA D4 Collective Bargaining Agreement, the first contractual wage rate increase is retroactive and effective February 5, 2019. The second contractual increase is effective on the ratification date of August 5, 2019. The new wages will be included in paychecks as shown below.
Paycheck Date Pay Area Effective Rate Change
September 6, 2019 A1 February 5, 2019
September 20, 2019 A1 August 5, 2019
September 13, 2019 B1 February 5, 2019
September 27, 2019 B1 August 5, 2019
Curt D. Hess
Assistant to the Vice-President
Communications Workers of America
District 4