PEF members can register to attend three virtual Public Service Workshop training programs with CEUs in April and May, covering aggression within the therapeutic process, suicide intervention, and counseling for post-traumatic stress disorder. The Managing Aggression within the Therapeutic Process will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 19. The focus of...
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March 2022 Issue of the PEF Communicator is now available!! Find out about the status of budget negotiations, nurse lobby day updates, Black History Month celebrations, or upcoming events with NYC Women’s Committee, and other latest news.
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Eligible members impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and unable to use vacation accruals now have until December 31, 2022, to use carried over vacation that would have been forfeited on April 1, 2020 and April 1, 2021. Carried-over accruals from April 2020, April 2021 and April 2022 will have to be used by December 31,...
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A pair of new workshops are now available from the Public Service Workshops Program. PEF members and M/C state employees can earn continuing education credits by attending these virtual workshops. The first covers “How Trauma Manifests in Post Incarcerated Individuals” and the second “An Introduction: To the Politics, Ethics, and Practice of Narrative Therapy.” For...
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With a winter storm expected to start overnight on Feb. 24 and continue throughout the day on Feb. 25, President Wayne Spence asked PEF Contract Administration to answer frequently asked questions about work absences during extraordinary circumstances. Please see the full memo from Director of Contract Administration Debra Greenberg.
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PEF members, don’t miss out on this valuable benefit! We wanted to be sure you are aware of the upcoming March 1, 2022, application deadline for retroactive tuition reimbursement, license renewal and other Article 15 professional development programs. Mark your calendars with the following information, so you don’t miss out on this valuable benefit guaranteed...
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Members can register for a Public Service Workshop virtual training on managing team report writing from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 2 and 3. The workshop, Managing the Team Report Writing Process, is a two-session virtual workshop examining best practices for combining the written efforts of more than one person in one comprehensive report...
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PEF Communications has created a variety of Zoom backgrounds you can use to convey union messages about a few of our priorities. Just click the links below and then right click to save the image to your computer as a jpg. If you aren’t sure how to add backgrounds in Zoom, watch the video below...
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