• Zoom backgrounds about bullying, telecommuting & hazard pay

    Zoom backgrounds about bullying, telecommuting & hazard pay

    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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  • Want to telecommute and get hazard pay? Send a letter!

    Want to telecommute and get hazard pay? Send a letter!

    As mentioned on the Feb. 2 Telephone Town Hall, PEF has two active letter-writing campaigns aimed at raising awareness surrounding telecommuting and hazard pay. Member response so far has been excellent, with almost 77,000 letters about telecommuting sent to Gov. Hochul, her agency commissioners, and statewide leaders. In addition, you’ve sent about 8,000 letters about...

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  • Guidance for telecommuting agreements

    Guidance for telecommuting agreements

    To assist PEF leaders developing telecommuting agreements with their agencies by July 31, the Field Services department released a Telecommuting Toolkit and a Template Agreement outlining the improvements to telecommuting provisions in the tentative PS&T agreement, and highlighting the timeline and requirements for developing these agreements. Field staff are assisting labor-management chairs and...

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