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2016 CBA Tentati ve Agreement Page 143 of 217 band maximum, employees shall receive fifty percent (50%) of the annual increase, identified in Sectio n 9(a) of this Article, as an adjustment to Basic Pay and fifty percent (50%) will be paid in lump sum. Section 12. Controller Incentive Pay (CIP) a. All employees assigned to facilities eligible to receive CIP will receive payment at the facility - specific rate. The total amount of funds available in the CIP pool, in fiscal years 2016 and beyond, shall be fixed at $30,000,000 per fiscal year , except as provided in this Section. b. In any fiscal year that CIP payments will exceed the fixed amount, as adjusted by any over or under payment from the prior fiscal year , the Parties shall meet to collaboratively determine whether to: (1) Terminate CIP payments effective the pay period prior to exceeding the fixed amount; or (2) Terminate CIP payments at the conclusion o f the pay period in which the fixed amount is exceeded. The fixed amount of CIP available in the subsequent fiscal year will be adjusted by an amount equivalent to any over or under payment of the prior year's fixed amount resulting from the application of this Section. The Agency will provide the Union with at least thirty (30) days advanced notice of the stopping date and all data/information relied upon in making the determination to stop CIP payments. In the event CIP payments are terminated before the end of the fiscal year, the Agency will notify the Union of the total CIP paid during the fiscal year and the net underpayment/overpayment amount within thirty (30) days after the end of the fiscal year. c. Except due to the application of subsection ( b)(1) of this Section, if the total amount of the payments in any fiscal year is less than $30,000,000, it shall not result in a forfeiture of the remaining funds. The Parties at the national level will collaboratively determine how to allocate the remai ning funds to the Air Traffic Control Specialist, Traffic Management Coordinator/Specialist, and NOTAM Specialist bargaining unit(s), for the purpose of attracting and retaining employees at targeted facilities . d. In the event the CIP Program is amended pri or to the end of a fiscal year , payment of CIP for the remainder of that fiscal year will be in accordance with any subsequent agreement. Section 13. Promotions/Demotions. a. Following the conclusion of a temporary promotion, the employee's previous Basic Pay and Union determined seniority will be reinstated as though the employee had never left the bargaining unit position previously assigned without accruing seniority for the duration of the temporary promotion. b. When a former bargaining unit employee is demoted to a bargaining unit position, Basic Pay is set in the new pay band as if the employee never left their bargaining unit position.

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