Another great benefit negotiated by your PEF Contract team will soon be realized! You will soon receive the retroactive performance awards that were negotiated in the 2019-2023 Collective Bargaining Agreement between PEF and New York State. The Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) recently issued payroll bulletin 1992 providing details about the retroactive PEF performance...
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With winter in full swing and weather emergency declarations always possible, PEF Contract Administration has issued a memo answering Frequently Asked Questions about your rights during a declared State of Emergency.
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The 2019-2023 PS&T Collective Bargaining Agreement ratified overwhelmingly by members in July 2021 is now available online as a searchable PDF.
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PEF has negotiated an extension of the 2.5 Overtime Agreement for employees in specified titles at the three SUNY Hospitals and the SUNY Long Island Veterans’ Home, as well as youth counselors employed by OCFS. The terms are the same as in the previous 2.5 Overtime Agreement, but this one is for the period January...
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PEF President Wayne Spence sent a letter to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Dec. 14 asking that she expand telecommuting for state workers, given the Omicron variant and the statewide rise in COVID-19 cases which necessitated the indoor mask mandate she just put into effect.
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Another benefit secured by your 2019-2023 PS&T Contract is now available! The Department of Civil Service released a memo on Sept. 3 about the Productivity Enhancement Program for the current year. You can read the full memo here, but here is a summary: PEP allows eligible members to exchange accrued annual and/or personal leave in...
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From PEF President Wayne Spence: We have been advised that the retroactive base salary increases in accordance with the 2019-2023 PS&T PEF/State Agreement are expected to appear in the November 10, 2021, paychecks for those on the administrative payroll and the November 4, 2021, paychecks for those on the institutional payroll. The Office of the...
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PEF members turned out in force to ratify the 2019-2023 PS&T collective bargaining agreement, with 56 percent of the membership (28,000 members) voting. Ninety-six percent of those members voted in favor of the recently negotiated agreement. “Despite an unprecedented pandemic and with New York on ‘pause,’ the contract team worked tirelessly to defend the rights of members and...
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All documents pertaining to the 2019-2023 PS&T Tentative Agreement are set to be mailed to members’ homes next week. An orange ballot like the one above will be mailed from our vendor, American Arbitration Association, on July 2, 2021. Most members should receive them after the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Here are the relevant...
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