UFA, 10 OCB2d 5 (BCB 2017)
Petitioner alleged that the City and the FDNY violated
NYCCBL § 12-306(a}(l}, (4), and (5) by unilaterally changing the value of a day's
pay for disciplinary fines when the parties' collective bargaining agreements were
in status quo. The City argued that the Board lacks jurisdiction, the petition is
untimely, and that the value of a day's pay for disciplinary fines is not a mandatory
subject of bargaining. The Board found that it has jurisdiction over Petitioner's
claims and that the petition is timely. The Board also found that the value of a
day's pay for disciplinary fines is a mandatory subject of bargaining and that the
City violated NYCCBL § 12-306(a)(l), (4), and (5) when it changed its value
during the period when the parties' collective bargaining agreements were in status
quo. Accordingly, the petition was granted.